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DECEMBER 3-5, 2024  |  AUSTIN, TX
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  2024 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS  


John Jansen

Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Technology International

Major General Michael “Mac” McCurry

Chief of Staff, Army Futures Command

Aprille Ericsson

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology (ASD(S&T)), US Department of Defense

John Garstka

Director for Cyber Warfare, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S))

Erick Page-Littleford

Director, Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Office, U.S. Small Business Administration

Kyle Werner

NSWC Crane’s Deputy Technical Director (DTD), U.S. Navy

Robert Russell

Regional Director (A) for Region 6, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Jack Ryan

Senior Program Manager, DIU

Lucian Niemeyer

CEO, Building Cyber Security

Jenna Dix

Director of Engagement, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Naval Sea Systems Command

Lisa Good

Chief of the Contracting Office, Department Head (Code 02), Naval Surface Warfare Center, Naval Sea Systems Command

Joe Bryan

President, Muswell Orange

David Daniel

Chair of the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Consortium Executive Committee, Office of the Governor of Texas

Ollie Gagnon

Chief Homeland Security Advisor, Idaho National Laboratory

Veronika Stelmakh

Co-Founder and CEO, Mesodyne, Inc.

Jennifer Rocha

Strategic Partnerships, TechConnect Division, ATI

Matthew Laudon

Vice President, TechConnect Division, ATI

  2024 SPEAKERS  


Les Alexander

President & CEO, Battery Innovation Center

Nicole Allen

Army SBIR Program Coordinator, U.S. Army

Jeff Alston

Associate Professor, Nanoengineering, North Carolina A&T

Earl Armstrong

Naval Operational Energy Office, Tech Advisor, U.S. Navy

Wayne Austad

Chief Technology Officer, Idaho National Laboratory

Michael Bakas

South Regional Site Lead, DEVCOM ARL

Renata Bakousseva

Microgrid Strategy Implementation, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Sanjay Banerjee

Cockrell Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

Connie Benesh

Outreach Manager, Department of Homeland Security

Nicole Berry

SBIR Program Administrator, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Juan Betts

CEO, Predictive IQ

Eddie Billingslea

Small Business Strategy Coordinator, National Institute of Health

Jaipreet Bindra

Innovation Management Specialist, University of Ottawa, Canada

Nate Bishop

Founder and CEO, Actus Systems

Andy Bochman

Senior Grid Strategist, Idaho National Laboratory

Devin Bohanan

Program Manager, APFIT

Kurt Bonatz

Co-Founder / CEO, Applied General Intelligence

Katie Bornfleth

Marketing Communications Project Manager, TechConnect Division, ATI, TechConnect Division, ATI

Michael Borzcik

General Engineer, Army Applications Laboratory

Cayle Bradley

Technology-to-Market Advisor, Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E)

Petra Branthoover (Invited)

SBIR Phase III Lead, U.S. Navy

Monique Brown

Founder, Fenix Global Consulting LLC

Steve Bukowski

Senior Technology Leader, Idaho National Laboratory

Ryan Burg

Group Manager, Resilient Systems Design and Engineering, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Robin Burke

Program Manager, Special Operations Command

Cheri Caddy

Senior Technical Advisor for Cybersecurity, U.S. Department of Energy

James (Jim) Caley (Col., USMC, Ret.)

Director of Operational Energy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Energy, U.S. Navy

Alf Carroll

Technology Transition Lead, Raytheon Engineering

Jennifer Casey

Director, Innovation Hub (ICWERX), DEFENSEWERX

Krystel Castillo

ORISE Fellow, DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy/AMMTO

Eileen Chant

Outreach Program Manager, Department of Energy

Ray Chen

Professor, The University of Texas at Austin

R.D. Childers

Senior Manufacturing Engineer, R.D. Childers LLC

Jacob Choi

Regional Assistant Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Carter Christopher

Head of the Human Dynamics R&D, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Keri Cline

Program Manager, DEFENSEWERX

Jose Colucci

General Business Specialist, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Howard Conyers

Chief Technology Liaison, STTR, NASA

Rob Creighton

CEO, Windlift

Megan Culler

Power Engineer/Researcher, Idaho National Laboratory

Robert Davies

CEO, Stealth ISS

Martha Dixon

Small Business Liaison Officer (SBLO), Northrop Grumman

Charles Doktycz

Climate Risk and Resilience Analyst, Argonne National Laboratory

Ryan Donaghy

Acting Deputy Assistant Director for Stakeholder Engagement, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Angie Donahoo

