Young Bang
President, Two Six Technologies
Young Bang’s biggest recent achievements centered on accelerating the delivery of operational capabilities to warfighters during one of the Department of War’s largest transformation efforts in decades. He led initiatives that combined advanced targeting technologies, AI-enabled systems, scalable infrastructure, and mission expertise to move capabilities from concept to operational impact in days rather than months. That includes supporting rapid operational deployments for partners such as U.S. Southern Command and the U.S. Marine Corps.
Bang also helped establish a first-of-its-kind partnership through the Army’s Enhanced Use Lease program to bring private capital into hyperscale data center infrastructure supporting secure AI capabilities for the Army and DOW.
One key way Bang and his team are helping government customers operate more efficiently is by leveraging commercially available technologies and rapidly adapting them for mission use rather than spending years building bespoke, single-use solutions. They focus on innovation at speed by combining scalable products, mission expertise, and continuous operator feedback to deliver operational outcomes faster.
That approach helps warfighters stay ahead of evolving threats while allowing the government to commit resources toward the hardest mission challenges rather than multi-year development cycles.
Why Watch
In 2026, Bang’s team is heavily focused on non-kinetic capabilities, including offensive and defensive cyber operations, reverse engineering and vulnerability research, secure communications, and decision advantage. Their priority is helping DOW respond to evolving peer threats with greater speed and agility by accelerating capability delivery to warfighters. They believe the integration of kinetic and non-kinetic capabilities is critical to maintaining operational advantage at scale.
“Technology is not the end goal; it’s a means to accomplish the mission,” he said. “The mission will continue to evolve, and while technology helps us move faster, the real advantage comes from rethinking how we apply new technologies to fundamentally change the way we operate.”
Fun fact: Most people don’t know that Bang carried the Olympic Torch during the 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea. Born in Korea, he immigrated to the U.S. at a young age and later served in the U.S. Army back in Korea, making the experience a meaningful full-circle moment.