EP 107 — Hidden Level's Antoinett Dufort On The Scaling Problem Most DIB Companies Ignore
The defense industrial base has no shortage of innovation. It has a scaling problem. At Hidden Level , the team went from building prototype passive RF sensors to producing operational systems at scale. The operational playbook behind that leap started when Antoinett Dufort joined as employee number 20.
Now VP of Operations, Antoinett shares how she built manufacturing, supply chain, and quality systems with future scale in mind from day one, and the decisions that positioned Hidden Level to meet surging demand without scrambling to catch up.
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Why the DIB has a scaling…
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