Defense Innovation Network Summit

Meet our Speakers

We've gathered some of the top experts in the field to discuss this topic. With years of experience between them, they're well-equipped to offer invaluable insights and perspectives.

Rear Admiral Fred Byus USN (Ret.)

Prior Chief Oceanographer, United States Navy

Nicolas Chaillan CEH CISSP

Chief Software Officer, United States Air Force

LTC Mark Owens USA USSOCOM (Ret.)

Chief Strategy Officer, True Velocity

Stacy Swider

Director, SBIR Center of Excellence at UMass Lowell Research Institute

John Casano

Serial Entrepreneur + Warfighter Problem Solver, Strike Labs

Ryan Connell

Director, NE Commercial Pricing, Dept. of Defense

Craig Cummings

Co-Founder and General Partner, Moonshots Capital

Kristina Drye

Strategic Communications Manager, Giant Oak, Inc.

Maggie Feldman-Piltch

Founder, #NatSecGirlSquad

Daniel Finkenstadt

Professor in Enterprise Sourcing, Naval Postgraduate School

Ryan "FOBS" Graves

Technology Development Manager, BAE Systems - FAST Labs

Eri Gentry

Co-Founder, Negative

Rob Handfield

Executive Director, Supply Chain Resource Cooperative - NC State University

Dave Harden

Founder, The Outpost

Tito Jankowski

Co-Founder, Negative

Sam Kinney

Senior Advisor, Public Spend Forum

Kevin Landtroop JD, LLM

Vice President of Defense, Capital Factory

Russ Long

Chief Executive Officer, Long Capture

Dave Lutian

Founder & CEO, SolarFlexes

Nino Marcantonio

Deputy Director, Defense Technology Innovation Program LLC

Colleen Murphy

Contracting and Acquisition SME, MITRE

Geoff Orazem

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Eastern Foundry

Jay Owen

CEO, Design Extensions

Jack Saba

Founder, Bequall

Raj Sharma

Founder & CEO, Public Spend Forum

Lorna Tedder

Defense Acquisition & Policy, MITRE

Talks

13 March 2020, 01:00 PM

Government Pricing in a Rapid Acquisition Environment

13 March 2020, 06:15 PM

Brainstorming / Hot Seat: Earning my first SBIR Grant

14 March 2020, 01:00 PM

Defense Innovations from Public Private Partnerships: The Power of the Future Tech Forum

15 March 2020, 01:00 AM

Plane Spotting: Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) for Aircraft Surveillance

19 March 2020, 12:00 PM

DevSecOps: How did DoD move to Kubernetes and Istio?

19 March 2020, 01:30 PM

Underwater Innovation: A Sailor's Perspective

19 March 2020, 05:00 PM

Rapid Innovation and Tech Scouting

19 March 2020, 07:00 PM

Pitching the Government: How to Win Big!

01 April 2020, 07:35 PM

Break Through: The Do's and Don't of Launching a Startup Amidst a Crisis

01 April 2020, 08:05 PM

Break Through: Building Solutions in a Rapidly Changing Environment

02 April 2020, 05:00 PM

Understanding Demand and Supply for Critical Coronavirus Equipment and Supplies

02 April 2020, 06:00 PM

COVID-19 Contracting Strategies for Federal and DoD Markets

03 April 2020, 04:00 PM

Lethality, Readiness, and Resiliency: COVID-19 and Force Planning

03 April 2020, 08:00 PM

Rapid Fundraising for COVID-19 Solutions

10 April 2020, 07:00 PM

Scouting for Optimal COVID-19 Grant Funding

10 April 2020, 08:00 PM

Messaging in a Crisis: Using the Power of Story to Dominate Attention and Compel Action

24 August 2020, 03:00 PM

Accelerated Market Intelligence to Reduce Barriers to Entry

25 August 2020, 12:00 AM

FILM PREMIERE: Shaping the Future of Ammunition

Marketing & Positioning

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