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Brig Gen Terrence A. Adams, USAF
Deputy Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of Defense and Senior Military Advisor for Cyber Policy
U.S. Department of Defense
Marina Alvarez
Senior Technical Leader
Holistic Information Security Practitioner Institute
Shadeh Ardani
Senior Solution Sales Executive
ServiceNow
Katherine (Katie) Arrington
Performing the Duties of the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer
Department of Defense
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John Baase
Program Manager - Identity, Credential, and Access Management Branch, PEO Cyber
Defense Information Systems Agency
Esteban Banda
Technical Director, PEO Cyber
Defense Information Systems Agency
Peter Barcelo, Jr.
Sr. Knowledge Management Specialist
U.S. Southern Command
Christopher Barnhurst
Deputy Director
Defense Information Systems Agency
Hannah Benig
AI Engineer
International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation
Les Benito
Cloud Lead
Deputy Chief Information Officer for Information Enterprise
Zach Bennefield
Federal Security Strategist
Tenable
Brig Gen Heather W. Blackwell, USAF
Deputy Commander
Joint Force Headquarters - Department of Defense Information Network (JFHQ-DODIN)
Cory Blankenship
Senior Security Engineer
GuidePoint Security
Stacy Bostjanick
Chief, Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity
Office of the DoD Chief Information Officer
Aaron Boteler
Chief Technology Officer
CloudCurrent LLC
Sean Brady
Director of Software Acquisition & DoD Software Cadre; Deputy Director for Joint Interoperability
Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment)
Paul Brandau
Chief, Red Team Capabilities
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Frank Briguglio
Federal CTO and Global Public Sector Strategist
SailPoint
Peter Briscoe
VP, Head of Pre-Sales Blue Planet
Ciena
Nanette Brown
Senior Member of Technical Staff
CMU Software Engineering Institute
Michael (Mike) Butler
Chief Engineer, DoDNet
Defense Information Systems Agency, J-6
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Carlen Capenos
Director, Office of Small Business Programs
Defense Information Systems Agency
Cynthia R. Carpenter
Director, Defense Industrial Base Operations
Office of the DoD Chief Information Officer
David W. Carroll
Vice President Cyber Capability, Engineering and Strategy
General Dynamics Information Technology
Miyi J. Chung
Technical Director, DISA Pacific
Defense Information Systems Agency
Bill Church
Chief Technology Officer
F5 Networks
Jerusha (Drew) Cooper
Technical Director, DISA Global
Defense Information Systems Agency
Brig Gen Michael J. Cornell, USAF
Vice Director, Global Services Directorate
Defense Information Systems Agency
Brian Correia
Director of Business Development
GIAC
Jim Cosby
Chief Technology Officer
NetApp
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Christa Dahlem
Vice President of Business Development
Amentum
RDML Russell E. (Rusty) Dash, USCG
Assistant Commandant for C4 & IT and Chief Information Officer
U.S. Coast Guard
Michael Davis
Principal Engineer
CrowdStrike
Nate Delgado
Software Product Owner
SealingTech
Allan Dianic
Director of Software Engineering
Office of Systems Engineering and Architecture Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
Kevin Donovan
Deputy Chief, Vulnerability Response and Coordination
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
William R. (Bill) Dunlap, Jr.
Deputy Chief Information Officer for Information Enterprise
Office of the DoD Chief Information Officer
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Dan Erickson
Information Technology Strategist
Office of the Secretary of Defense Department of Defense Chief Information Officer Information Enterprise
John Eubank
Founder and CEO
10x National Security
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Len Fardella
Director, Business Development
KDM Analytics
Kelly Fay
Off-Campus Testing Coordinator
Anne Arundel Community College (AACC)
Gregg Fendley
Senior Software Engineer
Office of Systems Engineering and Architecture Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
Major General (Air Vice-Marshal) Armin Fleischmann
Commander CID Support Forces and DCOS Capabilities
CID Command, Bonn
Darrell D. Fountain
Chief, Cyber Security Services Provider (CSSP) Operations
Defense Information Systems Agency
BG Paul H. Fredenburgh III, USA (Ret.)
Executive Vice President, Defense and National Security
AFCEA International
Cole French
Manager, Cybersecurity Services
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
Rick Friend
Manager, Cybersecurity Solutions & Architecture
Merlin Cyber
Rodolfo (Raven) Fuentes
Technical Director, DISA Europe
Defense Information Systems Agency
Zachary Funt
Technical Advisor, Hybrid Computing Line of Business
Defense Information Systems Agency
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COL Heath A. Giesecke, USA
Director, Enterprise Cloud Management Agency
U.S. Army
John Gilligan
Chief Executive Officer
Center for Internet Security
LtGen Matthew G. Glavy, USMC (Ret.)
