Deputy Director for Prototyping and Software; Lead of National Defense Authorization Act Section 255, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
Mr. Timothy S. Dare is the Deputy Director for Prototyping and Software (DD(P&S)). As the DD(P&S), Mr. Dare is the senior DDRE(AC) official responsible for prototyping and manages DDRE(AC)’s annual $400+M prototyping portfolio. In support of USD(R&E)’s mission to develop capability...
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Vice President for Research, CMU
J. Michael McQuade is Carnegie Mellon University's vice president for research, providing leadership for the university's research enterprise and advocating for the role that science, technology and innovation play nationally and globally.From 2006 to 2018 he served as senior vice...
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Associate Laboratory Director for National Security Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dr. Deborah Frincke, the Associate Laboratory Director for National Security Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, guides the research and development of science-based solutions to complex threats that put public safety, national defense, energy infrastructure, and the economy...
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Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
Mr. Vinton G. Cerf, Internet Hall of Fame Pioneer, is widely known as a “Father of the Internet,” Cerf is the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the Internet. In December 1997, President Bill Clinton presented the U.S. National Medal of Technology to Cerf...
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Chief Technology Officer, Joint Artificial Intelligence Center
Mr. Nand Mulchandani serves as the Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center. He brings more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry as a serial entrepreneur and senior executive in the enterprise infrastructure...
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Deputy Director, Software Solutions Division, CMU SEI
Director, Information Innovation Office, Defense Advance Research Projects Agency
Dr. William Scherlis assumed the role of office director for DARPA’s Information Innovation Office in September 2019. In this role he leads program managers in the development of programs, technologies, and capabilities to ensure information advantage for the United States and its...
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General Manager, Microsoft Critical Infrastructure Engineering, Microsoft Corporation
Ms. Sara Manning Dawson is a Partner General Manager at Microsoft, specializing in cloud infrastructure security. She leads the Critical Infrastructure (CI) Engineering team, working across engineering, industry and government to design and deliver a Microsoft cloud platform and...
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