Speakers

Our speakers will be sharing their experiences, strategies and knowledge. Who are you going to watch?

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Rear Admiral Fred Byus USN (Ret.)

Prior Chief Oceanographer, United States Navy

Nicolas Chaillan CEH CISSP

Chief Software Officer, United States Air Force

COL Ed Croot USASOC [SOCOM]

Chief of Staff, U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Command

VAdm Joseph Dyer USN (Ret.)

Prior COO, iRobot

John Felker

Assistant Director, DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Christy Monaco

Chief Ventures Officer, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

LTC Mark Owens USA USSOCOM (Ret.)

Chief Strategy Officer, True Velocity

LtCol. Joseph Shusko USMC (Ret.)

Founder, Marine Corps Martial Arts Center of Excellence, United States Marine Corps

Stacy Swider

Director, SBIR Center of Excellence at UMass Lowell Research Institute

Dr. Isaiah Wilson III, PhD

President, Joint Special Operations University

Juan Acosta

Chief Operating Officer, Draper University

Brad Aldridge

Senior Educational / Technology Analyst, USAF Squadron Officer School

Zaheer Ali

Manager, Universities Space Research Association

Dexter Ang

Chief Executive Officer, Pison

Scott Barnes

Co-Founder & Managing Director, Capture Collective, Inc.

Joe Billingsley

Director of Strategic Engagement, National Defense University

Jesse Blunt

Founder, Tried & True Tattoo

Chris Bomgaars

Founder & CEO, EveryPig

Sir Richard Branson

Founder, Virgin Group

Dr. N. Adam Brown MD, MBA, FACEP

President of Emergency Medicine, Envision Physician Services

Shelli Brunswick

Space Foundation, Space Foundation

Dave Cabrera CISSP

Cyber Operations Engineer, MITRE

John Casano

Serial Entrepreneur + Warfighter Problem Solver, Strike Labs

Robin Champ

Chief, Enterprise Strategy Division, United States Secret Service

Anita Chandra Dr.P.H.

VP and Director, Social and Economic Well-Being, RAND

Jason Chen

Innovation Accelerator, AFWERX

Jen Choi

Defense Acquisition & Policy, MITRE

Dr. Gregory Ciottone MD, FACEP, FFSEM

President, World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine

Ryan Connell

Director, NE Commercial Pricing, Dept. of Defense

MajGen Kimberly Crider USSF

Mobilization Assistant, U.S. Space Force

Jay Crossler

Partner, COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition

Jesus Cuartas

Federal Emergency Manager and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University

Craig Cummings

Co-Founder and General Partner, Moonshots Capital

LtCol. Arnel David USA

Special Advisor to the Chief of the General Staff (UK), US Army

Hon. Rodney Davis (R-IL)

Congressman, U.S. Congress

Paul De Lia

Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group

Gary de Rodriguez

Founder, Unblock

Paul de Souza

President and Founder, Cyber Security Forum Initiative

Peter Dixon (USMC)

CEO, Second Front

Tim Draper

Founding Partner, Draper Associates

Kristina Drye

Strategic Communications Manager, Giant Oak, Inc.

Col. Wayne Dudding USA (Ret.)

Chief Executive Officer, OLGS, Inc. (One Less Gold Star)

CMSgt Ian Eishen USAF

Command Chief, 412th Test Wing, United States Air Force

Tim Ellis

Co-Founder & CEO, Relativity Space

Clint Fairow MS, MPH

Global Food Defense Manager, Archer Daniels Midland

Eric Fanning

CEO, Aerospace Industries Association

Maggie Feldman-Piltch

Founder, #NatSecGirlSquad

Sheldon Fernandez

Chief Executive Officer, DarwinAI

Daniel Finkenstadt

Professor in Enterprise Sourcing, Naval Postgraduate School

Ryan "FOBS" Graves

Technology Development Manager, BAE Systems - FAST Labs

Lori Frantzve

CEO, E3Tek

Michael Fraser MSc CS

CEO and Chief Architect, Refactr

John Fuisz

Co-Founder, Veriphix Inc.

Helio Fred Garcia

President, Logos Consulting Group

Andrew Garrett

Chief Executive Officer, Garrett Discovery

Eri Gentry

Co-Founder, Negative

Alex Gorsuch

CTO, Ascent Integrated Technology

Beni Gradwohl, Ph.D.

Co-Founder & CEO, Cognovi Labs

David Hamilton

Founder & Chairman, America's Future Series

Corinne Hancock

Chaos Coach, MPL

Rob Handfield

Executive Director, Supply Chain Resource Cooperative - NC State University

Jonathan Hard

Chief Executive Officer, H2L Solutions, Inc.

Dave Harden

Founder, The Outpost

Dan Hart

President & CEO, Virgin Orbit

Shawn Henry

Chief Security Officer, CrowdStrike

JC Herz

Chief Operating Officer, Ion Channel

Daniel Hulter

Tech Sergeant, United States Air Force

Brad Hunstable

CEO & Co-Founder, Linear Labs, Inc.

