Anthony J. Tether (born ca. 1941) served as Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (

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) from June 18, 2001, until February 20, 2009. As Director, Dr. Tether was responsible for management of the Agency's projects for high-payoff, innovative research and development. In 2020, he became a consultant with MISTRAS Group, USA.

Early life

Dr. Tether received his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from

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in 1964, and his Master of Science (1965) and Ph.D. (1969) in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

Career

In 2009, Dr. Tether re-formed The Sequoia Group, which serves government and industrial clients. The Sequoia Group provides program management and strategy development services to government and industry. Dr. Tether is on several Advisory and Corporate Boards, and is a Distinguished Fellow with the Council on Competitiveness located in Washington DC. He is also on the fund management team for Ellington Healthcare Partners, which invests in start-up and early stage companies with unique therapeutic products and devices; other fund managers include former Governor

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. From 1996 to 2001, Dr. Tether held the position of CEO and President of The Sequoia Group, which he founded in 1996. From 1994 to 1996, Dr. Tether served as CEO for Dynamics Technology Inc. From 1992 to 1994, he was vice president at

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's (SAIC) Advanced Technology Sector, and then Vice President and General Manager for Range Systems at SAIC. Prior to this, he spent six years as vice president for Technology and Advanced Development at

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