Dr. Regina E. Dugan is the 19th director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the principal agency within the Department of Defense for research, development a ...read more
Dr. Regina E. Dugan is the 19th director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the principal agency within the Department of Defense for research, development and demonstration of high-risk, high-payoff capabilities. DARPA has persisted as a critical-mass collection of some of the best and brightest technical visionaries for the Department and the Nation for more than 50 years.
With a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Caltech and master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Virginia Tech, Dr. Dugan is a business woman, inventor, and technology developer who rolls up her sleeves and goes directly to a problem whether it’s in the lab or in Afghanistan. She’s been called a “technogeek” with a knack for inspiring creative thinking, an artist-engineer. Many credit Dugan as a scientific coach, mentor, cheerleader and taskmaster. As a 2010 New York Times article explained, there are four stages to an encounter with Regina Dugan – “being a little scared, really scared, frustrated and then enlightened.” Vision alone is insufficient for Dugan; for herself or for DARPA. Rather, vision must be paired with the power of execution in order to make impossible things possible.
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