Zachary John Lemnios (born February 21, 1955) is an American scientist, executive, and engineer who has worked in government, industry, and academia. Most notably, he held the post of
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (currently known as Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering) from 2009 to 2012, and he has served as the first
Chief Technology Officer of
MIT Lincoln Laboratory, and as
Vice President of Research at
IBM. Lemnios later founded ZJL Consulting, LLC.[1]
Early life
Zachary Lemnios was born on February 21, 1955, in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, and he was raised in
Lexington, Massachusetts.[2][3] He attended the Lexington public schools and graduated from Lexington High School.[2][3] He was an avid amateur radio operator (WA1LTA)[4] and enjoyed building electronic projects.
Education
Lemnios received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from the
University of Michigan in 1976[5] and his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) from the
McKelvey School of Engineering at
Washington University in St. Louis in 1979.[6] His thesis was titled, "The Fabrication and Evaluation of Microwave Field Effect Transistors".[7] He also completed post graduate courses, including the Harvard Kennedy School of Government Program for Senior Executives in National and International Security (NIS).[citation needed]
Lemnios has served as Chair and on the Technical Program Committee of GOMACTech[15] and GaAs IC Symposium.[16]
Lemnios was confirmed as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering by the
Senate on June 19, 2009, and he was sworn in on July 2, 2009.[17] In this position, Lemnios was the Chief Technology Officer for Department of Defense.[18]
Lemnios established the DoD Science and Technology Executive Committee.[19]
Lemnios served as a Principal member, Committee on Technology of the
National Science and Technology Council;[17][20] Advisor,
Defense Acquisition Board;[17][21] Chairman, Radiation Hardened Oversight Council (RHOC);[17] Chairman, Defense Science and Technology Advisory Group (DSTAG);[17] Chairman, Armed Services Biomedical Research Evaluation and Management Committee;[17] Chairman, DoD Combat Feeding Research and Engineering Board (CFREB);[17] and Chairman, DoD Biometrics Executive Committee.[17]
He launched four imperatives for the Defense Science & Technology enterprise, which set the framework for how the Department of Defense prepares for future US national security needs:[22][23]
"Accelerate the delivery of technical capabilities to win the current fight and develop the skills and processes to rapidly field capabilities in any future fight".
"Prepare for an uncertain future" by investing in key technologies such as cyber science and technology, electronic warfare and protection, data-to-decisions (to reduce cycle time and manpower for analysis), engineered resilient systems (for protection against infiltration and to develop agile manufacturing for trusted defense systems), countering
WMDs, autonomous systems, and enhancing human systems (human-machine interfaces).
"Reduce the cost, acquisition time, and risk of major defense acquisition programs".
"Develop world class science, technology, engineering, and math capabilities for the DoD and the Nation".
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abUS patent 5162258, Zachary J. Lemnios; David G. McIntyre & Chung-Lim Lau et al., "Three Metal Personalization Of Application Specific Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit", published 1992-11-10
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abUS patent 4959705, Zachary J. Lemnios; David G. McIntyre & Chung-Lim Lau et al., "Three Metal Personalization Of Application Specific Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit", published 1990-09-25, assigned to Ford Microelectronics, Inc.
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abUS patent 4954852, Zachary J. Lemnios, "Sputtered Metallic Silicide Gate For GaAs Integrated Circuits", published 1990-09-04, assigned to Ford Microelectronics, Inc.
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abUS patent 4494997, Zachary J. Lemnios & He B. Kim, "Ion Implant Mask And Cap For Gallium Arsenide Structures", published 1985-01-22, assigned to Westinghouse Electric Corp.
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abCheney, David W.; van Atta, Richard (2019).
"8. DARPA's Process for Creating New Programs". The DARPA Model for Transformative Technologies : Perspectives on the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Cambridge. p. 275, under section "Other Key Roles in Program Formation," section 142.
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