Defense TechConnect

NOVEMBER 19-21, 2025  |  NATIONAL HARBOR, MD
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   SPEAKERS  


Nina Archie

CEO and Founder, Innovator-Connector™, LLC

Bill Aubin

Vice President, Federal, Nozomi Networks

Madeline Augustin

Digital Engineering Sr Capability Leader Boeing Defense Space & Security, Boeing

Tom Ballenger

Vice President, UAS, Berry Aviation

Stephen Bates

Vice President of the Sea, Space and Air Division, ATI

Mohammed Ben-Idris

Associate Professor and Director of the E-RESILIENCY Research Laboratory, Michigan State University

Laura Biedermann

Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)

Jaipreet Singh Bindra

Senior Advisor, University of Ottawa

Matt Borron

Executive Director, Association of Defense Communities

Cayle Bradley

Program Manager and Naval Architect, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Navy

Joe Bryan

President, Muswell Orange

Cheri Caddy

Senior Cybersecurity Fellow, McCrary Institute for Cybersecurity & Critical Infrastructure at Auburn University

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

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

Tom Calvert-Rosenberger

Principal, Converge Strategies (CSL)

Alf Carroll

Technology Transition Lead, Raytheon, an RTX Business

Sheila Casserly

Director of Digital Policy for the Americas, Schneider Electric

Teresa Clement

Lead for University & Small Business Partnerships Sr. Manager, Engineering Technologies, Raytheon, an RTX Business

Conrad Clyburn

CEO, MedForeSight

Craig Connelly

Vice President of Business Transformation Energy & Innovation, WSP

Jeff Cornelius

EVP, Cyber-Physical Security, Darktrace Federal

Jeff Critser

Vice President, Federal, Industrial Defender

John David

Chief Technology Officer, BryceTech

Payman Dehghanian

Associate Professor, The George Washington University

Robert Dew

Senior Technologist, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Dominic Dillon

President and CEO, 3B Protection

Martha Dixon

Small Business Liaison Officer (SBLO), Northrop Grumman

Ryan Donaghy

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

Paul Dudley

Senior Vice President of Business Development and Communications, ATI

Saskia Duyvesteyn

Chief Advisor of Research and Development, Rio Tinto

Joe Epstein

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

Kate Espinosa

Researcher, Energy Security and Resilience | Domestic and International Partnerships, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Ernie Ferraresso

Director, Florida Center for Cybersecurity at USF

Ollie Gagnon

Executive Director, INL Resilience Optimization Center, Idaho National Laboratory

Nyla Beth Gawel

Founder & CEO, NBG Strategy Consulting

Jake Gentle

Senior Technical Manager, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

Tom Gillespie

Partner Head of Alliance Fund, Geodesic Capital

Juan Carlos Giron Jr.

President and CEO, Canstar Resources Inc.

Kary Graser

VP of Strategic Initiatives, Sourcewell

Eric Griesnbrock (invited)

Principal Engineer, Air Force Research Laboratory, Future Force Energy and Power Office

Matthew Gunn

Olive B. and Franklin C. Mac Krell Jefferson Fellow, The University of Virginia

Daryl Haegley

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

Dave Halla

Sr. Program Manager, Battelle

Ryan Hatcher

Founder and CEO, Phoenix Semiconductor Corporation

Jerry Hollister

Executive Consultant and Co-Owner, BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting

Burhan Hyder

Cyber Physical Security Engineer - Power Grids, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

Liz Jackson

Managing Attorney, Trademarks, USPTO

Nicole Jackson

Energy Research Analyst, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)

Jonathan Jakischa

Open Innovation Project Manager, TechConnect Division, ATI

Jacques Jarman

Chief Growth and Federal Operation Officer, edgeTI

Nancy Kamei

Chief Public Engagement Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

TJ Kennedy

Board Member, Skyfire AI

Lauren Khair

Senior Director of Energy Research and Resilience, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)

Matt Laudon

Vice President, TechConnect Division, Advanced Technology International (ATI)

Jorge Andres Leon-Quiroga

Sr. R&D Electrical Engineer, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)

Ming Li

Assistant Professor of Practice of Computer Science, The University of Tulsa

Marisa Lightfoot

Head of Growth, Auterion

Kelly Loeffler

Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration

Shaun Long

Deputy Chief, Industrial Control Systems Section, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Michael Mazzocco

President and CEO, Alytic

Kevin Mish

Senior Program Manager, Abbott On Call, Inc.

James Mitchell

Chief Operating Officer, Fractional Source

Emma Mooney

Outreach and Project Manager, TechConnect Division, Advanced Technology International (ATI)

Marissa Morales-Rodriguez

Founder and Technology Security Strategist, STEMPRISE

Brad Moran

Principal PNT Systems Engineer, MITRE Corporation

George Navarro

Principal Member of Technical Staff, M.C. Dean

Lucian Niemeyer

CEO, Building Cyber Security

Juliana Ocampo Giraldo

Project Manager, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

Bamidele Omotowa

Senior Counselor, Idaho APEX Accelerator

Geoff Orazem

President, FedScout

Major General Rudolph “Rudy” Ostovich (ret.)

former chief of branch and commanding general, U.S. Army Aviation Center

Craig Owens

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

Sapna Patel

Principal, Michigan Capital Network

John Piasecki

President and CEO, Piasecki Aircraft Corporation

Robin Preator

Business Capture Analyst, Boeing

Margaret Ramey

Director, Center for Technology Commercialization

Satish Rao

Managing Director, Clareo

Robb Reid

Chief Revenue Officer, Sourcewell

Jennifer Rocha

Strategic Partnerships, TechConnect Division, Advanced Technology International (ATI)

