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Special Projects Lab

Rashim McKinney

Chief, Special Projects Lab

TEACHING: Rashim teaches in the Air War College and Air Command and Staff College Innovation Research Task Force

RESEARCHING: The connectivity between the community and K-12 STEM programs centered around advancing aviation and space technology

Rashim T. McKinney serves as the Chief of the Special Projects Lab for AUiX. He is president and chief innovation officer of the Gibraltar Solutions Development Company, an economic research and development firm that helps inform and influence policy and programs that advance entrepreneurship and innovation culture in the Deep South. Prior to becoming Gibraltar’s president and CIO in April 2015, Rashim served as an Air Force acquisitions officer leading teams to deliver Defense space, information technology and education programs. McKinney holds a Masters of Real Estate development from Auburn University and a Bachelors of Science in management science from Tuskegee University.