How to Do Business with DARPA

Description

How can your company take the first steps toward working with DARPA? Join the Pacific Northwest Defense Coalition and the Mission Acceleration Center for an in-person conversation with Richard Fuentes from DARPA, focused on helping technology companies navigate engagement with the agency.

MSG Richard Fuentes

Through a briefing, interactive Q&A, and opportunities for one-on-one conversations, attendees can move beyond general information and bring their company-specific questions into the discussion. The format provides time to hear directly from Richard and discuss their innovations in a more focused setting.

What attendees will gain

• A clearer understanding of how to approach DARPA and explore opportunities to do business with the agency.
• Perspective on how to position their technologies and capabilities for potential engagement.
• Direct answers to questions that can help inform their organization’s next steps.

Who should attend:

This event is designed for founders, technical leaders, and business development professionals at companies developing innovative technologies and products with potential defense applications. The discussion will be most relevant to organizations advancing new technical capabilities and exploring opportunities to further develop or demonstrate their innovations. 

If you would like to attend please email Mark Martinez at Mark.Martinez@pnwmac.org 

About the speaker:

MSG Richard (Rich) Fuentes, is a Program Advisor at DARPA with over 19 years of experience in the United States Army. He joined the Army in December 2006 and served as both a 25B and 25D with 1-52 GSAB, 6-17th CAV, TF 49, 4th Brigade 25th ID (ABN), 2nd Brigade 82nd ID (ABN), 22nd CSB, I Corps and is currently assigned to HQDA G-6 with a duty assignment at DARPA. He has deployed to Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Iraq and has supported countless operations abroad in the Pacific, European and Middle East Theaters. 

As a Program Advisor at DARPA, MSG Fuentes works to ensure DARPA technologies are adapted to support the Army’s needs in a timely manner. He uses his extensive experience working with tactical units to ensure that the warfighter has a say in the development of technologies that they will have to carry to war. His bottom-up approach is highly beneficial for both the warfighter and developers alike and by combining tactical and industry best practices.