Leadership
Jennifer Krivickas, MS
Co-Founder
Managing Partner
Patrick Limbach, Ph.D.
Co-Founder
Chief Scientific Officer
Why We Built Labyrinth
After more than 50 years of combined experience conducting, supporting, and leading research at the enterprise level, one challenge stood out above all others: organizations across the national security innovation ecosystem were making high-consequence decisions with fragmented information and limited visibility into the broader R&D landscape. Too often, promising research partnerships never materialized, technologies stalled before commercialization, and mission-critical innovations failed to reach the warfighter.
Our experience also taught us that while government relations and advocacy firms provide essential insight into policy, legislation, and federal priorities, organizations need a deeper layer of intelligence to navigate the national security R&D ecosystem. They need to understand where funding is flowing, which technologies are emerging, who is winning, and where the highest-value opportunities for collaboration and commercialization exist.
That realization became Labyrinth.
Today, our proprietary Research Intelligence Platform—combined with decades of leadership in higher education, research administration, technology commercialization, federal R&D, and industry engagement—helps organizations make smarter strategic decisions, forge stronger partnerships, and accelerate mission-critical innovation from discovery to mission impact.
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Our mission is to deliver actionable intelligence and expertly managed research relationships that bridge academia, industry, and capital, empowering our clients to more effectively deliver mission-critical technologies that the US Government can rapidly field.
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To define the global standard for high-velocity, data-driven R&D collaboration within the defense industry, transforming the fragmented R&D ecosystem into a synchronized network that accelerates lifesaving technologies to the warfighter faster.
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1. Absolute Accountability
We do not rely on speculation or unvouched assumptions. We anchor our strategies in rigorous process design, documented diligence, and verifiable data. We take full ownership of our controllable workstreams, ensuring our partners receive decision-ready clarity at every stage of execution.
2. Mission Velocity
National security cannot wait for bureaucratic gridlock. We operate with tactical speed and persistent engagement, serving as the operational interface that translates slow academic cadences into the high-velocity sprint timelines required by commercial ventures, investors, and defense sponsors.
3. Evidence-Based Intelligence
We move past political rhetoric as our proprietary platform unifies billions of data points to map real funding trends, verified faculty capabilities, and active corporate partnerships—ensuring every strategic recommendation is grounded in hard, citable evidence.
4. Collaborative Ecosystem Integrity
We believe that national impact requires total synchronization. We respect the distinct cultures and we act as the expert translators who build credible, high-integrity alliances where all parties can compete, win, and deliver.