Former Deputy Commandant for Information
Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
SFC Jacline Gonzalez, USA
Senior Enlisted Leader, Training, Exercises and Readiness Directorate
Joint Force Headquarters - DOD Information Network (JFHQ-DODIN)
Venice Goodwine
Chief Information Officer
Department of the Air Force
Mark S. Gorak
Principal Director, Resources and Analysis, and Director, Cyber Academic Engagement Office
Office of the DoD Chief Information Officer
Sreenivas Gukal, Ph.D.
Chief Product Officer
Acalvio Technologies
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Dr. Ed Harris, DIT-AIC, CISSP
Global Director of Information Security
Mauser Packaging
Rebecca Haug
Vice President, Defense Technology Group
Booz Allen Hamilton
Brian Hennigan
Division Chief, ID3
Defense Information Systems Agency
Brian G. Hermann, Ph.D.
Director, Program Executive Office Cyber Directorate
Defense Information Systems Agency
David Hoffman
Principal Lead
Office of the Secretary of Defense Chief Information Officer
Forrest Holifield
Senior Technical Advisor, Hosting and Compute
Defense Information System Agency
Chris Hollifield
Chief Strategy Officer
Technology Advancement Center
SMSgt Quan Holmes, USAF
Senior Enlisted Leader, J2 Intelligence Directorate
Defense Information Systems Agency
Ben Homer
Office of the Chief Information Officer
U.S. Air Force
Alex Hornberger
Chief Engineer, Zero Trust Portfolio
Defense Information Systems Agency
Richard (Trey) Howard
Senior Software Engineer
Omni Federal
SES II Jeffery A. Hurley
Director (Acting) Information Command, Control, Communications and Computers (IC4)
Deputy Commandant, Information-HQMC
Paul Hurst
Program Manager
Leidos
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CW5 Matthias J. Ingle, Sr., USA
Senior Technical Advisor, Office of the Principal Cyber Advisor
Department of the Army
LTG David T. (Todd) Isaacson, USA
Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4)/Cyber, Chief Information Officer, J-6
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Matthew Isnor
Program Lead, Cyber Workforce Development
Office of the DoD Chief Information Officer
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CMSgt Israel Jaeger, USAF
Command Senior Enlisted Leader
Joint Force Headquarters - DOD Information Network, Defense Information Systems Agency
Martha P. Jasper
Business Systems Portfolio Manager, Services Directorate
Defense Information Systems Agency
Jose A. Jimenez
Digital Solutions Executive
International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation
Patrick Johnson
Director, Workforce Innovation Directorate
Department of Defense, Office of the Chief Information Officer
Mark Jones
Data Analytics Chief Engineer and Program Manager, PEO Cyber
Defense Information Systems Agency
Wanda Jones-Heath, Ph.D.
Principal Cyber Advisor
Department of the Air Force
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Terrance (Terry) Kalka
Director
DC3 DoD-Defense Industrial Base Collaboration Information Sharing Environment (DCISE)
Col Dennis W. Katolin, USMC
AC/S G-3
United States Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command
Glenora F. Keeve
Knowledge Management Specialist
Defense Information Systems Agency
Herb Kelsey
Lead for Dell Project Fort Zero and Dell Federal Chief Technology Officer
Dell Technologies
Tom Kennedy
Vice President and General Manager
Axonius Federal Systems
Martin Kihiko
Deputy Chief, Cyber Resilience
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Darek J. Kitlinski
Air Force A1 CTO
United States Air Force
Ken Kurz
Chief Information Officer
COPT Defense
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George Lamb
Director of Cloud and Software Modernization
Department of Defense, Office of the Chief Information Officer
Carissa Landymore
Program Director, Endpoint Customer Services Directorate
Defense Information Systems Agency
Jeremie Lane
Technical Advisor, Hybrid Computing Line of Business
Defense Information Systems Agency
Bill LaPlante
Vice President for Intelligence Programs
MITRE Corporation
LTG Susan S. Lawrence, USA (Ret.)
