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MVA Welcomes Chris Moran of Lockheed Martin Ventures and Paul Madera of Meritech Capital Partners to Advisory Board
MVA (MilVet Angels), a network of public service alumni supporting the next generation of technology companies, today announced the addition of two distinguished leaders to its Advisory Board: Lockheed Martin Ventures' Executive Director Chris Moran and Meritech Capital Partners' Co-Founder Paul Madera.
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