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Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Technology International

Chief of Staff, Army Futures Command

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Program Manager, DIU

CEO, Building Cyber Security

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

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

President, Muswell Orange

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

Chief Homeland Security Advisor, Idaho National Laboratory

Co-Founder and CEO, Mesodyne, Inc.

Strategic Partnerships, TechConnect Division, ATI

Vice President, TechConnect Division, ATI

President & CEO, Battery Innovation Center

Army SBIR Program Coordinator, U.S. Army

Associate Professor, Nanoengineering, North Carolina A&T

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

Chief Technology Officer, Idaho National Laboratory

South Regional Site Lead, DEVCOM ARL

Microgrid Strategy Implementation, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

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

Outreach Manager, Department of Homeland Security

SBIR Program Administrator, National Institute of Standards and Technology

CEO, Predictive IQ

Small Business Strategy Coordinator, National Institute of Health

Innovation Management Specialist, University of Ottawa, Canada

Founder and CEO, Actus Systems

Senior Grid Strategist, Idaho National Laboratory

Program Manager, APFIT

Co-Founder / CEO, Applied General Intelligence

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

General Engineer, Army Applications Laboratory

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

SBIR Phase III Lead, U.S. Navy

Founder, Fenix Global Consulting LLC

Senior Technology Leader, Idaho National Laboratory

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

Program Manager, Special Operations Command

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

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

Technology Transition Lead, Raytheon Engineering

Director, Innovation Hub (ICWERX), DEFENSEWERX

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

Outreach Program Manager, Department of Energy

Professor, The University of Texas at Austin

Senior Manufacturing Engineer, R.D. Childers LLC

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

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

Program Manager, DEFENSEWERX

General Business Specialist, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Chief Technology Liaison, STTR, NASA

CEO, Windlift

Power Engineer/Researcher, Idaho National Laboratory

CEO, Stealth ISS

Small Business Liaison Officer (SBLO), Northrop Grumman

Climate Risk and Resilience Analyst, Argonne National Laboratory

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

Innovation Sector Director, General Services Administration

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

Principal Member, Sandia National Laboratories

Senior Venture Partner, TEL Venture Capital

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

Senior Cybersecurity Researcher, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

External Technology Partnerships, Northrop Grumman

Technical Director, CHIPS Manufacturing USA Program

Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Program Manager, AFWERX, Air Force Research Laboratory

CEO, SanPete Financial Group

Commercial Engagement Analyst, Army Applications Laboratory

Principle Strategist, Sabel Systems

Executive Director, Texas Space Commission

Research Scientist/Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

SBIR Deputy Program Manager, Small Business Administration

Research Assistant Professor, University of Utah

Professor Emeritus, UT Dallas

Commercialization Partner, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Managing Partner, CNK Solutions

Director, Business Development, Ubicquia

City Manager, City of McKinney

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

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

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

Principal Critical Infrastructure Security Engineer, MITRE

Technology Scouting Director, FAST Labs, BAE Systems Inc.

CEO, Waterloo Solutions

Principal Engineering Fellow, Director Microelectronics Initiatives, RTX

Founder and CEO, Odyssey AI

Chief Operations Officer, AIM Photonics

Interim Director of Insights and Analysis, Army Applications Laboratory

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

Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Founder and CEO, Phoenix Semiconductor Corporation

Partnership and Innovation Specialist, Small Business Administration

Chief Technology Officer, Pecan Street

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

OPNAV N941 Operational Energy, U.S. Navy

Senior Resilience Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Principal Mechanical Engineer, Sandia National Laboratories

Professor, University of Texas at Austin

Program Director, National Science Foundation

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

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Defense for Energy Resilience & Optimization

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

Chief Growth and Federal Operations Officer, Edge Technologies

Researcher, Sandia National Laboratories

Engineer, Con Edison

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

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

Principal Associate, Synapse Energy Economics

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

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

President, Grayline

Professor, The University of Texas at Austin

ICS Cybersecurity Professional, Idaho National Laboratory

Senior Power Systems Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Partner, Texas Venture Partners

Founder, Stoic Energy

Ecosystem Liaison, ATI

Program Manager, Small Business Administration

CEO and Founder, Intellectible

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

Power Systems Research Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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

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

Energy Portfolio Program Manager, DIU

President and CEO, Alytic

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

Ret., Former SpaceWERX Director

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

Assistant Chief, United States Border Patrol Intelligence Divsion

Senior Program Manager, Abbott On Call, Inc.