Hannah Hunt

Chief of Staff, USAF Kessel Run

Bryan Ingram

President, Meta Alliance Group

Tito Jankowski

Co-Founder, Negative

Stephanie L. Jaros

Director of Research, DoD Counter-Insider Threat Program, Defense Personnel and Security Research Center (PERSEREC)

Eric Jenkusky

Launch CEO & Co-Founder, Matrix Meats

Emily Jerger

Senior Project Engineer, MxD

Capt. Michael Kanaan USAF

Director of Operations, USAF / MIT Artificial Intelligence Accelerator

Kevin Kane

Co-Founder & CEO, AMBIT, INC.

Warren Katz

Managing Director, Air Force Accelerator [Powered by TechStars]

Sam Kinney

Senior Advisor, Public Spend Forum

Benjamin Kosinski

Chief Executive Officer, VendorTerm

Kevin Landtroop JD, LLM

Vice President of Defense, Capital Factory

Willis Laughrey

VP Space & C2 Systems, Raytheon Technologies

Doowan Lee

Senior Director of Strategy and Research, Zignal Labs

Jesse Levin

Senior Cultural Chameleon, Tactivate

MajGen Lee Levy USAF (Ret.)

Member, NASA Advisory Council

Russ Long

Chief Executive Officer, Long Capture

Dave Lutian

Founder & CEO, SolarFlexes

Col. Daniel Manning USAF (Ret.)

Chief Creative Guide, Firepower Concepts, LLC

Nino Marcantonio

Deputy Director, Defense Technology Innovation Program LLC

Dr. Leonard Marcus PhD

Founding Co-Director, Harvard National Preparedness Leadership Initiative

Capt. Jon Margolick USMC

Director, Centers for Adaptive Warfighting - NavalX

Dr. Benjamin Miller PhD

Economist, RAND Corporation

Erin Miller

Vice President of Operations, Space ISAC

Colleen Murphy

Contracting and Acquisition SME, MITRE

MSgt Andrea Murray USAF

Innovation/Experimentation Branch Manager, USAF ACC A29 (Intelligence Directorate)

Dr. Piers Nash

CEO, Sympatic

General Robert Neller USMC (Ret.)

Prior Commandant, US Marine Corps

Dr. Aleks Nesic PhD

Human Domain Instructor (ARSOF) / COIN Instructor (NATO) / North Africa Studies Faculty (FSI), U.S. Army / NATO / Dept. of State

Rachel Olney

CEO, Geosite

Geoff Orazem

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Eastern Foundry

Jay Owen

CEO, Design Extensions

MSgt Jeremiah Patterson USAF

Pitch Coach, USAF Spark Tank

Prescott Paulin

President, 300 Below, Inc.

Ken Peterman

SVP & President, Viasat

Mara Pillinger

Policy Manager, O'Neill Institute For National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University

Graham Plaster

CEO, The Intelligence Community, Inc.

Morgan Polotan

Principal, Comcast Ventures

Chris Przybyszewski

Executive Vice President, U.S. Biologic

Josh Quenga

Defense Consultant

LtGen Harry Raduege Jr., USAF (Ret.)

Senior Counselor, Cohen Group

Dr. Jason Rathje PhD

Partner, AF Ventures

Dave Reese

Federal Sales Manager, Menlo Security

Shawn Rhodes

Chief Executive Officer, Shoshin Consulting

Christina Rhylander

Defense Acquisition & Policy, MITRE

Kyle Rice

Chief Technology Officer, SAP National Security Services (SAP NS2)

Cmdr. Brian Rivera USN

Chief Executive Officer, AGLX Consulting

Jack Saba

Founder, Bequall

Ricky Sahu

CEO, 1up Health

Andrew Schmahl

Partner & Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group

Dr. Federico Sciammarella PhD

President & CTO, MxD

Toni Scribner

Director of Learning Sciences and Technology Studio, USAF Squadron Officer School

Richard Serino

Senior Fellow, Harvard National Preparedness Leadership Initiative

Dr. Ava Shamban

Celebrity Doctor and Lead Dermatologist, AVA MD

Raj Sharma

Founder & CEO, Public Spend Forum

LtCol. [Dr.] Philip Shields USAF

Logistics Officer, Clear Gene, LLC

Peter W. Singer

Author of "Burn-In", Useful Fiction

Lt Col Jake Sotiriadis USAF, Ph.D.

Chief, Strategic Foresight and Futures Analytics, AFWIC / HQ USAF

Lorna Tedder

Defense Acquisition & Policy, MITRE

Dr. Marina Theodotou PhD

People, Change and Culture - Workflow Learning, Defense Acquisition University

LtGen John Thompson USAF

Commander, USAF Space and Missile Systems Center

Dr. "TOGA" Jason Trew PhD

Dean of Academic Affairs, USAF Squadron Officer School

Lito Villanueva (Prior JSOC JCU CTR)

CEO/CTO, Litocorp

LtCol. Roman Vitkovitsky USMC

Director, Cyberspace Operations, United States Marine Corps

Meredith Walker

Global Economist, XPrize

Dr. Rand Waltzman Ph.D.

Deputy CTO, RAND

Sean Ward CISSP

Director of Cybersecurity, Aveshka

Kym Wehrle

Director of Engagement, MxD

Scott Weiner

Founding Board Member, The Hay Institute

John Wilczynski

Executive Director, America Makes at NCDMM

Taylor Wilkerson

Principle Health Systems Engineer, MITRE

Debra Zides PMP

Defense Acquisition & Policy, MITRE