Innovation Sector Director, General Services Administration

Paul Dudley

Vice President, Business Development & Strategic Communications, Advanced Technology International

John Eddy

Principal Member, Sandia National Laboratories

Brent Elliot

Senior Venture Partner, TEL Venture Capital

Aprille Ericsson

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology (ASD(S&T)), U.S. Department of Defense

Nate Evans

Senior Cybersecurity Researcher, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Paul Feinberg

External Technology Partnerships, Northrop Grumman

Eric Forsythe

Technical Director, CHIPS Manufacturing USA Program

George Fragkos

Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Allen Franke

Program Manager, AFWERX, Air Force Research Laboratory

Right Honourable Yvonne E. Gamble

CEO, SanPete Financial Group

Sid Garman

Commercial Engagement Analyst, Army Applications Laboratory

Jordan Garrett

Principle Strategist, Sabel Systems

Norman Garza

Executive Director, Texas Space Commission

Mukesh Gautam

Research Scientist/Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Colleen Gibney

SBIR Deputy Program Manager, Small Business Administration

Jairo Giraldo

Research Assistant Professor, University of Utah

Bruce Gnade

Professor Emeritus, UT Dallas

Doug Goodman

Commercialization Partner, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Shari Gribbin

Managing Partner, CNK Solutions

Mike Grigsby

Director, Business Development, Ubicquia

Paul Grimes

City Manager, City of McKinney

Carissa Grosh

Ventures Specific Topic Branch Chief, AFWERX, Air Force Research Laboratory

Scott Haase

Laboratory Program Manager, II-Partnership Development, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Daryl Haegley

Technical Director, Control Systems Cyber Resiliency, U.S. Air & Space Force

Adam Hahn

Principal Critical Infrastructure Security Engineer, MITRE

Dr. Bahareh Haji-saeed

Technology Scouting Director, FAST Labs, BAE Systems Inc.

Omar Hakim

CEO, Waterloo Solutions

Tim Hancock

Principal Engineering Fellow, Director Microelectronics Initiatives, RTX

Abood Hannoon

Founder and CEO, Odyssey AI

David Harame

Chief Operations Officer, AIM Photonics

Zach Harrell

Interim Director of Insights and Analysis, Army Applications Laboratory

Keith D. Harris

Director, Division of BioEnergy, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Olga Hart

Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Ryan Hatcher

Founder and CEO, Phoenix Semiconductor Corporation

Elden Hawkes, Jr.

Partnership and Innovation Specialist, Small Business Administration

Scott Hinson

Chief Technology Officer, Pecan Street

Laurie Hobbs

ED/IES SBIR Management and Program Analyst, U.S. Department of Education

Neil Hollaran

OPNAV N941 Operational Energy, U.S. Navy

Eliza Hotchkiss

Senior Resilience Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Brent Houchens

Principal Mechanical Engineer, Sandia National Laboratories

Tanya Hutter

Professor, University of Texas at Austin

Samir Iqbal

Program Director, National Science Foundation

David Irwin

Program Director, Project Development for the Office of Energy Initiatives, U.S. Army

Rebecca Isacowitz

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Defense for Energy Resilience & Optimization

Jonathan Jakischa

Open Innovation Project Manager, TechConnect Division, ATI, TechConnect Division, ATI

Jacques Jarman

Chief Growth and Federal Operations Officer, Edge Technologies

Birk Jones

Researcher, Sandia National Laboratories

Chris Jones

Engineer, Con Edison

Sachin Junnarkar

Founder and CEO, Field Viewers, Inc. and Health Lync, LLC

Nick Kacsandi

Senior Business Development & Sales Manager, TechConnect Division, ATI, TechConnect Division, ATI

Jenn Kallay

Principal Associate, Synapse Energy Economics

Joshua Kennedy

Senior Research Physicist and Research Team Lead, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory

Sandy Kline

Director Facility Related Control Systems, Office of the Secretary of Defense(EI&E)/Construction

Joseph Kopser

President, Grayline

Jaydeep Kulkarni

Professor, The University of Texas at Austin

Ben Lampe

ICS Cybersecurity Professional, Idaho National Laboratory

Carol Larvick

Senior Power Systems Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Simone Ledeen

Partner, Texas Venture Partners

Doug Lewin

Founder, Stoic Energy

Jenny Ligon

Ecosystem Liaison, ATI

Genevieve Lind

Program Manager, Small Business Administration

Jesse Lozano

CEO and Founder, Intellectible

Matt Luallen

Lead Research Scientist for Education Translation, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Kaveri Mahapatra

