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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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