Defense TechConnect

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


Nina Archie

Program Innovation Management, U.S. Department of State

Bill Aubin

Vice President, Federal, Nozomi Networks

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

Cayle Bradley

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

Joe Bryan

President, Muswell Orange

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

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

Tom Calvert-Rosenberger

Director, Converge Strategies (CSL)

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

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

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

Tim Fowler

(IAC) Field S&T Advisor, USSTRATCOM / NORAD-NORTHCOM

Right Honourable Yvonne E. Gamble

CEO, SanPete Financial Group

Nyla Beth Gawel

Founder & CEO, NBG Strategy Consulting

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

Burhan Hyder

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

Nicole Jackson

Energy Research Analyst, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)

Jonathan Jakischa

Open Innovation Project Manager, TechConnect Division, ATI

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

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

Juliana Ocampo Giraldo

Project Manager, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

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

Satish Rao

Managing Director, Clareo

Robb Reid

Chief Revenue Officer, Sourcewell

Dave Rios

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

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)

Peter Schmidt

Co-Founder and COO, Transcend Air

Negin Shamsi

Graduate Research Assistant, University of Georgia

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

John Thomas

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

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

Timothy A. Walton

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Troy Warshel

Executive Vice President, Potomac International Partners

Dawn Wellman

Strategic Programs Manager, Copper Research and Development, Rio Tinto

John Williams

Executive Director, Small Business Innovation Research Council (SBIRC)

Matt Willis

Director, Army FUZE, US 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 Management, 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

Engineer, Boeing

Executive Director, Association of Defense Communities

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

Advisor, Independent

Technology Transition Lead, Raytheon, an RTX Business

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

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

Executive Director, INL Resilience Optimization Center, Idaho National Laboratory

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

Energy Policy Researcher, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

CEO, Meerkat Cyber

Senior Manager, Grid Enablement, S&C Electric

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

Critical Infrastructure Analyst, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

Vice President - Business Unit Director Advisory Services, POWER Engineers

Department Manager, Infrastructure Resilience Analysis, Idaho National Laboratory

Federal Strategy and Digital Innovation Officer, Johnson Controls Federal Systems

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

Chief, Army Community Partnerships, U.S. Army

Data Scientist and Researcher, University of Virginia

Director, All Hazards Consortium

Project Manager, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

Co-Founder, Sensible Photonics

PhD-Research Assistant, Iowa State University

Data Analytics Senior Associate, University of Central Florida

Energy Research Analyst, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Director Technology Scouting, BAE Systems

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

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

Research Scientist, Sandia National Laboratory (SNL)

Senior Policy Advisor, Holland & Knight

Systems Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

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

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

Research Scientist, Cybersecurity, Siemens

Social & Experimental Psychologist, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)

Operational Technology Cybersecurity, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)




 
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