TechNet Augusta 2024 Supporting Partner Opportunities

AFCEA has developed an enhanced supporting partner program that will offer maximum visibility to those who participate! What better way to make sure you stand out and increase your exposure at this foremost event in which industry leaders can learn about military requirements and connect with decision makers and operators, where senior military and government officials can gain feedback, and where industry thought leaders will discuss and demonstrate solutions. Supporting Partner opportunities are offered at several investment levels, ensuring your ability to participate.

Browse available options below, or jump to specific categories such as Patron Packages, Branding and Individual Opportunities.

Deadline to purchase a Supporting Partnership is July 10th.

A

Dylan J. Acosta
Army ROTC Cadet
The Citadel
Alex Adamczyk
Vice President, Advanced Analytics & AI
LMI
Sergio Alvarez
Deputy Project Director, Enterprise Services
PEO EIS
MAJ Phillip Amey, USA
Branch Chief, Capability Integration and Management
Army Capability Manager - Tactical Radios
Scott Anderson
Branch Historian
U.S. Army Cyber and Electromagnetic Warfare School
COL Chris Anderson, USA
Project Manager Intelligence Systems & Analytics
PEO IEW&S
David Angeletti
Vice President of Technology Scouting and Enablement
Alethia Labs
Paul Attie
Professor of Computer and Cyber Sciences
Augusta University

B

Julian Bailey
Small Business and Supplier Diversity Manager
Georgia Department of Administrative Services
Tiffany Bailey
CEO/President
OSC Edge
Nicholas Balister
Senior Systems Engineer
Fortinet Federal
Young J. Bang
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology)
Headquarters, Department of the Army
CSM Linwood E. Barrett, USA
Regimental Command Sergeant Major
U.S. Army Signal School
LTG Maria B. Barrett, USA
Commanding General
U.S. Army Cyber Command
Michael Bimm
Director, TMT Architecture
ServiceNow
Connor Bluestein
Army ROTC Cadet
Virginia Tech
Andrew Bohman
Manager, Cyber Defense
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
Todd Boudreau
Deputy Commandant
U.S. Army Cyber & Electromagnetic Warfare School
Angela Brescia
Co-Founder, President & CEO
TRUENORTH CYBER
GEN Gary M. Brito, USA
Commanding General
U.S. Army Training & Doctrine Command
COL Gary W. Brock, USA
Director
Army Capabilities Manager - Electronic Warfare (ACM EW), Cyber-Capability Development and Integration Directorate
Anthony Brown
Director of Products/Software Division (PSD)
TM3 Solutions, Inc.
Nakeya Brown
Computer Security Engineer for Cyber Business Systems
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
Paul “Doc” Burnham
ITAM Portfolio Manager
CDW

C

Keith Cantrell
Executive Strategic Writer
U.S. Army Cyber School
Justin Carney
Ph.D. Student
Augusta University
Michael (Mike) Chappell
Chief Information Officer
PEO EIS
Jacqueline Charles, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Office of Small Business Programs
Jason Chiang
Senior Manager, Research Science
Peraton
CPT Alex Chubb, USA
Cyber Capabilities Developer Officer
U.S. Army Cyber School
Sarah Cleveland
Senior Executive Strategic Advisor
ExtraHop
Eric Cobb
Principal Solutions Architect, Federal
Elastic
BG John P. Cogbill, USA
Deputy Commanding General
XVIII Airborne Corps & Fort Liberty
Nathan Colodney
Deputy of the Army Chief Information Security Officer/Deputy Director
Cyber Security for Headquarters, Department of the Army
CW2 Grant C. Cornell, USA
Electronic Warfare Instructor
U.S. Army Cyber School
Brian Correia
Director of Business Development
GIAC
Jim Cosby
Chief Technology Officer
NetApp
BG Paul G. Craft, USA
Commandant
U.S. Army Cyber School
Aaron Cure
Principal Security Consultant
SANS Institute

