Defense TechConnect

September 22-24, 2026  |  NATIONAL HARBOR, MD
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   SPEAKERS  


Henry Ahn

SBIR/STTR Program Director, National Science Foundation

Pedro M. Allende

Under Secretary for Science and Technology, Department of Homeland Security

Arafat Asim

Ph.D. Student in Cyber Studies and Graduate Research Assistant, University of Tulsa

Kyle Asman

Founder & Managing Partner, Backswing Ventures

Madeline Augustin

BDS Technology Strategy Sr Manager, Boeing

Kirk Avery

Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, LM Senior Fellow, Mission Systems and Autonomous Technologies Chief Architect, Lockheed Martin

Sunhee Baik

Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Tom Barley

Digital Innovation and Integration Branch Head, PMO 555 Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP)

Ken Barrett

Chief Business Officer, Arzeda Corp.

Obidon Bassinan

Electronics Engineer, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD)

Brian Benestelli

Director, Cyber Risk Engineering, Axio

Eric Bennett

Senior Technical Expert, Vehicle Electronics and Architecture (VEA), GVSC, US Army

Nicole Berry

SBIR Information Specialist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Jaipreet Bindra

Senior Advisor, University of Ottawa

Joshua Bissell

MOSA Lead – Senior Systems Engineer, US Army - Headquarters – ASA(ALT) - ADASM(DES)

Kyle Blume

Deputy Director, Office of Investment Security, Department of Treasury

Suzanne Borders

CEO and Founder, BadVR, Inc.

Eva Borge

Head of Business Development, Cauldron Ferm

Katie Bornfleth

Marketing Communications Project Manager, TechConnect Division, ATI

Nick Borton

SOSA® Consortium Director, The Open Group

Alex Boydston

Digital Engineering Chief, Capability Program Executive Aviation (CPE Aviation)

Cayle Bradley

Technology-to-Market Advisor, ARPA-E

Jamie Breakfield

Technical Director, Naval Shipbuilding and Advanced Manufacturing (NSAM) Center of Excellence

Veronica Breckenridge

Founder/Managing Partner, First Bight Ventures

Doug Britton

EVP and CSO, RunSafe Security

Patrick Buckley

Digital Solutions Architect, Integration Innovation, Inc. (i3)

Robin Burke

Program Manager, SBIR/STTR Programs, SOCOM

Sophie Burkholder

Senior Investment Associate, Innovation Works

Stephanie Burns

Senior Technical Fellow, Collins Aerospace

Jonathan Cain

Sr. Engineering Manager, Raytheon

Jim Caley

Director of Operational Energy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Energy, US Navy

Jason Calvert

Aerospace Engineer, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC)

Casey Carter

Senior Technical Fellow, PeopleTec

Joshua Carter

Associate Administrator, SBA’s Office of Investment and Innovation

Juan Pablo Carvallo

Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Rabia Chaudhry

Director, DC Water Resiliency

Gabriela Ciocarlie

Stephen Bloom Chair Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Stevens Institute of Technology/CyManII

Conrad Clyburn

Chief Executive Officer, MedForeSight

Ryan Cobey

Senior Infrastructure Analyst, Idaho National Laboratory

Allison Cole

Head of Strategy and Engagement, Aerospace & Satellite Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Leta Comer

Project Manager, Idaho National Laboratory

Samuel Courtney

WOSA Lead Engineer, AFRL Air Warfare Directorate

Lesia Crumpton-Young

Section Head for the Small Business section within the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) Directorate Program Director, National Science Foundation

Andrew Crumrine

Senior Architect – MV-75 Cheyenne II, Bell

Preeta Datta

Director of Innovation, Americas, Evonik

Dr. Macam Dattathreya

Senior Scientific Technical Manager, US Army

John David

Chief Transformation Officer, BryceTech

Doug Doan

Founder & General Partner, Hivers & Strivers

Scott Dockum

SBIR Program Manager, NIST

Mica Dolan

President & CEO, Advanced Technology International

Grayson Dorr

Program Manager, Advanced Technology International (ATI)

Bryan Doyle

Chief Autonomy Engineer for ALC, Shield AI

Steven Drake

Director, System of Systems Acquisition Decision Information, Assistant Deputy for Acquisition Systems Management (Data, Engineering, and Software), Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) [ADASM (DES) / SAAL-ZE / ASA(ALT)]

Karrie Dudek

SBIR/STTR Program Manager, Launch TN

Scott Duff

Head of Government Relations, General Matter

Susan Ebner

Co-Chair, National Defense Industrial Association's Cyber Division's Cyber Legal Regulatory Policy Committee

