Arun Seraphin

Executive Director, Emerging Technologies Institute, National Defense Industrial Association

National Defense Industrial Association

About

Alongside serving on SERC’s advisory board, Dr. Seraphin is a fellow of SERC’s Acquisition Innovation Research Center. At the Emerging Technologies Institute, he leads a nonpartisan entity providing research on integrating emerging technologies and policies that support national defense. He spent almost 20 years as a staff member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, and he applied his expertise in national security and international affairs as an assistant director in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Read extended bio and connect on LinkedIn.

Career Highlights

  • Served on the Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) Reform
  • Worked as a special assistant for the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • Served as a staff member on the House of Representatives Committee on Science