DEFTECH Coffee Call Friday, 30 April 2021

Raleigh

Apr 28, 2021

Category	Announcement, no attachment
DoD Communities of Interest	R&D Research and Development
Subject	DEFTECH Coffee Call Friday, 30 April 2021
Due Date	30 April 2021
Government Organization	NC DEFTECH
Description DEFTECH Coffee Call Friday, 30 April 2021 Join us this Friday, 30 April 2021 @ 0900-1000 ET for another DEFTECH Coffee Call. Join us and our special guest: Ms. Jennifer Thabet, Program Director, DARPA Small Business Programs Office (SBPO). Show up early at 0830 to join the DEFTECH Team as we review current federal technology opportunities. Note: The link is the same as the Coffee Call. BIO: Ms. Jennifer Thabet is an experienced program manager with an extensive background supporting DARPA and the DoD. Enhancing the small business community’s ability to create and transition revolutionary technologies that benefit the warfighter, federal government, and commercial marketplace is of paramount importance in Ms. Thabet’s role as Program Director, DARPA Small Business Programs Office (SBPO). She focuses 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. Before 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 focusing 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. Before her time at DARPA, Ms. Thabet spent time as an attorney specializing in contract law and general litigation. The topic of Discussion: DARPA Small Business Programs Office Website: https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/for-small-businesses Small Business Programs Office (SBPO): https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/for-small-businesses/get-started-continued SUPPORTING DARPA’S MISSION: The Small Business Programs Office The Small Business Program Office (SBPO) serves the small-business community by creating an environment within DARPA that considers small-business concerns a primary source of innovative solutions. SBPO helps expand small-business relationships and training opportunities within the Department of Defense (DoD) and other federal agencies and enables the small-business community to create and transition radical, game-changing technologies that benefit national security, the federal government, and the commercial marketplace. SBPO supports small businesses by: • Helping firms understand the DARPA culture and mission • Educating firms on agency policies and procedures • Directing firms to the appropriate technology office for potential funding opportunities • Directing firms to other Federal agencies as appropriate for potential funding opportunities • Directing firms to websites and other useful resources • Developing training materials and tools to ease the burden of doing business with the government • Responding to inquiries in a timely manner SBPO oversees DARPA’s participation in federal SBIR and STTR programs. These programs help the Agency: • Explore high-risk concepts and ideas without the expense of larger programs • Provide up to $1.6 million per project for promising technologies • Leverage unique skillsets and novel ideas to address high-priority military needs • Test & evaluate alternatives or solution subsets to reduce risk SBPO also offers commercialization and transition assistance to Phase II SBIR and STTR awardees to increase performers’ potential to move their technology into the military services, other federal agencies, and/or the commercial market. About this Event: COFFEE CALL DETAILS: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/deftech-coffee-call-tickets-127190501213?aff=ebdsoporgprofile Every Friday, 0900 Eastern, Grab your Coffee, bring your ideas, and join the NC Defense Technology Transition (DEFTECH) Community for an open, informal, virtual “Coffee Call” to address your concerns and ideas regarding Innovation, Technology, and commensurate Leadership challenges. Learn about Federal technology requirements and business opportunities. Network virtually over a cup of coffee and connect with like-minded people. Learn how your innovation and technology can be applied to solve national security problems. Why Participate: If you are tired of being lectured to. If you would like a chance to share your thoughts and hear what others have to say. If you are interested in Innovation, Technology, Leadership, and contracting to solve national security problems, this virtual networking event is for you. Talk, listen, ask questions, it’s your choice, but DEFTECH wants to hear from you. Who: Industry, academia, government, and anybody that wants to discuss Innovation, Technology, Opportunities, and the Leadership attributes required to pull it all together. Format: To get us started, DEFTECH will briefly offer a relevant Technology Leadership topic and open it up for discussion, but the participants will drive the conversations. After the open forum, DEFTECH will briefly review current opportunities, trends, and upcoming events. When: Join us every Friday from 0900-1000 Eastern Time. Where: Virtual Microsoft Teams Meeting, or dial in from your phone. How: Join on your computer, tablet, browser through the Microsoft Teams application, or call in. However you join the discussion, we want to hear from you!
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