Thomas Edgar

Chief Cybersecurity Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Jeff Eggers

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Rsquared

Daniel Eliot

Program Lead, NIST

John Ellersick

President, Next Run Technology

Rick Eno

Board of Directors, Locus Fermentation Solution

Joe Epstein

Strategic Parternships Lead for Space, Lockheed Martin

Kate Espinosa

Project Manager, National Laboratory of the Rockies

Faris Fakhry

Investor, Lowercarbon Capital

Justin Fanelli

Chief Technology Officer, US Navy

Stephanie Fertig

Director, NIH Small Business Program, National Institutes of Health

Tim Fitzgibbon

Senior Advisor, U.S. Small Business Administration

Andras Forgacs

Founding & Managing Partner, Inceptional Partners

Allen Franke

Engagements Lead, AFWERX

Adam Frederick

Program Manager, Maneuver Air Directorate

Caleb Freeman

Associate Technical Fellow, Sierra Nevada Corporation

Kate Fritz

Operations Manager, National Institutes of Health

Ivan Garibay

Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, University of Central Florida

Adam Gately

Business Development Executive, DeepSig, Inc.

Dr. Erwin Gianchandani

Assistant Director of the Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, National Science Foundation

Colleen Gibney

SBIR Deputy Project Manager, Defense Health Agency (DHA)

Josh Giegel

CEO, Gambit Defense, Inc.

Todd Gillen

Head of Business Development, Fluree AI

Tom Gillespie

Partner Head of Alliance Fund, Geodesic Capital

Jacob Glassman

Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Critical Technologies, Office of the Secretary of War

Guilherme Goretkin

Principal Engineer for Safety and Embedded Software, Ansys part of Synopsy

Francis Govers

Director of Engineering for Unmanned Systems, Airbus US Space and Defense

Jacqueline Gray

SBIR Program Manager, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Jen Greenstein

Senior Director, Evaluation, Focused Initiatives, North Carolina Biotechnology Center

Joel Griffin

Co-Founder & President, Riphean Group, Riphean Investments

Christopher S. Grisafe

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy), Navy

Dale Grogan

Managing Partner, Michigan Capital Network

Carlos Gutierrez

Innovation Outreach Specialist for National Programs, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Kent Halverson

Deputy, Technical Operations Group, Aptima

Denis Hamel

Director, Developmental Flight Tes, Airbus Helicopters, Inc.

Eric Hannis

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Strategy and Acquisition Reform, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)

Raymond Hartley

Product Manager, US Army PM C2 Infrastructure, CPE C2IN, CMOSS Mounted Form Factor

Bob Harwig

Senior Manager, S&C Electric

Elden Hawkes

Partnership and Innovation Specialist, U.S. Small Business Administration

Jason Hay

Director of Technology, BryceTech

Deborah Hemingway

Founder and Managing Partner, Ecphora Capital

Teddy Herrera

Captain, USMC

Joanne Herring

Senior Advisor for Intellectual Property, Office of the Secretary of War (OSW), Intellectual Property Cadre

Daniel Hettema

Director of Digital Engineering, Modeling & Simulation (DEM&S), Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW R&E)

Conrad Hollomon

Program Analyst, U.S. Small Business Administration

Jonathan Homer

Chief Security Officer & Vice President of Integrated Security, CPS Energy

Max Hopkins

Business Development Manager, Advanced Technology International (ATI)

Tom Houman

Vice President of Technology, Colvin Run Networks

Sam Howerton

Chief Scientist, Department of Homeland Security

Shirley Huang

Program Officer, Department of Education

Matthew Huffman

NSWC Carderock, Code 635, Power and Energy, U.S. Navy

Carolyn Hughes

Cyber-physical Systems Engineer, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab

Gordon Hunt

Co-Founder, Skayl

Sean Hunt

Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder, Solugen

Acting Director, Northeast Regional Outreach Office, USPTO

Heather Jackson

Director, SBIR/STTR, U.S. Department of Energy

Bill Jacobs

Chief Technical Architect, US Army CPE Aviation

Greg Jaffe

President, Jaffe Policy Consulting LLC

VJ Jain

Program Manager for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs, Defense Logistics Agency

Jonathan Jakischa

Principal, Open Innovation, TechConnect Division, ATI

Rich James

Systems Engineering SME and Deputy, Enterprise Platform, Innovation & Conformance Center (EPICC), US Army CPE Aviation / CE Solutions, Inc.

