Julia McAdams is Army Applications Laboratory’s director of solution innovation. Her team brings Army experts, Soldiers, and commercial problem solvers together to solve real, priority Army problems.

Julia is a seasoned leader in the Army innovation space with decades of experience as a Department of the Army civilian. Before AAL, she led strategic portfolio analysis for the Army’s top modernization priorities as an Army Futures Command (AFC) program analyst. Prior to that, Julia worked in the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Soldier Center for 16 years. Her responsibilities included everything from running chemical warfare protection programs to handling the strategy and programming that would help stand up AFC before it even had a commander — designing various courses of action for the organization, how the command would be structured, and its processes and policies.

Julia was an unstoppable force long before she made it to AAL, from her love of CrossFit and triathlons to the 13 Half Ironmans and 2 marathons under her belt. As far back as swimming competitively in college, Julia has always been a body in motion.