Robert G. Elmer

As president and CEO of BBN Technologies, Tad Elmer is responsible for over 500 highly trained engineers and scientists working on cutting-edge R&D projects in internetworking, mobile networking, speech recognition, intelligent distributed systems, sensor systems, and quantum computing. Under Tad's leadership, BBN has produced consistent growth and profit while fostering BBN's unique culture of innovation. Tad also led the negotiations that resulted in a successful, management-led buyout from Verizon Communications in 2004 and now leads an independent BBN that continues its resolute focus on government R&D while also transitioning leading edge technologies to solutions for a more diverse customer base. Before being named president,...