Ross Roley

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

Bart Romanowicz

Sr. Advisor, TechConnect Division, Advanced Technology International (ATI)

Keith Rose

Chief Executive Officer, Operant Networks

Eileen Rubin

Program Manager, Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T)

Justin Rubin

Lawyer, Pillsbury

Keaton Sadoski

Cybersecurity Researcher, Sandia National Labs (SNL)

Sara Scharf

Director Technology Scouting, BAE Systems

Peter Schmidt

Co-Founder and COO, Transcend Air

Negin Shamsi

Graduate Research Assistant, University of Georgia

Joseph “Joe” Sopcisak

Senior Policy Advisor, Holland & Knight

Ron Spangler

Corporate Relations, MIT

Norman Speicher

Program Manager, Computer Scientist, Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T)

Camille Stebbins

Deputy Director and Program Manager, Advanced Technology International

John Stough

Chief Solution Architect and Board Member, VLC

Jennifer Thabet

Office Director Small Business Programs Office, DARPA

John Thomas

Senior Policy Advisor, Government Law and Strategies, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Joseph Thomas

Director, Technology Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Agriculture, Electronic Commerce, and National Security, USPTO

Brannan Villee

Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Research Strategic Program Manager, Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T)

Tom von Eschenbach

Senior Vice President, Air and Space, Perry Labs

Amanda Wachtel

Social & Experimental Psychologist, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)

Timothy A. Walton

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Troy Warshel

Executive Vice President, Potomac International Partners

Justin Welch

Operations Director, INL Resilience Optimization Center, Idaho National Laboratory

Dawn Wellman

Strategic Programs Manager, Copper Research and Development, Rio Tinto

Sherry Whitson

Program Director, Wichita State University

John Williams

Executive Director, Small Business Innovation Research Consortium (SBIRC)

Matt Willis

Director of Army FUZE, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, U.S. Army

Joanne Wong

General Partner, REDDS Capital

Dalia Yablon

Technical Program Chair, TechConnect World Innovation Conference

Kathy Zolman

Director, Medical Threat and Countermeasures Division

Chief Technology Scout, Northrop Grumman

Chief, Office of Energy and Power, U.S. Coast Guard

COO and Co-Founder, Sensible Photonics

Social & Experimental Psychologist, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)

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

Strategic Engagements, Advanced Technology International

CTO, Sabel Systems

Digital Innovation and Integration Branch Head, PMO 555 Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP), PMO 555 Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP)

Managing Member, Ivan Bolden and Associates LLC

Manager, Strategic Energy Security Group, Resilient Infrastructure and Security Center, NREL

Vice President, AE Ventures

BDS Technology Strategy Leader, Boeing

Director Strategic Sourcing & Partnerships Boeing Defense Space & Security, Boeing

Associate Administrator - Office of Investment & Innovation, Small Business Administration

Founder & President, Epitome Research and Innovations Inc.

Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)

Northeast Regional Outreach Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Executive Vice President – Corporate Initiatives, Physical Sciences Inc.

Energy Policy Researcher, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

CEO, Meerkat Cyber

Technology Scouting Director, BAE Systems

Senior Manager, Grid Enablement, S&C Electric

Partnership and Innovation Strategist, US Small Business Administration

Assistant Professor, University of Georgia

Program Manager, EMC²

Laboratory Program Manager I-Cyber Security & Resilience, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Senior AI Solutions Engineer, Aveva

Operational Energy Tech Advisor, EI&E, U.S. Navy

Critical Infrastructure Analyst, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

Director of Advanced Technologies, Austal Technologies

Vice President - Business Unit Director Advisory Services, POWER Engineers

Partner, Jenner & Block

Department Manager, Infrastructure Resilience Analysis, Idaho National Laboratory

Federal Strategy and Digital Innovation Officer, Johnson Controls Federal Systems

Senior Director of Risk and Compliance, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)

Operational Technology Architect & Cybersecurity Reseacher, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

Chief, Army Community Partnerships, U.S. Army

Program Manager, Small Business Administration

Data Scientist and Researcher, University of Virginia

Principle Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)

Senior Partner, Converge Strategies

Director, All Hazards Consortium

Project Manager, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

Electrical Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

Innovation Capital Programs, U.S. Small Business Administration

Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Sensible Photonics

Lead Enterprise Liaison Engineer Boeing Defense Space & Security, Boeing

Researcher, Resilient Infrastructure and Security Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

PhD-Research Assistant, Iowa State University

Director of the Office of Technology Commercialization and the Chief Commercialization Officer, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Data Analytics Senior Associate, University of Central Florida

Energy Research Analyst, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Senior Key Expert - Critical Infrastructure Testing, Siemens Corporation

Regional Advisor, Irregular Warfare Center

UMI Program Manager, Antech Systems

Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Global Leader, Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Practice, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Program Director, SBIR/STTR, National Science Foundation

Electrical Engineer and Computer scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

Chief Scientist & Program Manager, US Small Business Administration

Executive Director, InnSure

Urban Energy Modeller/Climate, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Research Scientist, Sandia National Laboratory (SNL)

Senior Managing Director, Industry Solutions, Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Managing Director, Global Mineral Strategies LLC, Rio Tinto

Systems Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

Program Lead, U.S. Army FUZE

Cybersecurity Engineer, Energy Security Resilience Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

Procurement Counselor, Northern Virginia, Virginia APEX

Associate Laboratory Director, National & Homeland Security, Idaho National Laboratory

Research Scientist, Cybersecurity, Siemens

Sr. Manager Small Business Program, Raytheon, An RTX Business

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)

USN, ret.-Executive Director Virginia Digital Maritime Center Office of Enterprise Research & Innovation, Old Dominion University

Action Officer - Wargaming, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (RDT&E), U.S. Navy

Operational Technology Cybersecurity, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)




 
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