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

COL Ed Croot USASOC [SOCOM]

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

John Felker

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

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

Chris Bomgaars

Founder & CEO, EveryPig

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

Jen Choi

Defense Acquisition & Policy, MITRE

Ryan Connell

Director, NE Commercial Pricing, Dept. of Defense

Jay Crossler

Partner, COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition

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

Kristina Drye

Strategic Communications Manager, Giant Oak, Inc.

CMSgt Ian Eishen USAF

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

Maggie Feldman-Piltch

Founder, #NatSecGirlSquad

Lori Frantzve

CEO, E3Tek

John Fuisz

Co-Founder, Veriphix Inc.

Rob Handfield

Executive Director, Supply Chain Resource Cooperative - NC State University

Jonathan Hard

Chief Executive Officer, H2L Solutions, Inc.

Hannah Hunt

Chief of Staff, USAF Kessel Run

Stephanie L. Jaros

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

Emily Jerger

Senior Project Engineer, MxD

Capt. Michael Kanaan USAF

Director of Operations, USAF / MIT Artificial Intelligence Accelerator

Sam Kinney

Senior Advisor, Public Spend Forum

Doowan Lee

Senior Director of Strategy and Research, Zignal Labs

Dr. Leonard Marcus PhD

Founding Co-Director, Harvard National Preparedness Leadership Initiative

Dr. Benjamin Miller PhD

Economist, RAND Corporation

Colleen Murphy

Contracting and Acquisition SME, MITRE

Dr. Aleks Nesic PhD

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

Mara Pillinger

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

Josh Quenga

Defense Consultant

Dr. Jason Rathje PhD

Partner, AF Ventures

Christina Rhylander

Defense Acquisition & Policy, MITRE

Kyle Rice

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

Andrew Schmahl

Partner & Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group

Richard Serino

Senior Fellow, Harvard National Preparedness Leadership Initiative

Raj Sharma

Founder & CEO, Public Spend Forum

LtCol. [Dr.] Philip Shields USAF

Logistics Officer, Clear Gene, LLC

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

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

Taylor Wilkerson

Principle Health Systems Engineer, MITRE

Debra Zides PMP

Defense Acquisition & Policy, MITRE

Talks

13 March 2020, 02:00 PM

DHS CISA's Role in DoD Innovation

13 March 2020, 08:00 PM

Preparing for CMMC Compliance

14 March 2020, 02:00 PM

Combating Enemy Propaganda

14 March 2020, 06:00 PM

How a Digital Workforce Accelerates Agile Acquisitions

14 March 2020, 07:00 PM

The Innovation of Combat Training (The journey from Warfighter Lethality, to Character Building in Martial Arts, to Functional Fitness and Unit Readiness)

14 March 2020, 08:00 PM

Modernization of the Military Industrial Complex from a Small Arms Perspective

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, 07:30 PM

How Acquisition Policy Impacts SBIR Transitions & Success

20 March 2020, 12:00 AM

Lessons, Challenges and Recommendations on Delivering Commercial Innovation to the Defense Community

02 April 2020, 02:00 PM

COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition Update

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

02 April 2020, 09:00 PM

Leadership in a Pandemic

03 April 2020, 12:00 AM

New Contracting and Grant Vehicles for COVID-19 Solutions

03 April 2020, 04:00 PM

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

03 April 2020, 05:00 PM

The Future of Supply Chain Risk Management in Light of COVID-19

03 April 2020, 07:00 PM

Crisis Leadership: When it matters most

03 April 2020, 09:00 PM

Funding Relief and Forgivable Loans for Businesses Impacted by COVID-19

03 April 2020, 09:30 PM

The Economic Impact of COVID-19 and what RAND is doing to help

03 April 2020, 10:00 PM

AFVentures and "Overcome COVID-19" Funding Opportunities

10 April 2020, 03:00 PM

Thinking beyond the shut-down, restarting defense manufacturing

10 April 2020, 04:00 PM

Combating COVID-19 Propaganda and Disinformation from Foreign Actors

10 April 2020, 06:00 PM

COVID-19 Suppliers, Inventory and Contracts

10 April 2020, 11:00 PM

Local Response: Human Security Approaches to COVID-19

17 April 2020, 05:00 PM

Your transformation from managing to leading during COVID-19 and beyond

22 August 2020, 05:00 PM

The Prism of Artificial Intelligence

22 August 2020, 09:00 PM

The Aftermath of a Black Sky Event

22 August 2020, 11:00 PM

MD (Multimedia Disinformation): Is there a Doc in the house?

