Dr. David M. Tralli, Manager, Civil Programs, National Space Technology Applications Office, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.

D. M. Tralli holds an MBA in Strategic Management from the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, a PhD in Geophysics from the University of California at Berkeley and a B.S. Summa Cum Laude in Physics from the University of Southern California.  He has been with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology since 1986.   

Tralli has held management positions with the JPL Strategic Systems Technology Program Office and the Commercial Technology Program.  He is currently Manager of Civil Programs in the National Technology Applications Office (NSTA).  Focusing on R&D and applications needs of national security and economic significance, NSTA offers organizations and federal agencies such as the Department of Energy, opportunities to apply the unique scientific, technological and engineering capabilities resident at JPL to help meet their strategic visions and requirements.  Tralli is the Project Manager for a study entitled “Roadmapping the California Smart Grid through Risk Retirement,” for the California Energy Commission Public Interest Energy Research Program, Defining the Pathway to the California Smart Grid 2020.