Mr. Edwards has more than 20 years of experience in development of innovative technologies to address some of the nation’s most difficult and critical challenges for DARPA and similar customers.

Previously at Metamaterials, Inc., he was a Vice President responsible for the technical development of wide area imaging systems and incorporation of AI into products. Prior to Metamaterials, Mr. Edwards was a Sr. Technical Director at BAE Systems responsible for supervising an R&D portfolio focused on multimodal (EO/IR and RF) sensing and processing. He has a long history of bringing automation and intelligence to novel sensing systems. His recent portfolio included management of diverse capabilities, including pioneering open software architectures supporting embedded perception; advanced mixed signal techniques for AI computation; unique digital engineering concepts within operational engagement frameworks; new approaches for analog photonic AI processing; systems for quantum sensing of RF signals; and state-of-the-art methods for radiation tolerance in space-borne autonomy-focused COTS electronics.

As a Physicist, Technical Lead, or Principal Investigator at BAE Systems, Mr. Edwards created multiple real-time sense-making algorithms, developed advanced sensor models and processing pipelines, and architected multiple exploitation systems for ISR payloads. He combines business capture acumen with technical execution ability focused on producing revenue quickly from white-space concepts. Programs for which he played a technical lead role transitioned to product lines with multiple $100M+ revenue impacts. He also has a penchant for talent identification and grooming the next generation of high-potential technical leaders. To this end, he completed multiple business capture leadership and mid-career executive leadership programs.

Mr. Edwards holds a B.S. in Physics and a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP). He dropped his Electrical Engineering graduate pursuits at UMCP to develop the ARGUS-IS system in 2007, and he has not looked back since.