Oct 25 10:30am Team Research Forum DARPA

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Team Research Forum: How to DARPA with DARPAConnect

Join the Office of Research and DARPAConnect on Friday, October 25th at 10:30 am to learn more about DARPA.

Since its inception, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has played a significant role in driving technological advancement and innovations such as stealth technologies, flat-screens, GPS, and the internet. In this Team Research Forum, we’ll introduce you to the DARPA, its organizational structure, and its role in advancing national security. Learn about DARPA’s unique funding opportunities and how to connect with the agency through DARPAConnect. Discover how DARPA can support your groundbreaking research and help you make a significant impact on the future.

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Jennifer ThabetJennifer Thabet
Program Director, Small Business Programs Office (SBPO)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Ms. Jennifer Thabet is an experienced program manager with an extensive background supporting DARPA and the Department of Defense (DoD). Enhancing the ability of the small business community to create and transition revolutionary technologies that benefit the warfighter, federal government, and commercial marketplace is of paramount importance in Ms. Thabet’s role of program director, DARPA Small Business Programs Office (SBPO). She is focused on creating an environment that considers small business concerns a primary source of innovative solutions and advancing small business relationships and training opportunities within the DoD and other federal agencies. Ms. Thabet also leads the agency’s inaugural Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA), DARPAConnect, an effort designed to break down barriers of entry for performers new to DARPA and the national security space, and educate them on how to engage and work with DARPA.

Prior to joining SBPO, Ms. Thabet spent more than 13 years with Booz Allen Hamilton supporting DARPA and the DoD by providing program and project management for complex government contracts with a focus on project and financial management. She has specialized expertise in contract negotiations, business process improvements, and small business relations and risk management. Her experience includes work in multiple DARPA Technical Offices where she supported all aspects of the DARPA programmatic lifecycle from program concept to transition. Her background also includes work in DARPA support offices, including the Director’s Office (DIRO) and the Mission Services Office (MSO), where she served as the contract program manager for DARPA’s largest and most complex support contract. Prior to her time at DARPA, Ms. Thabet spent time as an attorney, specializing in contract law and general litigation.

Ms. Thabet holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington University in St. Louis, a Juris Doctorate degree from The George Washington University School of Law, and a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification from the Project Management Institute.

 

jess resigJess Resig
Director of Solutions Innovation
Applied Research Institute, Inc.

Jess Resig, PhD, serves as the Director of Solutions Innovation at ARI (Applied Research Institute, Inc.) and the Deputy on the DARPAConnect initiative. Prior to joining ARI, she served as a senior instructional designer for Penn State University where she spent over a decade collaborating with business and engineering faculty and program directors to design, develop, and offer a variety of online, hybrid, and executive-style programs. She brings a wealth of experience in process and project management, learning analytics, research, and program evaluation.

Resig also serves as a lecturer at the University of Virginia and for Penn State Hazleton, teaching courses in instructional design, multimedia design, and management information systems.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in English and English Education from the University of Pittsburgh, a master’s degree in instructional technology from Duquesne University, and a PhD in instructional design and technology from Old Dominion University.

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