Jacques Jarman

Chief Growth and Federal Operation Officer, Edge Technologies

Nazish Jeffery

Managing Director, Biotechnology, McAllister & Quinn

Arlene Joyner

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Center for Industrial Base Management and Supply Chain (IBMSC), Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, (ASPR) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Rich Julien

Partner, BOKA Capital

Nick Kacsandi

Senior Business Development & Sales Manager, TechConnect Division, ATI

Moji Karimi

Co-Founder and CEO, Cemvita

Joe Kendall

Senior Critical Infrastructure Analyst, Idaho National Laboratory

Andrew Kerbrat

Chief Systems Integration Officer, Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC), US Army

Tim Klett

Senior Technology Integration Strategist, Idaho National Laboratory

Dave Kliemann

Head of Cloud Risk, IBM Cloud

Laura Knott

Associate Director, Supply Chain Technology Sourcing, Raytheon

Lars Knutstad

Director of Business Development, Pow.Bio

Kate Kovalovsky

Senior Director of MBSE Services, Strategic Technology Consulting

Dr. Michael A. Krainak

Chief Technology Officer, Relative Dynamics, Inc.

Rosemary Kramer

Principal Deployment Strategist, LMI

Sameer Kulkarni

Modeling and Simulation Post-Doctoral Researcher, Idaho National Laboratory

Kate Kvaternik

SBIR Program Manager, Department of Transportation

Matthew Laudon

Vice President, TechConnect, TechConnect Division, ATI

Colleen Laughlin

Board Member, Station DC

Roberta Leão

Co-founder and CEO, Ecovaleric

Benjamin Leibowicz

Associate Professor, University of Texas, Austin

David Leinberger

Chief, Army Community Partnerships, U.S. Army

Jenny Ligon

Strategic Bio Innovation Program Advisor, TechConnect

Russ Like

Sr. Technical Leader - DER Integration, EPRI

Genevieve Lind

SBIR/STTR Program Manager, U.S. Small Business Administration

Ilya Lipkin

Steering Committee Chair, Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA), USAF Air Combat Command (ACC) FedLab

David Liu

Senior Materiel Leader for the Mission Systems Architecture and Systems Engineering Group, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Materiel Command

Kelly Loeffler

Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration

Wesley Low

Systems Engineer, PM UAS, CPE Aviation

Adam Lurie

CEO, Knexus

Andrew Magliochetti

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Navy (Defense Industrial Base)

Andrew Magyar

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Capra Biosciences

Bob Matthews

Technical Fellow and Advanced Concepts Engineering Lead, L3Harris

Michael Mazzocco

President & CEO, Alytic

William McCandless, Jr.

Systems Engineering Branch Chief, PM Fixed Wing, CPE Aviation

Andrew McClure

Director, Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) at the U.S. Department of Energy

Eric McFarland

Chief Science Officer, First American Nuclear Company (FANCO)

Jad Meouchy

CTO, BadVR, Inc.

Jonathan Mercado

Principal, First Bight Ventures

Caroline Michael

Technical Director, Pratt Miller

Erika Milczek

Chief Executive Officer, Curie Co

Sarah Mineiro

CEO and Founder, Tanagra Enterprises

Elizabeth Mirowski

Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Phase (SBIR/STTR) Program Director, National Science Foundation

Kevin Mish

Program Manager, Abbott on Call

James Mitchell

Chief Operating Officer, Fractional Source

Jonathan Monken

Senior Partner, Converge Strategies

Valerie Moon

Executive Director, Communications Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (C2 ISAC)

Emma Mooney

Outreach & Project Manager, TechConnect Division, ATI

Rachel Moudy

Senior Technical Advisor, Technology, KBR

Fowad Muneer

Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response

Laura Murphree

Senior Marketing and Program Manager, TechConnect Division, ATI

David Murray

Vice President, Peerless Technologies Corporation

Kelly Murray

Co-Founder and Executive Director, Center for Cross Sector Coordination

J.R. Myers

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Project Manager, Defense Health Agency

Wilson Nance

Consultant to Deputy Secretary of War - Deregulation, Security, Advanced Technologies, Department of War

George Navarro

Director of Mission Critical Solutions, MC Dean

Dr. Akilah Nelson

Education Research Scientist, U.S. Department of Education (ED)

HON Lucian Niemeyer

Former Assistant Secretary of Defense and former Professional Staff, US Senate Armed Services Committee

Katie O'Connor

Open Innovation Project Manager, TechConnect Division, ATI

Rikki O'Reilly Jones

Senior Advisor for Investment and Innovation, U.S. Small Business Administration

Tom Overbeck

Innovation Commercialization Director for Precision Fermentation, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)

Craig Owens

Program Manager, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, Lockheed Martin

Marcell Padilla

Senior Technical Architect, ACPE Aviation E&A/CRL Technologies, Inc.

