I am currently assisting a DARPA Program Manager in leading a $65M research project developing approaches to make it easier for scientists to build, maintain and reason over rich models of complex systems including physical, biological, social, engineered or hybrid systems. The project is designed to interpret and expose scientific knowledge and assumptions in existing model code and documentation, identify new data and information resources automatically, extract useful information from these sources, integrate this useful information into machine-curated expert models, and execute these models in robust ways. Our leadership task involves working with the researchers of the nine organizations involved to guide and facilitate their efforts in areas such as category theory, simulation, and knowledge graphs, for use cases related to pandemics and space weather. For me, this means quickly becoming knowledgeable and conversant enough in new computational and scientific areas to help the teams work though roadblocks, spot potential problems and ensure the project stays on track.

My broader passion is in facilitating team success in government research and data operations. This includes effective communication and visualization, cultivating data leaders, simplifying data stacks, and developing data governance. I seek to bridge the communication gap between the C-suite / Flag Officer leadership and data teams, to build sustainable and effective data operations that deliver real value.