Regina Dugan

Name: Regina E. Dugan

Born: March 19, 1963, in New York, New York, USA

Computer-related contributions

• American mechanical engineer, inventor, company President and CEO.
• Nineteenth director of the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), and the first woman to hold that position.
• Founder of RedXDefense, LLC, a company devoted to finding solutions to combat explosive threats.
• Recently holds executive role at Google (2012).

Significant publications

• Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets IV (1999).

Honors and awards

• Awarded the Bronze deFleury medal by the Army Engineer Regiment (2000).
• Named DARPA Program Manager of the Year (1999).
• Office of the Secretary of Defense Award for Exceptional Service and the Award for Outstanding Achievement.
• Named a Tech Titan by Washingtonian Magazine.