Melissa Smoot serves as the Submarine Integrated Power Systems Advisor at Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), where she provides technical advice and stewardship to address design, testing, and performance issues, as well as create the processes, specifications, and standards that support current and future capabilities. Smoot retired from the Navy in 2007 after 25 years of service, where she served as an Engineering Duty Officer. Her tours of duty spanned different communities and experiences, to includes operational, maintenance, acquisition, nuclear propulsion, and Naval Special Warfare.