Adam is currently the director of strategy, mergers & acquisitions for Thales North America, part of the aerospace and defense conglomerate Thales Group. He formerly was an associate at Booz Allen Hamilton where he focused on supporting senior Pentagon officials with strategic planning and major transformation initiatives. He was a principal staff member and author of the "Beyond Goldwater Nichols" defense reform project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He also held a fellowship in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. After graduating from Yale with a B.A. in history, Adam taught English and American history in China as a Princeton-in-Asia teaching fellow. Adam holds a master's degree from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and a JD degree from George Washington University Law School.