Dr. Sara Peterson

Energy Security and Resilience Researcher, National Laboratory of the Rockies

Justin Pierce

Strategic Development Manager, Space & Mission Systems, BAE Systems

Shelby Pierson

Founder and Principal, Invicta Analytics, LLC

Erik Pierstroff

Program Director, National Science Foundation

Vladimir Popov

FLC Member-at-Large; Chief Innovation Officer, Frederick National Laboratory, Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC)

Rob Proctor

Staff Field Application Engineer, Real-Time Innovations

Anthony Pugliese

Director of the Office of Technology and Commercialization and Chief Commercialization Officer for DOE, U.S. Department of Energy

Nick Purvis

Sr Principal Systems Engineer, RTX

Nirav Rajpara

Economic Development Specialist, SBA DC District Office Representative

Nagesh Rao

Director (Acting) and Deputy Director, NIST

Travis Rapp

Senior Technical Program Manager, Rapid Innovation Team, Google Public Sector

Lloyd Reaves

Chief Engineer Emerging Technologies, L3 Harris Technologies, Inc.

Jose Recio

Assistant General Counsel, Collins Aerospace

Jay Reckard

President, Reckard Consulting

Robb Reid

Chief Revenue Officer, Sourcewell

Jullian Revell

DASO Lead Engineer, AFLCMC/EBZC

Jennifer Rocha

Senior Strategic Partnership Manager, TechConnect Division, ATI

Matthew Rogers

ICS Cybersecurity Expert, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Bart Romanowicz

Senior Advisor, TechConnect Division, ATI

Michaell Ropp

Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Ben Roth

Hypersonic Missile Hardware Chief Engineer, Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane

Eileen Rubin

Program Manager, DHS Science & Technology

Ashley Sadorra

Technical Program Manager, Defense and Space, Idaho National Laboratory

Christophe Schilling

Chairman, Future Origins

Austin Schmitz

Systems Engineer, Canvas, Inc.

Christopher Schnelle

Staff Engineer, Southwest Research Institute

Ben Schrag

SBIR/STTR Program Director and Policy Liaison, National Science Foundation

Ryan Scoble

Associate Director, Business Development for Army Rotary Wing Programs, Collins Aerospace

Robert Scout

Deputy Open Architecture Functional Lead / Avionics Architecture Team Deputy IPT Lead, NAVAIR/PMA-209

Deborah Segal

Environmental Health Scientist, United States Environmental Protection Agency

Jonathan Shaver

WOSA Program Manager, AFRL Air Warfare Directorate

Nikhil Shenoy

Founder and CEO, Colvin Run Networks

Jennifer Shieh

Acting Director, Innovation, Small Business Administration

Brian Shipley

Director, Department of the Navy SBIR/STTR Programs

Eric Shull

Lead Systems Engineer, US Army - OCE - PAE Fires

Brittany Sickler

Strategic Advisor, U.S. National Science Foundation's Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnership (TIP)

Alyssa Siddiqui

Managing Director of Corporate Engagement, SAFE and EC

Matthew

Chief, OE Logistics Analysis & Wargaming, U.S. Air Force

Luis Simpson

Defense Technologies Associate, DAGER Technology

Gina Sims

Director, DoW Office for Small Business Innovation, DOW

Matthew Sipe

Founder, Principal Consultant, To The King LLC

Ed Siu

Head of Strategic Alliances, Wind River X

Kate Sixt

Executive Director of the Office of the Chief Scientist, USDA

Cole Smith

IT Cybersecurity Specialist and Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity

Conrad Smith

General Manager - Electronic Warfare, AeroVironment

Shane Snyder

Cyber & RF Effects Branch Chief, Army’s C5ISR Center

Adam Sorkin

Small Business Policy Manager, National Institutes of Health

Major Martin Span

Branch Chief Engineer, AFLCMC/EBZC

Seth Spergel

Managing Partner, Merlin Ventures

John Squires

Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office

Camille Stebbins

Deputy Director, Advanced Technology International

Mike Stebbins

Senior Vice President, Medical & Threat Countermeasures Division, Advanced Technology International

Jolie Stepnowski

Operations Manager, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)

William Taylor

Director, NASA, Strategic Space Finance

Jason Temple

Technical Director, Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Center (JEC), Joint Electromagnetic Warfare Center (JEWC)

Tylar Temple

Director, SBIR/STTR Program Integrity, DoW Office for Small Business Innovation

Jennifer Thabet

Office Director Small Business Programs Office, DARPA

David Thalenberg

Program Analyst, U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Investment and Innovation

John Thomas

Partner, Frontera Group

Jason Thomas (Invited)

