As the Director of the Commercial Capabilities Discovery Office, Mr. Maria Muse-Duncan executes the shared vision of commercial industry and government working together to advance national security. She leads a diverse workforce responsible for coordinating and collaborating on the end-to-end commercial GEOINT process of obtaining NSG users' GEOINT needs, discovering current and emerging capabilities in the commercial market sector, assessing and identifying commercial solutions for mission fitness, and acquiring those that do.
Ms. Muse-Duncan also served as the Acting Deputy Director of the NGA Commercial Operations Group from February to September 2023. In that leadership role she drove unity of effort across the IC, DoD, and civil organizations to leverage the power of commercial capability to solve mission gaps and enable broader shareability. She previously served as the Deputy Director for the Office of Sciences and Methodologies (ATS). She led the day-to-day operations and assisted the ATS Director in the delivery of innovative applied imagery and geospatial science capabilities in support of national security mission.
Ms. Muse-Duncan's portfolio includes assignments as the NGA Lead Integrator to the Allied System Geospatial Intelligence (ASG) for Structured Observation Management (SOM) Integration; the Deputy Director of the National Geospatial-intelligence Agency Support Team (NST) to NSA and USCYBERCOM; the NGA Senior Lead to the National Signals Intelligence Committee (SIGCOM); the Chief of Staff of the Human Geography Joint Program Office, a detail in CIO-T as the Executive Officer to the NGA Chief Information Officer, and more.
Ms. Muse-Duncan began her federal career in the United States Air Force (USAF) as a Russian Linguist. She joined NGA in 1999 after working in the private sector, and serving more than 20 years as an active duty and USAF military reservist. She is a retired E-7 Master Sergeant from the USAF Reserves.
Ms. Muse-Duncan is a graduate of University of Maryland Global Campus with a B. S. in Business Administration and a M.S. in Management of Information Systems, and is an alumnus of the National Intelligence University. Maria received the Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the DOD Joint Meritorious Award, the 2012 Sharon Parish Leader Award, Deputy Director National Intelligence for Analysis (DDNI/A) Distinguished Analysis Award, and the DOD Joint Meritorious Unit Award in support of 9/11 operations. In 2021, she was selected for promotion to the Defense Intelligence Senior ranks.
Ms. Muse-Duncan resides in Anne Arundel County, MD. She is an active member of her church, and has three adult children.
Speaking
17September
16:40 / 17:30
Bibliothèque
Session
Fostering Innovation for the Benefit of Defense users
