Mr. Temple currently serves as the Deputy Director of the Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program Office within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. In this role, he leads the development and maintenance of the Defense Small Business Innovation Portal (DSIP), and the development of policies and procedures for SBIR/STTR Due Diligence across the Components. He also supports the SBIR/STTR Program Office in various other capacities. Previously, Mr. Temple served as the Program Manager (PM) for Army STTR, where he was responsible for the successful execution of the Army STTR budget, topic calls, proposal selections, award monitoring, and outreach initiatives. With 15 years of civilian service, he has held numerous roles, including Technical Assistant to the Deputy Director at the Army Research Office, Program Manager for the Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, and Component Execution Lead for the SMART program. He has also served as the Program Manager for Technology Transfer in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research & Technology) (DASA(R&T)), Operations Officer for the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology), and as an Electronic Warfare Analyst at the Army Materiel System Analysis Activity, now DEVCOM Data Analysis Center.