Speakers

Chairperson

Erik Fox

Vice President, Night Vision
Elbit Systems America

Kirby Watson

Director, Government Solutions & Account Manager
Iridium

Keynote Addresses

Sergeant Major Troy Black, USMC

19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps

Brigadier General Mark Clingan

USMC, Assistant Deputy Commandant to Combat Development and Integration, Deputy Commanding General
Marine Corps Combat Development Command

Dr. Tarun Gupta

Deputy Director
Directed Energy Project Office (DEPO)
US Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)
Redstone Arsenal

Colonel Frederick Lance Lewis, Jr. USMC

Assistant Vice Chief of Naval Research
Office of Naval Intelligence Science & Technology

Government & DoD Speakers

Col Paul Alessio, USA

Army Project Officer
Project Manager Maneuver Ammunition Systems (PM MAS)
Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition

Dr. Gordon Cooke

Director, Research and Strategy, Simulation Center
US Military Academy, West Point

Darshan “Dash” Divakaran

Senior Manager, Strategic Innovation & Partnerships
AFWERX

George “Ed” Lawson

Senior Strategist
Joint Program Executive Office, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Defense (PEO-CBRND)

Lieutenant Colonel Naim Lee, USA

Product Manager
Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment (PdM SCIE)
Program Executive Office Soldier (PEO Soldier)

Jon Ludwigson

Director, Contracting and National Security Acquisitions
Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Michael McCarthy

Deputy Director, Program Manager, Close Combat Lethality Task Force
DoD

Lauren Oleksyk

Team Leader
Food Engineering & Analysis Team
Combat Capability Development Command, Soldier Center

Jason Regnier

Technical Director
Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS)
Army Project Manager, Ground Soldier Systems
Program Executive Office Soldier (PEO Soldier)

Colonel Robert Ryan, USA

Director of Robotics Requirements
Maneuver Capabilities Development Integration Directorate
Army Futures Command

Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Sacks, USA

Product Manager – Dismounted PNT
PM Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PM PNT)
US Army Program Executive Office Intelligence, Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEW&S)

Tracy Sheppard

Chief, Weapons Sciences Division Competency Lead Weapons Sciences and Materials Research Directorate, US Army Combat Capabilities
Development Command (DEVCOM), Army Research Laboratory

Carson Wakefield

Product Lead, Soldier Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Program Executive Office, Program Manager
UAS

Speakers

Craig Langhauser

Senior Manager
Collins Aerospace

Pete Morrison

Chief Commercial Officer
Bohemia Interactive Simulations

Dr. Keith Nelson

Haslam and Dewey Professor of Chemistry, Institute for Soldier Nano Technology
MIT

Maj Gen Kent Savre

(USA-ret) Senior Director Precision Weapons
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems

Kirby Watson

Director, Government Solutions & Account Manager
Iridium