WEBINAR
Social Engineering for Introverts
Highly technical organizations are still composed of people, and succeeding in an organization (by any definition of success) requires positive collaboration with those people. Sadly, a technical or professional education doesn’t provide much preparation for the human factors of science, engineering, or technical pursuits.
Join Dave Back, retired Navy Captain and confirmed introvert, as he discusses the lessons he has learned about working within and leading technical organizations of all sizes. Topics will include distinguishing technical problems from people problems, incentivizing desired behaviors, the importance of public speaking, radical transparency, and some bad leadership habits to unlearn.
September 24, 2025 | 12-1 PM EDT
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Speaker – Dave Back, Senior Principal Subject Matter Expert, CAPT, USN (ret)
Dave Back joined the ARA team at the end of July 2025 as a Senior Principal Subject Matter Expert for Navy affairs. He works at the Engineering & Science Division in Panama City, Florida.
Prior to joining ARA, Dave had a 30-year career in the U.S. Navy as a surface warfare officer, serving on five warships, culminating with a Command tour on the USS INDEPENDENCE (LCS 2). His shore tours included duty as an instructor at the Surface Warfare Officer’s School, a Requirements Officer in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and as a Principal Assistant Program Manager and a Program Manager for two different acquisition programs under Naval Sea Systems Command. His final tour in the Navy was as the Commanding Officer of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division. He retired from Active Duty in June of 2025 as a Captain.
He has a Bachelor of the Arts in English from Stanford University and Master of Science in Modelling, Virtual Environments, and Simulations (MOVES) from the Naval Postgraduate School.
