WEBVTT 00:01.679 --> 00:04.360 Program managers come and go designed 00:04.360 --> 00:06.659 that way so the fresh ideas continue to 00:06.659 --> 00:09.119 flow into the agency . You don't have 00:09.119 --> 00:11.063 to come to DARPA just as a program 00:11.063 --> 00:13.175 manager . There's many companies that 00:13.175 --> 00:15.119 employ people who work for those 00:15.119 --> 00:17.600 program managers . These CETAs , CETAs , 00:17.680 --> 00:19.736 the actual acronym , stands for many 00:19.736 --> 00:21.958 things . What is important is that they 00:21.958 --> 00:24.013 stand for this corporate member . In 00:24.013 --> 00:26.236 this desire to build something bigger . 00:26.236 --> 00:28.236 CETAs have a huge immense impact at 00:28.236 --> 00:30.680 DARPA . Every CETA who works here is 00:30.680 --> 00:32.680 critical to DARPA's mission and its 00:32.680 --> 00:34.759 success . So think of a CETA as a 00:34.759 --> 00:36.703 technical Sherpa . So our jobs are 00:36.703 --> 00:38.703 basically here to guide the program 00:38.703 --> 00:40.315 managers through this really 00:40.315 --> 00:42.537 complicated universe of everything from 00:42.537 --> 00:44.648 how the government does contracting . 00:44.648 --> 00:46.759 How we generate new ideas all the way 00:46.759 --> 00:48.870 down to how we run a program , how we 00:48.870 --> 00:50.648 transition potential successful 00:50.648 --> 00:52.815 technologies to the warfighter . It is 00:52.815 --> 00:54.926 a team to make sure that PMs get done 00:54.926 --> 00:56.981 all the things that they want to get 00:56.981 --> 00:56.630 done in their short time here . So 00:56.630 --> 00:58.574 given I was a CETA for a few years 00:58.574 --> 01:00.797 prior to becoming a program manager , I 01:00.797 --> 01:02.797 was actually able to hit the ground 01:02.797 --> 01:04.852 running . So as a CETA , I generated 01:04.852 --> 01:06.799 hundreds of . Pages of background 01:06.799 --> 01:09.319 documentation supporting analysis and 01:09.319 --> 01:11.430 ultimately the justification that led 01:11.430 --> 01:13.597 to the creation of the Djogo program . 01:13.597 --> 01:15.597 Many people assume that CETA's work 01:15.597 --> 01:17.597 exclusively on technical work . You 01:17.597 --> 01:19.719 must be a technical person to work at 01:19.719 --> 01:22.778 DARPA . Depending on your role and your 01:23.359 --> 01:25.303 background and your subject matter 01:25.303 --> 01:27.026 expertise , you are there to . 01:27.169 --> 01:30.050 Contribute in many different ways . 01:30.330 --> 01:32.650 I've supported everything from travel 01:32.650 --> 01:34.706 planning to major event production , 01:34.849 --> 01:36.793 briefing materials , rocket launch 01:36.793 --> 01:39.016 support , and more , but the uniqueness 01:39.016 --> 01:41.182 too is the diversity of problems . One 01:41.182 --> 01:43.293 day you could be working on a problem 01:43.293 --> 01:45.460 with underwater vehicle . You could be 01:45.460 --> 01:47.182 working on a problem with high 01:47.182 --> 01:46.889 temperature superconducting materials , 01:46.930 --> 01:49.152 and the next day you could be working . 01:49.152 --> 01:51.374 On a neuroscience problem , it's a very 01:51.374 --> 01:53.097 intriguing and challenging and 01:53.097 --> 01:55.319 interesting job , and you'll never have 01:55.319 --> 01:57.580 a dull moment . You really do change 01:57.580 --> 01:59.413 how research is done , where the 01:59.413 --> 02:01.469 innovation comes from and where it's 02:01.469 --> 02:03.691 going . There's many ways to contribute 02:03.691 --> 02:07.099 to DARPA . I think being a CETA is one 02:07.099 --> 02:09.179 of the most meaningful ways .