President and Chief Executive Officer
AFCEA International
COL Richard Leach, USA
Director of Intelligence
Defense Information Systems Agency
Ian Leatherman
Zero Trust Strategy Lead
Microsoft US Federal
MSG Jason Lee, USA
Senior Enlisted Leader, Operations Directorate
Joint Force Headquarters - DOD Information Network (JFHQ-DODIN)
Sean Letona
Chief of Operations, Vulnerability Management
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
BG Urbi Lewis, USA
Director for Cybersecurity/CISO
HQDA, Office of the CIO
COL Tilisha Lockley, USA
Commander, DISA Europe
Defense Information Systems Agency
Magdalena LoGrande
Cybersecurity Practice Lead
Sigma Defense Systems LLC
Alee Long
Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability Program Manager
Defense Information Systems Agency
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John Machate
Directorate Information Systems Security Manager, PEO Spectrum
Defense Information Systems Agency
Ashley Manning
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy
U.S. Department of Defense
Greg Manson
Vice President of Tego Advisory Services
TEGO
Jefferson P. (Jeff) Marshall
Director, Hosting and Compute
Defense Information Systems Agency
Jason Martin
Component Acquisition Executive and Director of the Acquisition Organization
Defense Information Systems Agency
Steven Matherne
AVP for Defense
AT&T Public Sector
James Matney, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President of Technology
MSM Technology
David (Dave) McCarthy
Chief, Defensive Cyber Operations
Defense Information Systems Agency
Matthew McFadden, Ph.D.
Vice President, Cyber & Distinguished Technologist
General Dynamics Information Technology
Alexander McFarland
Olympus Technical Lead, Hosting and Compute
Defense Information Systems Agency
Marlin McFate
Public Sector CTO/CISO
Cohesity
David McKinney
Chief, Knowledge Management Branch
Defense Information Systems Agency
Kenneth C. McNeill
Chief Information Officer and Director, C4 Systems Directorate
National Guard Bureau
CAPT Joseph E. Meuse, USCG
Deputy Commander
Coast Guard Cyber Command
CW4 John Millsap, USA
J-3/5/7 Technical Director
Defense Information Systems Agency
Tobias Musser
CEO MNS Group, RP
MNS Group
Bill Musson
Senior Technical Sales Engineer
Nexthink
Jason Myers
Vice President, Defense Agencies
General Dynamics Information Technology
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CMSgt Bryan Neumann, USAF
Senior Enlisted Advisor
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy
Jerry Newell
Senior Technical Advisor, Hybrid Computing Line of Business
Defense Information Systems Agency
Bill Newhouse
Cybersecurity Engineer and Project Lead
NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence
Harris Nussbaum
Tyto Athene
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LCDR Gavin O'Brien, USN
Health Scientist
Food and Drug Administration
Stacy O'Hara
Knowledge Management Advisor, Office of Integrative Activities
Office of the Director, National Science Foundation (NSF)
Brigid OHearn
Principal Engineer
CMU Software Engineering Institute
Greg Olson
DoD ESI
Victoria Ontiveros
Program Manager, Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) and Open Source Software (OSS) Security
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
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Ali Pabrai
Chief Executive Officer
ecfirst
Christopher A. (Chris) Paczkowski
Director, PEO Transport Directorate
Defense Information Systems Agency
Aulikki Pakanen
Ministerial Advisor
Finnish Ministry of Defence (FMD)
Matthew Palmer
Chief Engineer Command and Control Portfolio, PEO Services
Defense Information System Agency
Lauren Pavlik
Chief of Software Modernization Officer
U.S. Army
MAJ John Pavlik, USA
Technical Advisor, PEO Cyber
Defense Information Systems Agency
Evan Pelecky
Senior Product Manager, Cryptographic Key Management
Thales Trusted Cyber Technologies
Brian Penny
Co-Founder and CEO
Kloch
Thomas Perry
Chair, AFCEA International Small Business Committee
Founder and CEO, VG Systems | Arahail Technology
Matthew Picerno
Chief Cyber Acquisition Officer and Director, Cyber Focal
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, Technology), Office of the Chief Systems Engineer
Col John W. Picklesimer, USAF
Commander, 67 Cyber Wing
Sixteenth Air Force
Steve Pitcher
Senior Cyber Survivability Analyst
Joint Staff J6
Noah Plotkin
Solutions Engineer
Silent Push
MAJ Janshay Polk, USA
Chief Knowledge Management Officer
Office of the U.S. Army Surgeon General and Medical Command
Christopher (Chris) Pymm
DISA Zero Trust Portfolio Lead, Thunderdome Program Manager
Defense Information Systems Agency
