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Director of the Manufacturing, Capability Expansion, and Investment Prioritization Directorate (MCEIP), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment (OUSD A&S)
Director of Science and Technology for Special Operations Forces, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)
Executive Assistant Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Associate Director, Defense SBIR/STTR Program Office, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense For Research and Engineering, US DOD
Acting Director and Program Manager for the Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer, U.S. Small Business Administration
Conference Plenary Speaker, Chief Executive Officer, Cerion Nanomaterials
Former Chief Sustainability Officer, DOD; Principal, Muswell Orange
CEO and Co-Founder, Beacon Interactive Systems
Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, DefenseWerx
Chief Operating Officer, ATI
Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of Strategic Capital, U.S. Department of Defense
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, TechConnect, ATI Division
Program Director, NSF
Senior Science Advisor, Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology’s (DHS S&T)
Technical Management Division Chief, Program Executive Office – Aviation, Aviation Mission Systems and Architecture Project Office (PM AMSA)
Senior Regional Field Marketing Manager, Americas, Nozomi Networks
BDS Technology Strategy Senior Manager, The Boeing Company
Co-owner and Cybersecurity Lead, Totem.Tec
Data and Records Management Lead, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
Director, Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, U.S. Department of Energy and Secretarial Advisor on Equity
Climate Adaptation Advisor, San Diego Gas & Electric in the Fire Science & Climate Adaptation Group
Partner, GovMates
Head of the Division of Materials Science & Engineering Director of the CELL-MET Engineering Research Center, Boston University
Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence Researcher, Argonne National Laboratory
Senior Grid Stratgist, Idaho National Laboratory
Associate Director, Marketing and Communications, TechConnect, ATI Division
Program Director, NSF
Director of SBIR Programs, UMass Lowell
Chief Data Officer, J6, National Guard Bureau
Management and Program Analyst, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Secure Renewables and Storage Integration Area Lead, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Director of Operational Energy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Energy, U.S. Navy
Zero Trust PfMO Deputy Director, DoD Chief Information Officer
Research Engineer for the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Idaho State University
Energy Justice Liaison, Department of Energy, Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations
Technology Teaming Lead, Engineering Technology, RTX-Raytheon Engineering Tech Strategy & Innovation
AF Ventures Division Chief, AFWERX
Technology Manager, TechLink
Section Chief, Infrastructure Development and Recovery, Infrastructure Security Division, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Outreach Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio
Chief Principal Cyber Advisor (PCA), Department of the Navy
CEO, MedForeSight
Research Assistant, Virginia Commonwealth University
Senior Vice President of Science & Technology, America’s Frontier Fund
Senior Commercialization Manager, Technology Deployment Department at Idaho National Laboratory
Power Engineer and Researcher, Infrastructure Security group at Idaho National Laboratory
Senior Power Systems Research Engineer, Electricity Infrastructure and Buildings Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Chief Technology Officer, BryceTech
President, NobleReach Emerge
Water & Power Systems Postdoctoral Research Associate and as the Environmental Justice Specialist, Idaho National Lab
Policy Analyst, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Director of Manufacturing Technology, NCDMM
Associate Director for Planning and Innovation, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Center Technology Transition Lead, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Subject Matter Expert, National Security Agency
Senior Manager, Renewable Energy and Industrial Decarbonization, Sandia National Laboratories
Resilience Program Manager, Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP)
Space Strategic Partnerships Lead for Engineering and Technology ( E&T), Lockheed Martin
Senior Cyber Advisor, US Army Cyber Command
Cognitive Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Dept of Navy CTO, U.S. Navy
Researcher in Energy Equity Projects and Initiatives, National Renewable Energy Lab
Program Lead, HHS/NIH
Corporate Sustainability Director, HDR
Senior Technical Leader, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Consultant/Chief Growth Officer, Outcome Management
(IAC) Field S&T Advisor, USSTRATCOM / NORAD-NORTHCOM
Applied SBIR Autonomy Transition Broker Team Lead, Army
CEO, SanPete Financial Group
Director for Cyber, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment OUSD(A&S)
Director of Business Strategy, Orbital Reef, Blue Origin
Director of Discovery and Engagement, APEX
Program Director, NIDKK/NIH
SBIR Program Manager, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Lead, Energy Office, Air Force Research Laboratory
Technical Director, Control Systems Cyber Resiliency, U.S. Air & Space Force
Graduate Research Assistant, Center on Financial Risk in Environmental Systems, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Program Analyst, Office of Investment & Innovation
Digital Twin Visualization Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory
Chief Systems Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Senior Resilience Analyst, NREL
Senior Manager: Open Innovation Programs – TechConnect Ventures, TechConnect, ATI Division
Consultant, Nuclear Energy Tribal Working Group
Principal Cyber Advisor, Department of the Air Force
VP, Innovation + Business Development, TechConnect, ATI Division
Program Development Specialist, SBIR/STTR, U.S. Small Business Administration
President & Chief Executive Officer of Isola Group, Cerberus Portfolio Company
Program Executive, NASA Small Business Innovation Research & Small Business Technology Transfer Program
Director, NRECA
Program Manager, USSOCOM
