Dr. Arati Prabhakar, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

 

Dr. Arati Prabhakar has spent her career investing in world-class engineers and scientists to create new technologies and businesses. Her first service to national security started in 1986 when she joined DARPA as a program manager. She initiated and managed programs in advanced semiconductor technology and flexible manufacturing, as well as demonstration projects to insert new semiconductor technologies into military systems. She then became the founding director of DARPA’s Microelectronics Technology Office, working with a team of program managers whose efforts spanned these areas as well as optoelectronics, infrared imaging, and nanoelectronics. More.