William Chappell

Dr. William Chappell is the CTO of Azure Global and VP of Missions Systems. He was formerly the director of the Microsystems Technology Office (MTO). Serving in this position, he focused the office on three key thrusts important to national security. These thrusts included ensuring unfettered use of the electromagnetic spectrum, building an alternative business model for acquiring advanced DoD electronics that feature built-in trust, and developing circuit architectures for next-generation machine learning. MTO creates the MEMS, photonic, and electronic components needed to gracefully bridge the divide between the physical world in which we live and the digital realm where our information resides. Under Dr. Chappell’s leadership, MTO developed the basic underpinnings of computation and sensing needed for an effective, information-driven society. He created and kicked off the Electronics Resurgence Initiative, the nation’s largest investment in the foundation of electronics. NSSA will benefit greatly from the expertise of Dr. Chappell.