el ' s ▁first ▁CE O . ▁ ▁In - Q - T el ' s ▁mission ▁is ▁to ▁identify ▁and ▁invest ▁in ▁companies ▁developing ▁cutting - edge ▁techn ologies ▁that ▁serve ▁United ▁States ▁national ▁security ▁interests . ▁Orig ins ▁of ▁the ▁corpor ation ▁can ▁be ▁trac ed ▁to ▁Dr . ▁Ruth ▁A . ▁David , ▁who ▁head ed ▁the ▁Central ▁Int elligence ▁Agency ▁Director ate ▁of ▁Science ▁& ▁Technology ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁and ▁promoted ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁rapidly ▁adv ancing ▁information ▁technology ▁for ▁the ▁C IA . ▁In - Q - T el ▁now ▁eng ages ▁with ▁entrepr ene urs , ▁growth ▁companies , ▁research ers , ▁and ▁vent ure ▁capital ists ▁to ▁deliver ▁techn ologies ▁that ▁provide ▁superior ▁capabilities ▁for ▁the ▁C IA , ▁D IA , ▁N GA , ▁and ▁the ▁wider ▁intelligence ▁community . ▁In - Q - T el ▁concentr ates ▁on ▁three ▁broad ▁commercial ▁technology ▁areas : ▁software , ▁infrastr ucture ▁and ▁materials ▁sciences . ▁ ▁Form er ▁C IA ▁director ▁George ▁Ten et ▁says , ▁ ▁We ▁[ the ▁C IA ] ▁decided ▁to ▁use ▁our ▁limited ▁dollars ▁to ▁le verage ▁technology ▁developed ▁elsewhere . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁we ▁char tered ▁... ▁In - Q - T el . ▁... ▁While ▁we ▁pay ▁the ▁b ills , ▁In - Q - T el ▁is ▁independent ▁of ▁C IA . ▁ ▁C IA ▁ident ifies ▁pressing ▁problems , ▁and ▁In - Q - T el ▁provides ▁the ▁technology