24 August 2020, 05:00 PM

PANEL: Is there an identity crisis within U.S. Special Operations?

24 August 2020, 10:00 PM

Building a Culture of Futures-based Thinking in National Security

25 August 2020, 04:00 PM

Roadblocks to Public-Private Partnerships for Rapid Development of Innovative Technologies

25 August 2020, 05:00 PM

Leveraging Scenario Based Planning for Strategic Foresight

25 August 2020, 07:00 PM

The Cavalry Isn’t Coming - DoD’s Threat Lab and its Mission to Serve the Enterprise

25 August 2020, 10:00 PM

Policy

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Meet our Speakers

Rear Admiral Fred Byus USN (Ret.)

Nicolas Chaillan CEH CISSP

COL Ed Croot USASOC [SOCOM]

John Felker

LTC Mark Owens USA USSOCOM (Ret.)

LtCol. Joseph Shusko USMC (Ret.)

Stacy Swider

Dr. Isaiah Wilson III, PhD

Chris Bomgaars

John Casano

Robin Champ

Anita Chandra Dr.P.H.

Jen Choi

Ryan Connell

Jay Crossler

LtCol. Arnel David USA

Hon. Rodney Davis (R-IL)

Paul De Lia

Kristina Drye

CMSgt Ian Eishen USAF

Maggie Feldman-Piltch

Lori Frantzve

John Fuisz

Rob Handfield

Jonathan Hard

Hannah Hunt

Stephanie L. Jaros

Emily Jerger

Capt. Michael Kanaan USAF

Sam Kinney

Doowan Lee

Dr. Leonard Marcus PhD

Dr. Benjamin Miller PhD

Colleen Murphy

Dr. Aleks Nesic PhD

Mara Pillinger

Josh Quenga

Dr. Jason Rathje PhD

Christina Rhylander

Kyle Rice

Andrew Schmahl

Richard Serino

Raj Sharma

LtCol. [Dr.] Philip Shields USAF

Lt Col Jake Sotiriadis USAF, Ph.D.

Lorna Tedder

Dr. Marina Theodotou PhD

Dr. Rand Waltzman Ph.D.

Sean Ward CISSP

Kym Wehrle

Scott Weiner

Taylor Wilkerson

Debra Zides PMP

Talks

DHS CISA's Role in DoD Innovation

Preparing for CMMC Compliance

Combating Enemy Propaganda

How a Digital Workforce Accelerates Agile Acquisitions

The Innovation of Combat Training (The journey from Warfighter Lethality, to Character Building in Martial Arts, to Functional Fitness and Unit Readiness)

Modernization of the Military Industrial Complex from a Small Arms Perspective

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

DevSecOps: How did DoD move to Kubernetes and Istio?

Underwater Innovation: A Sailor's Perspective

How Acquisition Policy Impacts SBIR Transitions & Success

Lessons, Challenges and Recommendations on Delivering Commercial Innovation to the Defense Community

COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition Update

Understanding Demand and Supply for Critical Coronavirus Equipment and Supplies

COVID-19 Contracting Strategies for Federal and DoD Markets

Leadership in a Pandemic

New Contracting and Grant Vehicles for COVID-19 Solutions

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

The Future of Supply Chain Risk Management in Light of COVID-19

Crisis Leadership: When it matters most

Funding Relief and Forgivable Loans for Businesses Impacted by COVID-19

The Economic Impact of COVID-19 and what RAND is doing to help

AFVentures and "Overcome COVID-19" Funding Opportunities

Thinking beyond the shut-down, restarting defense manufacturing