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Woburn, MA, US

• Teach online undergraduate philosophy and general education courses.
• Create audio visual presentations to enhance course content.
• Interact with students across the globe using chat, discussion board, and video conferencing.

Mentor to Programme Directors of ARIA (Advanced Research and Invention Agency) the UK's R&D funding agency built to unlock scientific and technological breakthroughs that benefit everyone. Offering extensive experience as a former DARPA Program Manager and current DARPA performer to advise on technical and programmatic elements of new ARIA initiatives.

Columbia, Maryland, US

• Led BBAI corporate Technology Research division, responsible for ensuring that BBAI remains at the forefront of commercial analytics software through the active discovery and rigorous demonstration of breakthroughs in.
• Directed BBAI corporate Special Projects division, tasked with undertaking high-priority research and development initiatives for the Product division delivering to the supply chain, manufacturing, and health care.
• Oversaw corporate-level technical partnerships with major vendors and supervise pilot projects with selected partners such as Amazon, Appian, and Palantir to ensure successful achievement of key performance indicators.
• Guided organizational technology operations, hiring and retaining talent, AI best practices and algorithms, as well as AI ethics policies.
• Provided expert technical direction to multiple functional areas, including strategy, solutions, software engineering, and product.

Reston, Virginia, US

• Promoted to founding member of a special team of technical executives that drives growth for the portfolio of programs within CACI’s Advanced Solutions Group.
• Created new opportunities for collaboration and business growth by connecting executive and technical leaders across the corporation.
• Appointed CACI’s client executive for DARPA, personally responsible for all DARPA-facing technology and business development efforts for the corporation.
• Led proposal team for $10M+ DARPA award in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

Reston, Virginia, US

Annapolis Junction, MD, US

• Built Next Century’s software research and development line of business.
• Grew R&D portfolio to $10M+ annual revenue through contracts with DARPA, IARPA, AFRL, CTTSO, DHS, NGA, NSA, NRO, and other organizations.
• Earned industry recognition for expertise in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Command and Control, and Applied Behavioral Science.
• Established Next Century as a trusted company for agile, performant cloud-based integration of prototype code with intuitive user experiences.
• Provided mentorship and professional development to aspiring engineering and research leaders.
• Led the technical due diligence effort for Next Century’s acquisition by CACI International.

Arlington, VA, US

• Developed programs for high-risk, high-impact technology capabilities for the Department of Defense.
• Obtained funding for $250M portfolio of advanced research and development initiatives in Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Command and Control, Computer Vision, Human Computer Interfaces, Geospatial Intelligence, and.
• Delivered steady, aspirational technical leadership across more than 20 programs.
• Executed procurements, awarded contracts, and controlled costs across diverse collections of technical performers, including large system integrators, small businesses, universities, and consultants.
• Selected as founding member of the Adaptive Execution Office, a select group of officials with a special mission to transition DARPA technology to the warfighter.
• Invited speaker at multiple, international industry and academic conferences. Awarded special recognition for speech delivered at the 2007 DARPATech Symposium.

Bethesda, MD, US

• Supervised research and business development activities for technology related to information integration, Semantic Web, and cognitive architectures.
• Developed business strategy and wrote winning proposals for DARPA funding.
• Determined staffing requirements and monitored staff performance including performance reviews.

Bethesda, MD, US

• Initiated and led contract and internal research and development projects in information assurance and advanced networking.
• Delivered software and demonstrations to customers and audiences at international conferences.

• Designed and built a prototype vulnerability assessment software tool for the automated discovery of security vulnerabilities in computer networks as well as for the prediction of possible cyber attack vectors.
• Delivered technical direction to the corporate initiative to secure investment for commercialization of the software product.

Ph.D., Philosophy

Ba, Philosophy