Don’t miss your chance to hear directly from David Busigo, the Senior Advisor and the Director of the Rapid Integrated Scalable Program (RISE).

 

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Rapid Integrated Scalable Enterprise (RISE) program is a game-changing initiative that connects innovative small businesses with national security priorities.

RISE bridges the gap between research and deployment, taking advanced R&D projects and maturing them into production-ready technologies. Key objectives include reducing technical risk, lowering lifecycle costs, and accelerating critical military capabilities. Projects, often sourced from programs like SBIR/STTR and non-traditional defense vendors, undergo a rigorous selection process designed to emphasize small business participation and innovation.

 

Join this 1-hour overview of the DOD RISE program and learn, from the source, what’s needed to submit a successful proposal and ask your questions.

 

 

 

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no cost to attend, but registration is required

 

 

The session is ideal for technology-based entrepreneurs, startups and small businesses familiar with the DOD SBIR programs who want to learn more about other DOD funding. New to SBIR/STTR? Please view our on-demand webinars before joining our “From the Sources’ Mouth” training sessions.

 

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Featuring:

Mr. David “Dave” Busigo, Jr.,

 

Senior Advisor and the Director of the Rapid Integrated Scalable Program (RISE)

 

 

Mr. David “Dave” Busigo, Jr. is currently assigned as an IPA to the (DoD) Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP). His assignment officially started on June 2022, where he has been assigned as a Senior Advisor and the Director of the Rapid Integrated Scalable Program (RISE) to OSBP. Prior to the OSD assignment, Mr. Busigo, joined the Finance organization at ARLIS on August 23, 2021 as a member of the UMD Visiting Faculty after 43 years of service to the Department of Defense. Throughout most of his tenure in the Department, Mr. Busigo, held senior level management positions in a variety of agencies overseeing the budget, finance, acquisition, and policy.

His last 24 years (1997-2021) with the Department, was at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), where he served as a senior manager in a variety of Technical and Support offices. He was selected for a Senior Level (SL) appointment in 2008. He served as the Acting Director of the Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSDR&E), on a detail from DARPA (2019-2021). Prior to this detail, he served in a variety of technical and support offices to include the: Information Technology Office (ITO), Information Exploitation Office (IXO), Management Support Services (MSO), Adaptive Execution Office (AEO), and the Director of the Small Business Office. Mr. Busigo was also appointed the Senior Government Lead for the construction of the new DARPA building, in Arlington, Virginia. In each of these SL positions, he was responsible for financial oversight and business activities, including acquisition, financial analysis, budget planning, and execution.

 

 

 

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Training Provided By: Michigan’s SBIR/STTR Assistance Program
The Michigan SBIR/STTR Assistance Program provides SBIR/STTR training and proposal development services to technology companies with costs covered in whole or in part by the state. The program is funded by the Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF), administered by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and managed by BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting.

 

Do you know about Michigan’s SBIR/STTR Assistance Program?  The Michigan SBIR/STTR Assistance Program provides SBIR/STTR training and proposal development services to technology companies with most costs covered by a state grant. The program is managed by BBCetc.

 

 

 

Funds for this initiative were provided by the 21st Century Jobs Fund, a MSF program designed to accelerate the growth and diversification of Michigan’s economy.

 

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