DOGE Agent: Brian Bjelde

Musk Connections: 21 years at SpaceX, currently Vice President of Human Resources. Previously occupied a number of management positions. Described as a “Musk insider,” Bjelde was one of the first employees at SpaceX.

Other Corporate Connections: Bjelde is an investor in a self-piloting drone company called Rain.

DOGE Deployments: OPM

• Bjelde was appointed senior adviser in the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. According to CNN, Bjelde has been credited with directing the OPM to cut its staff by 70%.
• Bjelde and other DOGE members focused on gaining access to federal databases at OPM, such as the Enterprise Human Resources Integration, which would give them access to Social Security numbers of federal employees along with a range of other sensitive information about federal employees.

BJELDE WAS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE THAT FIRED 80% OF TWITTER’S WORKERS

• Bjelde was named in court documents as being part of the “Twitter Severance Administration Committee” in the lawsuits that followed the mass termination of 80% of Twitter’s workforce.