Project and Outreach Manager, TechConnect Division, ATI

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

Chief Cyber Security Officer, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company

Project Manager, Staff Engineer, Idaho National Laboratory

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

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

Electric Communications and Gas Manager, Marshfield Electric

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

Chief Innovation Officer, Texas A&M University System

Electrical Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Director, SBIR/STTR Programs Office, Department of Energy

Senior Investment Analyst, Lockheed Martin Ventures

Consultant, DOE WETO

Professor, SMU

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

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

Technology Discovery and Outreach Chief, USCENTCOM

Chief Executive Ofiicer, Vidrovr

Manager, Electric Power Systems Research Department, Sandia National Laboratories

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

Graduate Researcher, University of Texas at El Paso

Operations Manager, Defense Health Agency

Professor, The University of Texas at Dallas

Regional Engagement Lead, Idaho National Laboratory

Senior Energy Policy & Strategy Analyst, Argonne National Laboratory

Professor, SMU

Full Professor, University of North Carolina Greensboro

Senior Regulatory Analyst, California Public Utilities Commission

Software Developer, Idaho National Laboratory

Chief Revenue Officer, Sourcewell

Corporate Supplier Diversity Programs Manager, Northrop Grumman

Director, DoD CIO Zero Trust

CEO and General Manager, Kit Carson Electric Cooperative

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

Physical Scientist, Army Applications Laboratory

Chief Executive Officer, Pecan Street, Inc.

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

Senior Advisor, TechConnect Division, ATI

Hub Director, Cyber Fusion Innovation Center, DEFENSEWERX

Project Manager, Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate

Lawyer, Pillsbury

Chief, Innovative Research Division, Department of Transportation

Chief Executive Officer, Quantum Photonics

Managing Principal, Regulatory Assistance Project

Engineer, Naval Information Warfare Center(NIWC)

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

Director, External Innovation - Tech Scouting, BAE Systems

CEO, Texas Institute for Electronics (TIE)

Lawyer, Pillsbury

Resilience Program Manager, American Public Power Association

System Engineer, Idaho National Laboratory

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

Director, DoD SBIR/STTR, Department of Defense

Contested Logistics Solutions, Boeing

Principal Energy Economist, Argonne National Laboratory

Program Manager, Idaho National Laboratory

Small Business Policy Manager, National Institute of Health

Venture Principal, Capital Factory

Professor, The University of Texas at Austin

Deputy Director and Program Manager, Advanced Technology International

Deputy District Director, Small Business Administration

Chief Strategy Officer, Miller Electric Company

R&D Associate Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Executive-In-Residence and Director, Austin Technology Incubator

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

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

Senior Policy Advisor, Pillsbury

Director of Robotics, Southwest Research Institute

Chief Information Security Officer, Kit Carson Electric Cooperative

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

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

US Zone Director, Safran Corporate Ventures

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

Founder and President, OppsSpot, LLC

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

Senior Critical Infrastructure Analyst, Idaho National Laboratory

Operations Director, Idaho National Laboratory, Resilience Optimization Center

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

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

AMD Fellow, AMD

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

Board Co-Chair, Alaska Version 3

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

General Partner, REDDS Capital

SBIR Senior Operations Manager, NASA

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

Energy Cybersecurity Portfolio Manager, Idaho National Laboratory

Executive Director, RISE Consortium

Founder, SurfaceChar LLC

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

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

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

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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