Power Systems Engineer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
JUMP Program Manager, Semiconductor Research Corporation
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Senior Associate, Aurelia Foundry
Director, SBIR/STTR, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Vice President, TechConnect, ATI Division
SBIR Program Manager, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Risk and Decision Science Focus Area Lead, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Executive Chairman, Hagerty Consulting
Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
Discovery & Engagement Senior Consultant, APEX
SBIR Program Manager, Innovate Hawaii
President and CEO, Alytic
Disaster Researcher and Head of the PlanetLab, Earth and Climate Science Division at Duke University
Director of Market Development, Highland Electric Fleets
Department of Defense Senior Information Security Officer and Deputy Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity, Department of Defense (DOD)
Director for Resilience, Energy, and Sustainability Management, Department of Homeland Security
SBIR Program Director, U.S. Department of Education
Senior Technology Manager, TechLink
Principal, Converge Strategies
Outreach and Project Manager, TechConnect, ATI Division
Strategic Partnership Manager, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (IEC)
Policy Specialist, National Conference of State Legislatures
Systems Integration Technology Manager, U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO)
Director of Federal Programs, TEDCO
Principal Key Expert, Advanced Control and Optimization for power grids and industrial manufacturing, Siemens Technology
Executive Director, JP Morgan Chase
Principal Business Development Manager, Amazon Web Services
Investor, Prudent Capital
Ecosystem Ambassador, Bunker Labs
Sr. Strategy Analyst, Boeing BDS - Defense, Space & Security
Systems Engineer, Principal; Corporate SBIR Program Manager, Lockheed Martin
Policy Analyst, Innovative Research Division at U.S. DOT’s Volpe Center
Asymmetric Operations Sector (AOS) Cyber Operations, Capabilities Development Group, Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL)
Commercial Innovation Manager, Programs & Partnerships, Advanced Materials, Technology Development, Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, Inc.
Program Director, National Science Foundation
Team Leader & Program Director, SBIR Development Center, National Cancer Institute
Senior Scientist, NOAA Office of Oceans and Atmospheric Research
Tech to Market (T2M) Advisor, United States Department of Energy (DOE)
Disaster Program Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Applied Climate Scientist, WSP Earth & Environment
Nuclear Engineer, Sandia National Laboratories
Corporate Supplier Diversity Programs Manager, Northrop Grumman
Group Manager, NREL
SBIR Program Manager, Environmental Protection Agency
DTIC-IAC Field Advisor, USCENTCOM, Cloud Lake Technology, LLC
Energy and Cyber Innovation Lead, Battelle in Support of U.S. Indo Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)
Vice President, TechConnect, ATI Division
Program Manager, Chemical and Biological Defense Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Programs
VP, Investments, Shield Capital
Director of Bourbon Relationships, Tobacco Barn Distillery
Engineer, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC)
NIWC Senior Cyber Engineer & MOSAICS CyberSHIELD Technical Manager, Naval Information Warfare Center
SBIR/STTR Program Director and Policy Liaison, Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, NSF
Senior Business and Technology Strategist / Advisor to the Technical Director, Falconwood, Inc. / Navy
Senior Commercialization Manager, TechLink
Chief Cybersecurity Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory
Director of Ecosystem Development, U.S. Small Business Administration
Program Director, NSF
Director of Investment and Innovation Ecosystems, Office of Investment and Innovation (OII)
President andCEO, Eagle Creek Renewable Energy
Director, SBIR/STTR, U.S. Navy
Technical Integration Officer for Manufacturing Capability Expansion and Investment Prioritization (MCEIP), Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (OASD) for Industrial Base Policy (IBP)
Senior Technical Leader, Energy Systems and Climate Analysis Group, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
BDS Technology Strategy SBIR/STTR Focal, Boeing
Senior Vice President, Republic Capital Access
Deputy Director and Program Manager, ATI
Vice President of the Medical & Threat Countermeasures Division, ATI
Co-Founder, Belvonae
Chief Architecture Officer (CAO), JHNA
Laboratory Program Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Principal Cyber Advisor, Secretary of the Army and the Army Chief of Staff
Oceanographer, NOAA
Laboratory Program Director, Energy Systems Integration, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Deputy Chief Technologist, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) at NASA HQ
Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Lab
President, National Association of State Energy Officials
Program Director, Small Business Programs Office, DARPA
Branch Head, Expeditionary Energy Office (E2O), U.S. Marine Corps
Director, Center for Innovation and Technology, PR SBDC
Senior Advisor, US DOE Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response
Deputy Chief Engineer, AVN APEO Engineering & Architecture
Deputy Director of Preparedness, Hagerty Consulting
Senior Managing Director, NASEO
Systems Engineer, Energy and Grid System Integration Group, Idaho National Laboratory
Senior Technical Communications Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity
Senior Director, CISO, Cybersecurity & Technology Risk of Nextera Energy, and its subsidiaries, including Florida Power and Light
Acting Director, SBIR/STTR Program Office, DoD
Co-founder and Managing Partner, AIN Ventures
Director, Office of Army Prize Competitions & Army Applied SBIR Program, Army
Economist and Researcher, NREL
SBIR/STTR Program Lead, MDA
Executive Director, RISE Consortium
Founder, SurfaceChar LLC
Director of Research and Innovation, Slipstream
Naval Operational Energy Office, Tech Advisor, U.S. Navy
Partner, Venable LLP
Resiliency Program Manager, Groundswell
Senior Advisor for Packaging, CHIPS office, NIST
President & Chief Executive Officer, Hypori
Founder, Precision Operations Advisors LLC
Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida
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