About
AT A GLANCE:
Managing Partner, Next Horizon Partners
Retired Major General, U.S. Army
RESEARCH AREAS:
• Geo-Politics
• Defense Strategy and Force Modernization
• Conflict Resolution
BIOGRAPHY:
Major General (Ret.) Bill Hix is the managing partner of Next Horizon Partners, a
strategy and innovation consultancy serving companies and organizations across the
defense, security, and technology sectors. Hix's 37 years of service included assignments
across Asia, North Africa, Egypt, the Middle East, and Afghanistan, with extensive
experience in leading U.S. Army strategy, innovation, and change management initiatives.
He played a key role in the Army’s initial engagements with China and served in combat
in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Bill is a graduate of West Point and has held prestigious fellowships, including as a Hoover Institution National Security Affairs Fellow and a Seminar 21 Fellow. He is affiliated with the Army Science Board, the Army Strategist Association, and the Association of Wartime Allies. He also served on the National Academy of Sciences’ Board on Army Research and Development.
PUBLICATIONS:
Accelerating into the Next Fight: The Imperative of the Offense on the Future Battlefield
Modern War Institute
AUSA