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March 13 2012 Darpa director leaving the Pentagon for Google

http://rt.com/usa/news/darpa-pentagon-google-defense-503/

Published: 13 March, 2012

One of the most top-secret Pentagon departments — the same that spawned America’s drones, military robots, electromagnetic guns and other sci-fi weaponry — is about to lose its top officer to Google.

Regina Dugan oversaw the development of some of the US military’s most marvelous high tech accomplishments as director of Darpa, but the head of the DoD’s research lab is parting ways with the Pentagon to take on a role with Google. Not even three years after she took on the role as the first female director of the America’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or Darpa, Regina Dugan is now walking away to join the ranks of America’s other innovative powerhouse. Dugan will be relinquishing her top roll at the Defense Department’s Darpa program and trading in the Potomac River for Silicon Valley, and says it is a natural decision to move somewhere where the possibilities seem endless. Apparently within the cogs of the war machine, there is only so much left to explore.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_E._Dugan

From July 2009 to March 2012, Dugan served as the 19th Director of DARPA; she was the first woman to lead the Agency. As Director she advanced strategic initiatives in the fields of cyber security, social media, and advanced manufacturing. She also led an active operational deployment in direct support of the war in Afghanistan for which the Agency was awarded the Joint Meritorious Unit Award.

In 2012 Dugan left DARPA for Google as a Senior Executive

In 2013, Regina was appointed to the Board of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: VAR),[14] and in July 2014 she was appointed to the Board of Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA

February 2014, Dugan rejoined Google as Vice President of Engineering, Advanced Technology and Projects. ATAP developed Project Tango and Project Ara

April 2016, Dugan left Google to head Facebook's 'Building 8',[7] a research division similar to Google's ATAP group.

October 2017, Dugan announced she would be leaving Facebook, where she worked in Building 8 in early 2018 to focus on building and leading a new endeavor.