CAPT James Coburn is the Senior Advisor for Emerging Technology at FDA’s Office of Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats where he leads the Innovative Technologies and Advanced Manufacturing (I-TEAM) program which develops training and regaultory science metrics for advanced and emerging manufacturing technologies. They are working to identify and remove roadblocks to creating an agile medical manufacturing base and resilient medical supply chains. He was previously the Medical Manufacturing Innovation Lead for the Health Outcomes Division of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). In his role in the Public Health Service, CAPT Coburn deploys to disasters and outbreak zones where agile processes and digital systems can help to improve the response.