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New Program Managers

DARPA program managers address national security challenges from every possible technology angle and recognize that success comes from attracting the help of scientists and engineers across many different disciplines—in academia, government labs, and companies large and small. Featured here are program managers who have arrived at the Agency within the past six months. They bring with them fresh ideas and priorities, and a sense of urgency to take advantage of their positions at DARPA to catalyze the creation of truly radical technologies. We encourage you to reach out to them as they develop their portfolios of new DARPA programs to share research proposals that reflect your dreams of new capabilities and technologies.

Mr. Steve Komadina

Program Manager, Tactical Technology Office
Mr. Steve Komadina joined DARPA in July 2019 as a program manager in the Tactical Technology Office. His research interests include technology development, flight demonstration, and prototyping of hypersonic systems; novel planforms/propulsion/controls; autonomous/unmanned air systems; air-to-air weapons; and manned/unmanned teaming. More
| Air | Autonomy |

Dr. Joe Altepeter

Program Manager, Defense Sciences Office
Dr. Joe Altepeter joined DARPA in the Defense Sciences Office in September 2019. His interests include quantum and quantum-inspired technologies, novel sensors and imaging systems, hyperspectral awareness, and the visualization of useful data from complex physical systems. More
| Fundamentals | Photonics | Quantum | Spectrum | Visualization |

Dr. Seth Cohen

Program Manager, Biological Technologies Office
Dr. Seth Cohen joined DARPA as a Program Manager in August 2019. He is interested in novel materials, new approaches to therapeutics/countermeasures, and biological and chemical technologies for stabilization/acquisition of scarce resources. More
| Chemistry | Countermeasures | Disease | Materials |
Mr. Tejas Patel

Mr. Tejas Patel

Program Manager, Information Innovation Office
Mr. Tejas Patel joined DARPA as a program manager in August 2019 to develop, execute, and transition programs in cyberspace operations and other defense mission areas. More
| Analytics | Automation | Cyber | Data |

Dr. Bruce Draper

Program Manager , Information Innovation Office
Dr. Bruce Draper joined DARPA as a program manager in August 2019 to develop, execute, and transition programs in artificial intelligence (AI), computer vision, and machine learning. More
| AI |
CDR Greg Sutton

CDR Greg Sutton

Program Manager, Strategic Technology Office
Cmdr. Greg Sutton joined DARPA in August 2019 as a program manager in the Strategic Technology Office (STO). His research interests include maritime access; offensive non-kinetics; and novel maritime tagging, tracking, and locating concepts. More
| Maritime | Sensors |

Dr. Amy Jenkins

Program Manager, Biological Technologies Office
Dr. Amy Jenkins joined DARPA as a program manager in the Biological Technologies Office (BTO) in June 2019. Her interests include the development of platforms for combatting infectious disease threats as well as novel manufacturing methods to enable rapid response. More
| Chemistry | Disease | Health | Manufacturing | Therapy |

Dr. Gregory Avicola

Program Manager, Tactical Technology Office
Dr. Gregory Avicola joined DARPA in May 2019 as a program manager in the Tactical Technology Office. Areas of expertise include remote sensing (focus on maritime applications), undersea systems, and naval warfare. He is particularly interested in naval logistics, developing capabilities to exploit undersea mobility, improving both manned and unmanned undersea systems, and enabling undersea autonomous systems. More
| Maritime | Unmanned |