Power Systems Research Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

H. Alan Mantooth

Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Arkansas

Cindy Matsuki

HSBIR Program Manager, Innovate Hawaii, Free and Secure Trade (FAST)

Andrew Mawdsley

Energy Portfolio Program Manager, DIU

Michael Mazzocco

President and CEO, Alytic

Peter McCauley

Technical Warrant Holder – Machinery Integration, Ships, Naval Sea Systems Command

Lt Col Walter

Ret., Former SpaceWERX Director

Samuel Messinger

Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge, Critical Systems Protection Branch, US Secret Service, DHS

Casey Mills

Assistant Chief, United States Border Patrol Intelligence Divsion

Kevin Mish

Senior Program Manager, Abbott On Call, Inc.

Emma Mooney

Project and Outreach Manager, TechConnect Division, ATI

Marissa Morales-Rodriquez

Systems Integration Technology Manager, SETO, U.S. Department of Energy

Jackie Morrison

Chief Cyber Security Officer, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company

Kurt Myers

Project Manager, Staff Engineer, Idaho National Laboratory

Nurun Nahar

Program Specialist, Division of Bioenergy, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Brad Nelson

Project Manager, Smart Grid, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Idaho National Laboratory

Tony Nelson

Electric Communications and Gas Manager, Marshfield Electric

John O'Grady

Director, Strategic Engagements and Army Innovation and Transformation, Raytheon Technologies

Peter O'Neil

Chief Innovation Officer, Texas A&M University System

Konstantinos Oikonomou

Electrical Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Manny Oliver

Director, SBIR/STTR Programs Office, Department of Energy

Elizabeth Onasanya

Senior Investment Analyst, Lockheed Martin Ventures

Alice Orrell

Consultant, DOE WETO

Volkan Otugen

Professor, SMU

Craig Owens

Systems Engineer, Principal; Corporate SBIR Program Manager, Lockheed Martin

Karan Patel

Managing Director - Energy Solutions and Clean Energy, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative

Mark Patterson

Technology Discovery and Outreach Chief, USCENTCOM

Brett Paulson

Chief Executive Ofiicer, Vidrovr

Brian Pierre

Manager, Electric Power Systems Research Department, Sandia National Laboratories

Michele Pollard

Program Manager, Technology Partnerships Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Christopher Porras

Graduate Researcher, University of Texas at El Paso

Dominique Quesada

Operations Manager, Defense Health Agency

Manuel Quevedo-Lopez

Professor, The University of Texas at Dallas

Jennifer Rachels

Regional Engagement Lead, Idaho National Laboratory

Ashton Raffety

Senior Energy Policy & Strategy Analyst, Argonne National Laboratory

Prasanna Rangarajan

Professor, SMU

Hemali Rathnayake

Full Professor, University of North Carolina Greensboro

Rosanne Ratkiewich

Senior Regulatory Analyst, California Public Utilities Commission

Rachel Reichenberger

Software Developer, Idaho National Laboratory

Robb Reid

Chief Revenue Officer, Sourcewell

Terrell Reid

Corporate Supplier Diversity Programs Manager, Northrop Grumman

Randy Resnick

Director, DoD CIO Zero Trust

Luis Reyes, Jr.

CEO and General Manager, Kit Carson Electric Cooperative

Dave Rios

DTIC-IAC Field Advisor, USCENTCOM, Cloud Lake Technology, LLC

Ann Kathryn Rockwell

Physical Scientist, Army Applications Laboratory

Anissa Rodriguez Dickerman

Chief Executive Officer, Pecan Street, Inc.

Ross Roley

Energy and Cyber Innovation Lead, Battelle in Support of U.S. Indo Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)

Bart Romanowicz

Senior Advisor, TechConnect Division, ATI

Bob Ross

Hub Director, Cyber Fusion Innovation Center, DEFENSEWERX

Eileen Rubin

Project Manager, Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate

Justin Rubin

Lawyer, Pillsbury

Rachel Sack

Chief, Innovative Research Division, Department of Transportation

Amethyst Saiyan

Chief Executive Officer, Quantum Photonics

Ronny Sandoval

Managing Principal, Regulatory Assistance Project

Aleksandra Scalco

Engineer, Naval Information Warfare Center(NIWC)

Richard Scalco

NIWC Senior Cyber Engineer & MOSAICS CyberSHIELD Technical Manager, Naval Information Warfare Center