D

Mark Dallmann
Systems Engineer
Fortinet Federal
2LT Laura Deaton, USA
Army ROTC Graduate
Norwich University
Terri Denison
District Director
U.S. Small Business Administration, Georgia District Office
Gokila Dorai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Computer and Cyber Sciences
Augusta University

E

MG Patrick J. Ellis, USA
Director, Network Cross-Functional Team
Army Futures Command
CW5 Kristoffer B. (Kris) Everson, USA
Cyber Warrant Officer Career Program Manager and Cyber Proponent Office Chief of Cyber
U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence and Fort Eisenhower

F

Neville Farooq
Senior Solutions Engineer
Splunk
Jeff Felice
Executive Vice President, Client Services
Applied Technology Academy
Jeff Fleming
Technical Cloud Account Executive
Oracle
COL Jeffrey (Jeff) Fleming, ILARNG
Officer-in-Charge, Cyber Shield 2024
Director, G6, Illinois Army National Guard
David A. (Dave) Forbes
Director, Cyber Physical Security
Booz Allen Hamilton
Greg Fordham
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Celestial Defense
CSM Kevin J. Foutz, USA
Command Sergeant Major, Military Intelligence Battalion
75th Ranger Regiment
CW5 Ramil Francisco
U.S. Army Reserve Senior Signal and Cyber Warrant Officer Advisor
U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence Reserve Component Affairs Office
Tyler S. Furches
Army ROTC Cadet
The Citadel

G

CSM Lisa Gandy, USA
Commandant
Noncommissioned Officers Academy (NCOA)
Leonel T. (Leo) Garciga
Chief Information Officer
U.S. Department of the Army
Alan Gardner
Chief Executive Officer
Current Technologies Computer Learning Center
2LT Scott H. Gauthier, USA
Army ROTC Graduate
Norwich University
SGM Joshua Gendron, USA
Sergeant Major
U.S. Army North
CW5 Richard W. Godfrey, USA
Senior Warrant Officer Advisor
U.S. Army Cyber Capability Development and Integration Directorate (CDID)
Mark S. Gorak
Principal Director, Resources and Analysis, and Director, Cyber Academic Engagement Office
Office of the DoD Chief Information Officer
COL Leslie D. Gorman, USA
Incoming Army Capability Manger
Electromagnetic Warfare (ACM EW)
Mike Gormley
Deputy Project Manager, Enterprise Business System-Convergence
PEO EIS
Joshua Grant
Host Analyst, Cyber Protection Brigade
U.S. Army Cyber Command
Mike Guyton
Senior Solutions Engineer
ExtraHop

H

Joe Hagan
Senior Sales Engineer
Splunk
Brendan Harris
Director, ISR Solutions
Dell Technologies
Kevin Harris, Ph.D.
Program Director for Cyber Security, Information Systems Security, and Information Technology Management
American Public University System
MAJ James Harryman, UK Army
Special Projects Lead, Cyber Battle Lab
Capabilities Development Integration Directorate
CSM Marlene Harshman, USA (Ret.)
Instructor, Cyber Captains Career Course
Cyber Center of Excellence, Fort Eisenhower
Mahdieh Heidaripour
Student
Augusta University
Jason Hemingway
Cyber Security Advisor
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Bill Hepworth
Program Executive Officer
Enterprise Information Systems
Angela Hinton
Education Working Group Lead, HISPI AI Think Tank - Project Cerebellum
Steve Hodges
State Chief Information Security Officer
Georgia Technology Authority
James Holt
Supervisory Special Agent
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)
CW4 William D. Howard, USA
Technical Director, Cyber Training and Education Directorate
U.S. Army Cyber School

I

Matthew Isnor
Program Lead, Cyber Workforce Development
Office of the DoD Chief Information Officer

J

Lee James, III
Deputy Program Executive Officer
Program Executive Office Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI)
MG Ryan M. Janovic, USA
Commanding General
U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence & Fort Eisenhower
CW2 Francisco Joa, USA
Network Technician
101st Airborne Division Artillery
Asma Jodeiri Akbarfam
Student
Augusta University
Mark Johnson
Vice President
IBM
Sarah Joy
Senior Technical Course Developer
Splunk

