IP: New Director of DARPA Named

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> NEW DIRECTOR OF DARPA NAMED
> Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld today announced the appointment of 
> Anthony J. Tether as the director of the Defense Advanced Research 
> Projects Agency (DARPA).  DARPA is the principal agency within the 
> Department of Defense for research, development, and demonstration of 
> concepts, devices, and systems that provide highly advanced military 
> capabilities.  As director, Tether is responsible for management of the 
> Agency's projects for high-payoff, innovative research and development.
> Until his appointment as Director of DARPA, Tether held the position of 
> chief executive officer and president of The Sequoia Group, which he 
> founded in 1996.  The Sequoia Group provided program management and 
> strategy development services to government and industry.  From 1994 to 
> 1996, Tether served as chief executive officer for Dynamics Technology 
> Inc.  From 1992 to 1999, he was vice president of Science Applications 
> International Corporation's (SAIC) Advanced Technology Sector, and then 
> vice president and general manager for Range Systems at SAIC.  Prior to 
> this, he spent six years as vice president for Technology and Advanced 
> Development at Ford Aerospace Corp., which was acquired by Loral 
> Corporation during that period.  He has also held positions in the 
> Department of Defense, serving as director of DARPA's Strategic Technology 
> Office in 1982 through 1986, and as director of the National Intelligence 
> Office in the Office of the Secretary of Defense from 1978 to 1982.  P!
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> or to entering government service, he served as executive vice president 
> of Systems Control Inc. from 1969 to 1978, where he applied estimation and 
> control theory to military and commercial problems with particular 
> concentration on development and specification of algorithms to perform 
> real-time resource allocation and control.
> Tether has served on Army Science Boards and Defense Science Boards and on 
> the Office of National Drug Control Policy Research and Development 
> Committee.  He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics 
> Engineers (IEEE) and is listed in several Who's Who publications.  In 
> 1986, he was honored with both the National Intelligence Medal and the 
> Department of Defense Civilian Meritorious Service Medal.
> Tether earned his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer 
> Polytechnic Institute in 1964, and his Master of Science (1965) and Ph.D. 
> (1969) in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
> More information on DARPA can be found at <a 
> href="http://www.darpa.mil";>http://www.darpa.mil, or by contacting Jan 
> Walker at 703-696-2404.



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