People

Dr. Vincent J. Urick joined DARPA in May 2016 as a program manager in the Strategic Technology Office. His research interests include photonics for electronic warfare applications, innovative concepts for optical signal processing, and electronic signal generation via optical domain techniques. More

Dr. Jan Vandenbrande joined DARPA as a program manager in July 2015. He is interested in developing math and computational tools to radically improve the design of mechanical products. More

Dr. Kurt Vogel joined DARPA as a program manager for the Strategic Technology Office in August 2015. His areas of interest include air systems, electronic warfare, stealth, space systems and counter-space. More

In January of 2011 Mr. H. Bruce Wallace became a program manager in the Strategic Technology Office where he is responsible for programs investing in technologies for Multifunction Millimeter wave systems. Upon retiring after 33 years’ service in the Government at the Army Research Laboratory as Chief of the RF & Electronics Division, he formed his own consulting firm, MMW Concepts LLC, which consulted on millimeter and submillimeter-wave technology for the government, industry, and academia. More

Mr. Dale Waters is the director of the Adaptive Execution Office. He is responsible for improving the transition worthiness of DARPA programs by establishing and executing a framework for transition that can be applied across DARPA. He leads AEO in providing a corporate resource to assist DARPA program managers throughout their tenure. This assistance takes the form of introductions to war fighters, new concept development and refinement, transition planning, end-user demonstrations and field trials, and operational evaluations. He also plays a leading role in transitioning technology to the U.S. Air Force and assisting with end-user quick response requirements. More

Dr. Doug Weber joined DARPA as a Program Manager in 2013. More

Dr. Renee Wegrzyn joined DARPA as a Program Manager in 2016. She is interested in applying the tools of synthetic biology to support biosecurity and outpace infectious disease. More

Scott Wenzel is a Program Analyst in the Strategic Technology Office (STO). More

Mr. Scott Wierzbanowski joined DARPA in November 2016 as a program manager in the Tactical Technology Office. His interests include technology development and demonstration for aircraft and weapons with a focus on autonomous and semi-autonomous air systems, manned/unmanned teaming, and reusable space launch. More

Dr. Ted K. Woodwardjoined DARPA in January 2015 as program manager in the Strategic Technology Office. Dr. Woodward has a background in optical and radio frequency (RF) devices, systems and networks for diverse applications. His research interests generally concern the use of optical and RF technology for sensing and communications, and include high-capacity networked systems in particular. Relevant technologies include photonics, millimeter wave RF, distributed coherent signaling (e.g., multiple-input and multiple-output,MIMO), signal processing methods and host platforms, and networking. More

Mr. Greg Woosley is the Program Security Officer for the Information Innovation Office (I2O). He is responsible for ensuring that all I2O information, data and materials requiring safeguarding in the interest of national security are protected as prescribed. His duties include the establishment and maintenance of controls and infrastructure to ensure conformance with all laws and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of National Intelligence (DNI) issuances. More

Dr. Lisa Zurk joined DARPA in August 2016 as a program manager in the Strategic Technology Office. Her area of interest is physics-based processing techniques applied to advanced sensor system concepts, particularly for underwater acoustics and electromagnetic sensing. More