Ms. Barbara PicaFinancial Manager

Barbara J. Pica has been with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency since 1983. She has served as a Program/Financial Analyst for a variety of major DARPA Technical Offices, including: Strategic Technology, Defense Manufacturing, Nuclear Monitoring, and Naval Technology.

Her present position, Financial Analyst of the Microsystems Technology Office, entails the oversight of all program planning, budgeting, and execution; responsibility for preparation of program/budget documentation for the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Congress; development and coordination of acquisition strategies; direction of procurement and funding actions; contractor source selection; monitoring and control of contractor cost and schedule performance; and office compliance with security, internal management controls, and other DoD/DARPA administrative and management requirements.

Ms. Pica holds a B.S. in Art from Longwood College.