Ms. Connie Jacobs is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program Manager, and Industrial Liaison Officer at DARPA.  She has been involved in the SBIR program since its inception in 1982/83.  She manages DARPA’s $75M SBIR/STTR  programs.  Ms. Jacobs represents DARPA and the DoD at a multitude of Small Business Conferences.  She conducts  SBIR and STTR  training sessions for Historically Black Colleges and Minority Institutes (HBCU/MI’s), Small Business Development Centers, and laboratories included in the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC).  Ms. Jacobs has over 41 years of Federal experience in Industrial Liaison  activities.  She is retiring on Jan 31st, 2008.