Program Manager
Tactical Technology Office
Phillip "Donna" Smith joined DARPA in September 2023 as a Program Manager in the Tactical Technology Office. Areas of expertise are in logistics solutions, unmanned aerial systems, and land warfare. He is particularly interested in how to fundamentally change the way that land warfare is fought through innovative solutions.
Smith is a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve. Prior to DARPA, he was as an AV-8B Harrier pilot with a deployment on a Marine Expeditionary Unit with combat time.
Smith was a program manager at USMC Training and Education Command, then the futures and forecasting lead for the USMC's Rapid Capabilities Office, then deputy director of the Future Technologies Office at the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab’s Science and Technology division.
Education
- MA, International Affairs, University of Oklahoma
- BA, International Business and Politics, State University of New York at Brockport
- BA, International Studies, State University of New York at Brockport