According to a recent LinkedIn post from Safire Technology Group Inc, the company has added Lori DeMatteis to its leadership team, emphasizing her background in scaling defense and dual-use organizations. The post highlights her experience driving growth across hardware, software, communications, data center, and critical infrastructure markets, including taking multiple businesses from $0 to more than $75 million in under two years.
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The LinkedIn post notes that DeMatteis has closed opportunities exceeding $500 million and held leadership roles at Honeywell, GE, and venture-backed firms such as MatrixSpace and Iris Automation Inc. It also points to her work in building high-performing teams, establishing partnerships with Global 50 companies, and creating a military advisory board aimed at helping companies navigate the defense sector’s “valley of death.”
As presented in the post, DeMatteis’s track record in opening markets in over 110 countries and driving sustained growth in major defense and infrastructure programs suggests Safire is prioritizing commercially experienced leadership to support its expansion. For investors, this senior hire may indicate a push to accelerate revenue generation, deepen engagement with large defense and critical infrastructure customers, and improve Safire’s positioning in the dual-use and defense technology ecosystem.