Mr. Robert Renner, Jr., currently serves as the Deputy Program Manager for the Small Business Innovation Research Program Office at Marine Corps Systems Command. In this role, he executes the Command’s vision of enabling small businesses to explore their technological potential and profit from its commercialization. Mr. Renner recently joined the Federal civilian workforce after over a decade serving as a government contractor, and has worked for Marine Corps Systems Command’s SBIR program office since August 2016. Prior to joining the SBIR office, he provided strategic communications support to the U.S. Army’s Project Manager Enterprise Services and Project Manager Terrestrial Sensors offices at Fort Belvoir, Va.