Douglas Schmidt is an SEI alumni employee.

Schmidt is Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Schmidt was formerly a visiting scientist at the SEI working on special projects for the SEI director. He was also the chief technology officer of the SEI. In addition, Schmidt was formerly the associate provost for research development and technologies at Vanderbilt University and co-director of Vanderbilt’s Data Science Institute, as well as the Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering and professor of computer science.