K

Christian Keebler
Chief Executive Officer
Southeastern Cyber
Ladan Kian
Augusta University
Charles Kicklighter
Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Georgia Cyber Crime Center
Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI)
Mark C. Kitz
Program Executive Officer
Command Control and Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T)

L

Joshua Lambert
Founder & CEO
Gnome Gamers
Taiye Lambo
Founder, HISPI AI Think Tank - Project Cerebellum
LTG Susan S. Lawrence, USA (Ret.)
President and Chief Executive Officer
AFCEA International
Frank Lazzara, Ph.D.
Leader Development and Education Specialist
U.S. Army Cyber School
Ron Lewis
Computer Scientist
R. Lewis Consultants
Paul J. Lilly, Ph.D., DM, MBA, PMP
President and CEO
Taj Quantum
A‘aliyah Lockett
Albany State University
CW5 David P. (Paul) Lucy, USA
Command Chief Warrant Officer
U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence and Fort Eisenhower

M

Hoda Maleki, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Augusta University School of Computer and Cyber Sciences
Bailey Marshall
Director of Innovation and Program Management
Applied Technology Academy
Lauren Matthews
Computer Science Student
Florida A&M University
CW4 Brian D. Matthews, USA
Chief Warrant Officer of the Branch
U.S. Army Cyber and Electromagnetic Warfare School
Ryan McArthur
Chief Technology Officer, Public Sector, Federal
Zscaler
Marlin McFate
Federal CTO
Cohesity
Kenneth McNeill
Chief Information Officer and Director, C4 Systems Directorate
National Guard Bureau
Jay Meil
Vice President, AI
SAIC
Meagan Metzger
CEO & Founder
Dcode
Aaron Mihalik
Principal Engineer
Parsons
BG Robert J. (RJ) Mikesh, Jr., USA
Deputy Program Executive Officer
Enterprise Information Systems
BG Mark D. Miles, USA
Deputy Commanding General
U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence & Fort Eisenhower
Sable Miller
I.T. Project Manager
United States Department of Defense
Laurence M. Mixon
Special Assistant to the Program Executive Officer
Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEW&S)
MCPO Ruben Montano, USN
Cyberspace Warfare Technician
Joint Cyber Operations Group, North Squadron
Mike Morris
Associate Dean & Senior Director, ASCSIA, BSCSIA and MSCSIA Programs
Western Governors University
Nicole Morris
Program/Engagement Manager
SOFtact Solutions
LTG John B. Morrison, Jr., USA
Deputy Chief of Staff, G-6
U.S. Army
Christine Moulton
Lead Open Architectures & Standards, Integration Directorate
PEO IEW&S
Alexander Mueller
IT Specialist
U.S. Army Cyber Command
Marc Murphy
CEO
CMMC Consultants
Bill Myers
Chief, Systems Engineering
PEO C3T

N

Sonny Navarrette
Senior Solutions Engineer
Splunk
CW5 Willie Newkirk, USA
Technical Director
U.S. Army Signal School
Lucian Niemeyer
CEO
Building Cyber Security
CW3 Tiffany Northern, USA
J3 Senior Warrant Officer
Joint Force Headquarters-Cyber (JFHQ-C)

O

Christopher Orlowski, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Land Systems
Anduril Industries

P

Yurii Parzhyn, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist
Augusta University
SSG Nichole Perez, USA
25 B IT Specialist
U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence
Vu Phan
Student
University of Minnesota
Matthew Picerno
Cyber Focal Director, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Data, Engineering and Software (DASA DES)
U.S. Army Chief Cyber Acquisition Officer
SGM Jesse Potter, USA
G3 Sergeant Major
U.S. Army Cyber Command
COL Corey S. Pressley, USA
Division Chief, Operations, Plans & Cyber Policy Division
Joint Staff J6

