Highlights
- BluGlass has partnered with leading U.S. Government Relations, Corporate Advisory Services, and Public Affairs firm Michael Best Strategies to improve engagement with U.S. Government decision makers
- Michael Best Strategies’ Board of Advisors is led by Chairman Reince Priebus, former White House Chief of Staff for President Donald Trump during his first administration
BluGlass Limited (ASX: BLG), a global semiconductor developer pioneering visible lasers, has partnered with leading U.S. Government Relations, Corporate Advisory and Public Affairs firm Michael Best Strategies to enhance engagement with key decision makers within the Department of War (DoW) and Department of Energy (DoE).
Led by former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Michael Best Strategies is a leading business consulting, government relations and public affairs group renowned for its extensive White House experience, bipartisan relationships, and strategic insights.
Erik Berdy, Government & Public Affairs Partner, Defense & National Security Practice, will be leading the BluGlass account. His 30-year career spans the U.S. Army, the Pentagon and Capitol Hill, where he most recently served as Special Assistant for Legislative Affairs to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during both the Trump and Biden Administrations.
BluGlass Executive Chair Omer Granit said, “Strategically, the U.S. Government is our most valuable customer, currently accounting for more than 60 percent of opportunities in our project pipeline. Our work with Michael Best Strategies will enable us to build on BluGlass’ excellent reputation within the DoW’s CLAWS Hub to secure additional revenue-generating development contracts and have our visible gallium nitride (GaN) lasers designed-in critical next-generation technologies. We see significant opportunities to materially increase our work with both the DoW and DoE, particularly given we one of just two GaN laser suppliers capable of onshore manufacturing – a key prerequisite for the U.S. Government.
Michael Best Strategies’ Erik Berdy said, “The U.S. Government has long been an early adopter of emerging technologies to solve some of our nation’s greatest challenges. BluGlass’ visible lasers fall into that category with these critical components essential for many of the next-generation technologies being developed today that will support our Joint Force and meet our national security requirements. BluGlass is an exciting company with emerging technology and U.S. manufacturing capability that are essential for maintaining our national security. We look forward to increasing awareness of the company and its capabilities with our defense and national security decision makers.”