Systems Engineering Lead, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Garrett Thurston

Principal Technical Fellow and Sr. Director of Services & Strategy, Dassault Systèmes

Joyce Tokar

Senior Engineering Fellow, Embedded Software Engineering, RTX

Zeke Topolosky

Army FUZE SBIR|STTR Program Manager, Army

Galen Valentine

Chief Architect for the MV-75 Cheyenne II program and Associate Tech Fellow for Systems Engineering, Bell Textron

Brannan Villee

Division Director, Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA), DHS Science & Technology

Sonia Vohnout

Founder & CEO, OppsSpot, LLC

Tom von Eschenbach

Senior VP, Growth Operations & GM Huntsville Site, Parry Labs

Aaron Walker

Founder and CEO, Vadum, Inc.

Chuck Wallace

Deputy & Execution Manager, APFIT

Dave Walsh

Chief Strategy Officer, Qualis

Wen-Jun Wang

Environment, Safety, and Health Specialist, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T)

Troy Warshel

Executive Vice President, Potomac International Partners, Inc.

Justin Welch

Operations Director, Idaho National Laboratory

Brent Wells

Senior Project Manager and Research Analyst,, Advanced Technology International (ATI)

Scott Wigginton

Architecture Technical Area Lead, US Army, DEVCOM AvMC

Gregg Wildes

Defense and Aerospace Executive, DDC-I

Lesley Wilhelm

Action Officer - Wargaming, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (RDT&E), US Navy

John Williams

Executive Director, Small Business Innovation Research Consortium (SBIRC)

Sandy Wilson

EMC² Program Manager, Naval Surface Warfare Center – Crane Division

George Winborne

Lead for Communications, Knowledge, and Performance Management, DoW Intellectual Property Cadre

Emory Winters

Chief Engineer, PM Apache, Development & Modernization Product Office

Lisa Wood

Statewide Director, Virginia APEX Accelerator, DoW Office of Industrial Base Growth (APEX Accelerator)

Keith Woodman

Senior Operations Manager, NASA

Will Woodworth

Secure by Design Analyst, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Ginger Wright

Chief Technology Officer for the Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Division, Idaho National Laboratory

Justin Yang

Co-Founder, DMV Bio

Matt Young

Technical Director for Collaborative Autonomy, Raytheon

Alexandre Zanghellini

Co-Founder and CEO, Arzeda

Naval Operational Energy Office, Tech Advisor, US Navy

Chief Technology Officer, Acting Chief Science Officer, National & Homeland Security, Idaho National Laboratory

Power Systems Engineer, Idaho National Laboratory

Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)

Federal Cybersecurity Strategic Advisor, Dominion Power

Technical Director, Naval Shipbuilding and Advanced Manufacturing Consortium

Small Business Programs Program Manager, SBIR Co-Lead Commercialization, Lockheed Martin

Managing Partner, Michigan Capital Network

Executive Director / Chief Engineer for Autonomy, Boeing

Senior Architect – MV-75 Cheyenne II, Bell

Power and Energy Systems Deputy Division Manager, Special Warfare and Expeditionary Systems Department, Naval Surface Warfare Center – Crane Division

Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development Specialist, U.S. Small Business Administration

Senior Embedded Engineer and Team Lead, DESE Research, Inc.

CEO, CyManll

Supplier Innovation Lead, Raytheon

Acting Deputy Associate Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration

Environmental Health Scientist, EPA

Special Advisor, Sourcewell

Founder, Big Idea Ventures

Vice President, Digital Solutions, Siemens Government Technologies, Inc.

Operational Energy S&T Lead, DPAE Expeditionary & Mine Warfare, U.S. Navy

Director, Alloy Partners

CEO, Fractional Source

Strategy and Innovation Manager, City of Raleigh, NC

Senior Advisor, SBA

Director and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel for Data Rights, Lockheed Martin

Vice President, Sales, Ericsson

Chief Information Officer, Naval Facilities Command

Senior Technical Developer, Idaho National Laboratory

Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Lead Enterprise Liaison Engineer Boeing Defense Space & Security, Boeing

Chief Architect, Electronic Warfare Division, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC)

Program Manager, DOC - NOAA

Principal, Converge Strategies

Technical Account Manager, Lynx

Chief Cybersecurity Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory

Strategic Advisor - Electric Distribution Grid Planning, Dominion Energy

Chairman, CEO & Founder, Forge Institute

Jammer Technique Optimization (JATO) National Lead, Navy’s PMA-234 Airborne Electronic Attack Systems

SBIR/STTR Program Lead, MDA

Group Vice President, Government, Education, Health, and Life Sciences, IDC




 


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