R

Pouria Rad
Graduate Research Assistant
Augusta University
CW3 Rory Rankin, USA
DCO Branch Chief
ACM Cyber
Steven Rehn
Chief Technology Officer/Chief Data Officer, U.S. Army Cyber Command
Director, ARCYBER Technical Warfare Center
2LT Paige B. Ressler, USA
Army ROTC Graduate
Norwich University
Bill Roberts
Deputy CTO
Riverbed Technology
COL Stephen A. (Steve) Roberts, Ph.D., USA
Professor of Military Science, Army ROTC
Norwich University
Alfredo Rodriguez, III
Program Lead, Cyber Workforce Data & Analytics
Office of the DoD Chief Information Officer
CW5 Jorge L. Roman, Jr., ARNG
Senior Signal Warrant Officer Technology Advisor for the Army National Guard
U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence & Fort Eisenhower
Jeremy Rossbach
Chief Technical Evangelist
Broadcom

S

Gina Scinta
Deputy Chief Technology Officer
Thales Trusted Cyber Technologies
Shivaji Sengupta
Founder and CEO
NXTKey Corporation
Kunaal Sharma
Public Sector Lead
Anthropic
Lt Gen Robert J. Skinner, USAF
Director, Defense Information Systems Agency and
Commander, Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network
Jim Smid
DoD/Intel Field CTO
Palo Alto Networks
Dan Snyder
Senior Director Analyst
Gartner
James A. Stanger, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Evangelist
CompTIA
Roy Stephan
Cybersecurity Professional
Quantinuum
Andrew Stewart
Senior Strategist, Cybersecurity
Cisco
Kenneth Strayer
Project Manager Electronic Warfare & Cyber
PEO IEW&S
Hala Strohmier Berry, DEng
Assistant Professor
University of South Carolina Aiken
COL Kathy Swacina, USA (Ret.)
Advocacy Working Group Lead, HISPI AI Think Tank -- Project Cerebellum
Jennifer Swanson
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Data, Engineering and Software)
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics & Technology
Shamar Swift
Albany State University

T

Alireza Taheritajar
Graduate Research Assistant
Augusta University
Derek Thurston
Associate Principal Architect
Red Hat
Dane Troyer
Independent Researcher
Augusta University

V

Terry Villines
Senior Advisor
Peraton

W

COL Michael (Mike) Wacker, USA
Strategic Planner
U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence & Fort Eisenhower
Klint Walker
Cyber Security Advisor for Region IV
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Stephen M. (Steve) Wallace
Chief Technology Officer and Director, Emerging Technology Directorate
Defense Information Systems Agency
CW4 Reba Wallner, USA
Signal Warrant Officer Career Program Manager and Signal Proponent
Office Chief of Signal
Kathryn Wang
CEO
Ctrl+Alt+Defeat.io
CW4 Nathan B. (Nate) Watkins, USA
Senior Technology Advisor - Intel
U.S. Army Cyber Command
Paul Wertz
CEO and President, Technology Sherpa
President, AFCEA Atlanta Chapter
CW5 Chris R. Westbrook, USA
Regimental Chief Warrant Officer
U.S. Army Signal Regiment at Fort Eisenhower
Andrew Whelchel
Lead Solutions Engineering, Federal
Saviynt
Christopher Will
Director of Commercial Solutions
WillCo Tech
Mik Wimbrow
Senior Director, U.S. Army
Microsoft Federal
Parker Woods
Engineer
Equator Corporation

Y

Michael Young
Senior Principal Solutions Architect
Elastic
CW5 Travis W. Ysen, USA
Senior Technology Advisor - Electronic Warfare
U.S. Army Cyber Command

Z

Randall Zapata
Chief Visionary Officer
Zapata Technology
Yun Zhou
Lead Software Engineer
Tyto Athene
MAJ James R. Ziwak, USA
Assistant Army Capability Manager
Army Capability Manager - Networks & Services (ACM N&S)