M. Connie Jacobs
SBIR/STTR Program Manager
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Ms. Jacobs is the Deputy Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (SADBU) Officer, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Manager, and Industrial Liaison Officer at DARPA. She has been involved in the SBIR program since its inception in 1982. She manages DARPA's $45M SBIR program. Ms. Jacobs represents DARPA and the DoD at a multitude of Small Business Conferences. She conducts SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) training sessions for Historically Black Colleges and Minority Institutes (HBCU/MI's), Small Business Development Centers, and laboratories included in the Federal Laboratory Consortium. Additionally, as DARPA's Industrial Liaison Officer, she is responsible for the Domestic Technology Transfer Program and Unsolicited Proposals. Ms. Jacobs has 36 years of Federal experience in Industrial Liaison activities.

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