France Hoang is a veteran entrepreneur who has been on the founding teams of companies that have generated over $600 million of combined sales and employed over 1,200 professionals across the fields of law, aerospace, defense, government services, and technology:
- MAG Aerospace, the leading independent provider of manned / unmanned full-spectrum outsourced Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) services, whose 1,000+ employees operate over 200 planes, helicopters, and UAVs at 40+ locations on 6 continents for 40+ customers across 60+ contracts.
- FH+H, a 25+ employee law firm that was the fastest growing law firm on the 2013 Inc 5000 list.
- Chisel, the first coworking space for lawyers in the Metro DC area.
- boodleAI, a technology startup that applies artificial intelligence and machine learning to enable effective peer to peer fundraising for charitable organizations.
France also has over 20 years of national security experience, with service in every branch of the U.S. Government. He clerked for Chief Judge James E. Baker on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and for Judge Thomas Griffith on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. France was appointed by President George W. Bush as an Associate White House Counsel and Special Assistant to the President. Shortly after leaving the White House, France mobilized in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM where he served as the Executive Officer of a U.S. Army Special Forces Company on a combat deployment in Southeast Afghanistan.
France previously deployed to the Former Yugoslavia during Operations Joint Endeavor and Joint Guard and later served as the Deputy Chief of Police and SWAT Commander for Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He also previously worked as a lawyer at the law firm of Williams & Connolly and briefly served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia.
France graduated in the academic top 1% of his West Point class (where he served as the Brigade Executive Officer and founded the Law Enforcement Tactics Club), received a Master’s in Criminal Justice from Washburn University, and graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center. He somehow also managed to pass both Ranger School and the CPA Exam.
France’s current and previous Board service includes MAG Aerospace, the Stimson Center, Marymount University, Bunker Labs, and the Greater Washington Board of Trade. France also serves as an advisor to the ABA Standing Committee on Law & National Security.
France has been quoted by Law360, American Lawyer, National Defense Magazine, and the Federal Times, and his commentary has been published by the Wall Street Journal.
France was born in Saigon, left Vietnam in a hurry in 1975 before the age of 2, and was raised in Tumwater, Washington.
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