Stefan Susta

Stefan Susta currently serves as NASA Langley Research Center’s technology transfer officer.  He leads a small team of technology transfer professionals on a mission to ensure that NASA’s innovations, developed for NASA missions, are made available to the public, maximizing the benefit to NASA and the nation. Before joining NASA in 2025, Stefan served the Department of Veterans Affairs as one of VA’s regional technology transfer specialists, supporting VA’s research activities in a seven-state region.  Prior to joining VA’s tech transfer program in 2020, Stefan served as a technology transfer specialist (ORTA) and small business liaison at the Air Force Research Laboratory, where he supported the marketing and commercialization of the directorate’s patent portfolio, and technology transfer activities to support synergistic collaborations between the Air Force, academia, and industry. He has also worked for, and successfully teamed with, partnership intermediaries and regional economic development groups to connect government labs with the private and non-for-profit sector. Besides technology transfer, over the last 30+ years, Stefan has worked in various technology-based industries and has served as a corporate officer in industry.  Stefan is a graduate of Virginia Tech and Wright State University and resides in Virginia.

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