Travis is the Senior Technical Program Manager for Defense and Industrial Base Rapid Innovation at Google Public Sector. His previous career in the U.S. Navy includes serving as the Flight Systems Program Manager for Conventional Prompt Strike, the joint Army-Navy hypersonic strike weapon. He also has a background as a Surface Warfare Officer, with service onboard a guided missile destroyer and a mine countermeasures ship. Travis holds a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Duke University and master's degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Marine Engineering and Management.