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Ted Glum

Member of the Board of Directors, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

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Ted J. Glum is a member of the Board of Directors of the Potomac Institute. He is the former Director of the US Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA), serving in that capacity from its inception in 1996 to his retirement in 2018. As the Director, Mr. Glum reported to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, and was responsible for over $2 Billion of microelectronics technology programs in addition to numerous classified programs for the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community.  DMEA capabilities that he oversaw included a one-of-a-kind flexible foundry which enables DMEA to provide critical parts for intelligence, special operations, and combat missions as well as providing parts that are unobtainable in the commercial market, and has been designated as a Critical National Resource by the US Government.