Virtual Happy Hour Tonight, April 10, 2023, 6-7pm on Zoom
with Dorothy Engelhardt, Director for Unmanned Systems DASN Ships at United States Navy
Join us for another Virtual Happy Hour Tonight, April 10, 2023, 6-7pm on Zoom with
Dorothy Engelhardt, Director for Unmanned Systems, DASN Ships, US Navy
Ms. Engelhardt is the Director for Unmanned Systems within the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition). Her portfolio includes Surface, Undersea, and enabling technologies such as autonomy, artificial intelligence, machine learning, energy, command, control and communications, sensors, kinetic and non-kinetic payloads. She is considered a Subject Matter Expert in Acquisition. Her experience spans Naval Aviation, Marine Corps Expeditionary Air/Ground, and Naval Unmanned Systems. As a Congressional Fellow, and Military Legislative Assistant, Ms. Engelhardt advised Senator Feinstein on all military matters. Ms. Engelhardt has served in several disciplines to include research and development, requirements development, test and evaluation, logistics, congressional affairs and all facets of program management. She is an original plank holder for the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research, Development and Acquisition for Unmanned Systems and is a known futurist, creative thinker, change advocate, problem solver and collaborator. She holds a Master’s Degree in Aeronautical Science and is a commercially rated pilot and proud mother of three accomplished women.
Can’t join us tonight? No worries, join us another Monday for great networking and opportunities…
April 17, 2023: Andrew Blume, Pascale Dabit, VectorZero Technologies
April 24, 2023: Art Trevethan, Champion of Industry Opportunities, Army Applications Laboratory
May 1, 2023: Chris Anthony, Founder and CEO, TeamWorx Security
May 8, 2023: No Virtual Happy Hour
May 15, 2023: Dr. J. Keith Dunbar, CEO & Founder, FedLearn
May 22, 2023: Jonathan Shaffner, Director, Business Development for Federal at MBO Partners
May 29, 2023: Greg Knutson, Venture Capital Fellow, Blue Ivy Ventures
June 5, 2023: Admiral Jeff Lemmons, USN (ret.), President, J. Lemmons Consultants
June 12, 2023: Alex Gallo, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Common Mission Project
June 19, 2023: Justin Nassiri, CEO, Executive Presence
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