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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

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, Office of Innovation and Investment (OII), 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

Program Manager, DIU

Lucian Niemeyer

CEO, Building Cyber Security

Joe Bryan

President, Muswell Orange

David Daniel

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

Veronika Stelmakh

Co-Founder and CEO, Mesodyne, Inc.

Jennifer Rocha

Strategic Partnerships, TechConnect Division, ATI

  2024 SPEAKERS  


Les Alexander

President & CEO, Battery Innovation Center

Nicole Allen

Army SBIR Program Coordinator, U.S. Army

Earl Armstrong

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

Wayne Austad

Chief Technology Officer, Idaho National Laboratory

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

Eddie Billingslea

Small Business Strategy Coordinator, National Institute of Health

Andy Bochman

Senior Grid Strategist, Idaho National Laboratory

Devin Bohannon (Invited)

Program Manager, APFIT

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

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

Engineering Technology, USBP (University and Small Business Partnerships), Tech Transitions, RTX-Raytheon

Jennifer Casey

Director, Innovation Hub (ICWERX), DEFENSEWERX

Krystel Castillo

VP of Energy Efficiency, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy / AMMTO Fellow

Eileen Chant

Outreach Program Manager, Department of Energy

Ray Chen

Professor, The University of Texas at Austin

Jacob Choi

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

Carter Christopher

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

Jose Colucci

General Business Specialist, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Rob Creighton

CEO, Windlift

Megan Culler

Power Engineer/Researcher, Idaho National Laboratory

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 (Invited)

Innovation Sector Director, General Services Administration

Paul Dudley

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

John Eddy

Principal Member, Sandia National Laboratories

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

Eric Forsythe

Technical Director, CHIPS Manufacturing USA Program

George Fragkos

Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Allen Franke (Invited)

Program Manager, AFWERX, Air Force Research Laboratory

Right Honourable Yvonne E. Gamble

CEO, SanPete Financial Group

Sid Garman

Commercial Engagement Analyst, Army Applications Laboratory

Mukesh Gautam

Research Scientist/Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Colleen Gibney

SBIR Deputy Program Manager, Small Business Administration

Jairo Giraldo Trujilio

Research Assistant Professor, University of Utah

Doug Goodman

Commercialization Partner, NASA

Shari Gribbin

Managing Partner, CNK Solutions

Paul Grimes

City Manager, City of McKinney

Carissa Grosh (Invited)

Program Manager, AFWERX, Air Force Research Laboratory

Daryl Haegley

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

Adam Hahn

Principal Critical Infrastructure Security Engineer, MITRE

Tim Hancock

Principal Engineering Fellow, Director Microelectronics Initiatives, RTX

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

Elden Hawkes, Jr.

Partnership and Innovation Specialist, Small Business Administration

Scott Hinson

Chief Technology Officer, Pecan Street

Laurie Hobbs (Invited)

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

Jonathan Jakischa

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

Birk Jones

Researcher, Sandia National Laboratories

Nick Kacsandi

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

Jenn Kallay

Principal Associate, Synapse Energy

Sandy Kline

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

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

Matthew Laudon

Vice President, TechConnect Division, ATI

Doug Lewin

Founder, Stoic Energy

Jenny Ligon

Ecosystem Liaison, ATI

Genevieve Lind

Program Manager, Small Business Administration

Matt Luallen

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

H. Alan Mantooth

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

Cindy Matsuki (Invited)

SBIR Program Manager, Free and Secure Trade (FAST)

Michael Mazzocco

President and CEO, Alytic

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

Konstantinos Oikonomou

Electrical Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Manny Oliver

Director, SBIR/STTR Programs Office, Department of Energy

Alice Orrell

Consultant, DOE WETO

Craig Owens

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

Karan Patel

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

Brian Pierre

Manager, Electric Power Systems Research Department, Sandia National Laboratories

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

Hemali Rathnayake

Full Professor, University of North Carolina Greensboro

Terrell Reid

Corporate Supplier Diversity Programs Manager, Northrop Grumman

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

Eileen Rubin

Project Manager, Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate

Rachel Sack (Invited)

Chief, Innovative Research Division, Department of Transportation

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

John Schreck

CEO, Texas Institute for Electronics (TIE)

Aggie Serrame

Resilience Program Manager, American Public Power Association

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

Jared Smith

Program Manager, Idaho National Laboratory

Adam Sorkin

Small Business Policy Manager, National Institute of Health

S.V. Sreenivasan

Professor, The University of Texas at Austin

Camille Stebbins

Deputy Director and Program Manager, Advanced Technology International

Veronika Stelmakh

CEO, Mesodyne

Kerri Stewart

Chief Strategy Officer, Miller Electric Company

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

Daniel Trujillo

Chief Information Security Officer, Kit Carson Electric Cooperative

Reynaldo Vasquez

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

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

Gabriel Weaver

Senior Critical Infrastructure Analyst, Idaho National Laboratory

Justin Welch

Systems Engineer, Energy and Grid System Integration Group, Idaho National Laboratory

Dave Wells

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

Jessica Whitaker

Senior Engineer, Grid Deployment Office

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 (Invited)

SBIR Senior Operations Manager, NASA

Candace Wright

SBIR/STTR Program Lead, Department of Defense

Ginger Wright

Energy Cybersecurity Portfolio Manager, Idaho National Laboratory

Michael Wu

Executive Director, RISE Consortium

Craig Zamary

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

Weidong Zhou

Distinguished University Professor, University of Texas at Arlington

Associate Professor, Nanoengineering, North Carolina A&T

Innovation Management Specialist, University of Ottawa, Canada

Senior Technology Leader, Idaho National Laboratory

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

Radiation Effects Facility Manager, Texas A&M University

STTR Program Manager, NASA

Mentor, Austin Technology Incubator

Senior Venture Partner, TEL Venture Capital

Founder and CEO, Phoenix Semiconductor Corporation

Deputy Director, Grid Deployment Office

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

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Defense for Energy Resilience & Optimization

Chief Growth and Federal Operations Officer, Edge Technologies

Engineer, ConEd

Special Agent, FBI Cyber Division

Research Physicist, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory

Power Systems Research Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Energy Portfolio Program Manager, DIU

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

Senior Investment Analyst, Lockheed Martin Ventures

Technology Discovery and Outreach Chief, USCENTCOM

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

Director, DoD CIO Zero Trust

Hub Director, Cyber Fusion Innovation Center, DEFENSEWERX

System Engineer, Idaho National Laboratory

Principal Energy Economist, Argonne National Laboratory

Deputy District Director, Small Business Administration

Executive Director, Atautchikun, LLC

R&D Associate Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Executive-In-Residence and Director, Austin Technology Incubator

US Zone Director, Safran Corporate Ventures

SBIR/STTR Program Manager, NASA

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

Owner/Consultant, LJW3 Consulting

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




 

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