About Sharon Beermann-Curtin

2019             Inducted into the Academy of Electrical and Computer Engineering

EDUCATION
1995             MSEE – University of Rhode Island – Kingston
1987             BSEE – Missouri University of Science & Technology

WORK EXPERIENCE
2018 - Present    Senior Advisor to the Director, Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO), Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research & Engineering (OUSD(R&E))
2018                       Acting Director, Strategic Capabilities Office, OUSD(R&E)
2014 - 2018         Deputy Director, Strategic Capabilities Office, OUSD(R&E)
2010 - 2014         Senior Advisor to the Director, Sea Warfare and Weapons Systems Department, Office of Naval Research (ONR)
2009 - 2010         European Liaison Power Systems, Office of Naval Research
2005 - 2009         Program Manager, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Defense Sciences Office / Microsystems Technology Office
2003 - 2005         Acting Deputy Department Head, Sea Warfare and Weapons Department, ONR
2002 - 2003         Visiting Scholar, Ocean Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2001 - 2002         Technology Manager for Ship Systems, Undersea Weapons Division, ONR
1999 - 2001         Chief Technology Officer, Program Executive Office-Aircraft Carriers, Naval Systems Sea Command
1994 - 1999         Program Manager, Torpedo Defense and Tactical Environments Portfolio, ONR
1989 - 1994         Electronic Engineer, Naval Undersea Warfare Center
1988 - 1989         Design Engineer, McDonnell Douglas Electronics Systems Company

OTHER

• Defense Science Board Member