Dr. Arun Seraphin

Dr. Arun Seraphin is the executive director of the National Defense Industrial Association’s Emerging Technologies Institute (NDIA ETI). Before joining NDIA, Dr. Seraphin was a professional staff member on the staff of the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services. He has also held positions at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and Institute for Defense Analyses. His work has covered policy issues such as acquisition reform; small business programs; and defense science, technology, and innovation issues. He holds a PhD in electronic materials from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and undergraduate degrees in political science and engineering science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.