Sara Scharf

Director, External Innovation - Tech Scouting, BAE Systems

John Schreck

CEO, Texas Institute for Electronics (TIE)

Sandro Serra

Lawyer, Pillsbury

Aggie Serrame

Resilience Program Manager, American Public Power Association

Mike Severson

System Engineer, Idaho National Laboratory

Brian Shipley

SBIR/STTR Commercialization Program Manager, U.S. Navy

Gina Sims

Director, DoD SBIR/STTR, Department of Defense

Colin Sindel

Contested Logistics Solutions, Boeing

Braeton Smith

Principal Energy Economist, Argonne National Laboratory

Jared Smith

Program Manager, Idaho National Laboratory

Adam Sorkin

Small Business Policy Manager, National Institute of Health

Nick Spiller

Venture Principal, Capital Factory

S.V. Sreenivasan

Professor, The University of Texas at Austin

Camille Stebbins

Deputy Director and Program Manager, Advanced Technology International

Inessa Stepanenko

Deputy District Director, Small Business Administration

Kerri Stewart

Chief Strategy Officer, Miller Electric Company

Aditya Sundararajan

R&D Associate Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Rebecca (Becky) Taylor

Executive-In-Residence and Director, Austin Technology Incubator

Tylar Temple

Deputy Director, Defense SBIR/STTR Program Office, Department of Defense

Jennifer Thabet

Program Director, Small Business Programs Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

John Thomas

Senior Policy Advisor, Pillsbury

Jerry Towler

Director of Robotics, Southwest Research Institute

Daniel Trujillo

Chief Information Security Officer, Kit Carson Electric Cooperative

Reynaldo Vasquez

Southwest Regional Outreach Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Zach Vaughn

Chief, Office of Research and Innovation, Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)

Noemie Vauthelin

US Zone Director, Safran Corporate Ventures

Brannan Vilee

Division Director, Infrastructure Resilience and Security Solutions, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Office of Mission & Capability Support (MCS)

Sonia Vohnout

Founder and President, OppsSpot, LLC

Weston Waldo

Director TEXVMS & Asst. Director Southwest I-Corps Hub, I-Corps

Gabriel Weaver

Senior Critical Infrastructure Analyst, Idaho National Laboratory

Justin Welch

Operations Director, Idaho National Laboratory, Resilience Optimization Center

Dave Wells

Senior Technical Communications Program Manager, Department of Energy (DOE)

Brandon White

Center Liaison (CL) and SBIR Infusion Manager, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Brett Wilkerson

AMD Fellow, AMD

Kelly Wilson

Manager, Infrastructure Analysis Program, National & Homeland Security Division, Idaho National Laboratory

Ryan Witten

Board Co-Chair, Alaska Version 3

Lyn Womack

Deputy National Ombudsman, Small Business Administration, Office of the National Ombudsman

Joanne Wong

General Partner, REDDS Capital

Keith Woodman

SBIR Senior Operations Manager, NASA

Candace Wright

SBIR/STTR Program Lead, Missile Defense Agency (MDA)

Ginger Wright

Energy Cybersecurity Portfolio Manager, Idaho National Laboratory

Michael Wu

Executive Director, RISE Consortium

Dalia Yablon

Founder, SurfaceChar LLC

Ruthbea Yesner

Vice President, Government Insights, Education, Smart Cities & Communities, IDC

Matt Young

Distributed Fueling and Logistics Team Lead Operational Logistics (OPLOG) Integration R&D Program, NSWC-CD, U.S. Navy

Craig Zamary

Director, Department of Homeland Security Innovation Hub (HSWERX), DEFENSEWERX

Weidong Zhou

Distinguished University Professor, University of Texas at Arlington

Founder and Head of the Semiconductor Practice, Plug and Play

Radiation Effects Facility Manager, Texas A&M University

Mentor, Austin Technology Incubator

Space Strategic Partnerships Lead for Engineering and Technology ( E&T), Lockheed Martin

Special Agent, FBI Cyber Division

Distinguished Staff Member, Sandia National Laboratories

Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) Director, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command HQ

Program Director, Urban and Regional Planning, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Director of Engagement NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER, CRANE DIVISION, NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND

Chief Marketing Officer, InspireSemi

President & Founder, Measure

Director of Engineering and Fab Operations, Nextflex Manufacturing Institute

Owner/Consultant, LJW3 Consulting

OSD, Wargaming, Plans and Analysis, U.S. Department of Defense




 

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