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GySgt Eric Quesada, USMC
Operations Superintendent, Joint Staff Command Center
Defense Information Systems Agency
Ben Quimby
Senior Program Manager
Defense Innovation Unit
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Sandy Radesky
Associate Director, Vulnerability Management
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Jane Rathbun
Chief Information Officer
Department of the Navy
Chris Redding
Technical Director, PEO Services
Defense Information Systems Agency
Randy Resnick
Chief of Zero Trust, DoD Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity
Office of the DoD
LTG Jeth B. Rey, USA
Deputy Chief of Staff, G-6
United States Army
David Richardson
Deputy Division Chief, Perimeter Defense
Defense Information Systems Agency
Adam Ringel
OCONUS Cloud Portfolio Manager, Hosting and Compute
Defense Information Systems Agency
Alfredo Rodriguez
Program Lead, Cyber Workforce Data & Analytics
Office of the DoD CIO
CAPT Daniel Rogers, USCG
Deputy Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer
U.S. Coast Guard
Mark Roman
Executive Director for Cyber Engineering
ManTech
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Andy Sauer
CEO and Co-Founder
Sentinel Blue
Kyle Saunders
Command and Control (C2), Software Factory Engineer
Defense Information System Agency
Bobby Scharmann
Vice President, Cyber Accelerator
Leidos
Andrew Scherer
IT Transformation Solution Sales Manager, Federal
ServiceNow
Anne M. Schumann
Principal Cyber Advisor
Department of the Navy
Shivaji Sengupta
Founder and CEO
NXTKey Corporation
Raju Shah
Enterprise Engineering Director and Chief Experience Officer
Defense Information System Agency
Gayatri Shenai
Senior Partner
McKinsey & Company
Thomas W. Simms
Principal Deputy Executive Director, Systems Engineering and Architecture
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
Cory Simpson
Chief Executive Officer
Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology
W. Eric Singleton
Vice President of Operations, Cyber
Cycurion
James A. Stanger, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Evangelist
CompTIA
Michael (Tim) Stark
Senior Systems/Software Engineer/Architect and Full Stack Systems Developer
Office of Systems Engineering and Architecture Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
CAPT Ralph Stephens, USN
Deputy J-3/5/7
Defense Information Systems Agency
Lt Col Kate (Claire) Stowe, USAFR
Defense Engagement Team Cyber Lead
Defense Innovation Unit
COL Jeffrey R. Strauss, USA
Military Deputy, Programs
Defense Information Systems Agency
Richard Streeter
Operations Director
Sertainty Federal Systems
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Jonathan Tame
Principal Advisor
Office of the Secretary of Defense Chief Information Officer
Greg Tomchick
CEO and Partner
Valor Cybersecurity
Dan Turissini
Chair
AFCEA Homeland Security Committee
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Zachary Vaughn
Director, Federal Security Engineering
Vectra AI
Robert W. (Rob) Vietmeyer
Chief Software Officer for the Deputy Chief Information Officer for Information Enterprise (DCIO(IE))
Office of the DoD Chief Information Officer
Johnathan Villalobos
Cyber Piloting and Transitions Lead
PEO Digital
David Voelker
Zero Trust Architecture Lead
Department of the Navy
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Stephen M. (Steve) Wallace
Chief Technology Officer and Director, Emerging Technology Directorate
Defense Information Systems Agency
Ivan Wallis
Global Solution Architect
CyberArk
Wayne Walsh
Deputy Chief Data Officer
Defense Information Systems Agency
Kathryn Wang
Principal, Public Sector
SandboxAQ
Ken Wang
Cybersecurity for DoD Installation Critical Infrastructure and Supply Chain Risk Management, Cyber Strategy and Policy
Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
Damian Watkins, D. Eng.
Chief Research Officer
Aperio Global
Chuck Weissenborn
Chief Technology Officer
Dragos
CW5 Taylor Wells, USA
Senior Technical Advisor to the Director
Defense Information Systems Agency
Paul Wertz
CEO and President, Technology Sherpa
President, AFCEA Atlanta Chapter
Jason (JC) Wilson
Chief Engineer, Endpoint Security, PEO Cyber
Defense Information Systems Agency
Jeff Worthington
Public Sector Executive Strategist
CrowdStrike
LTC Cameron Wright, USA
Chief Knowledge Management Officer
United States Army 20th CBRNE Command
Johnson Wu
Cyber Commercial Executive
Defense Innovation Unit
Liz Wulbrecht
Director of Testing
Anne Arundel Community College (AACC)
Connor Wynveen
Solutions Engineer
Chainguard
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MG Garrett Yee, USA (Ret.)
Vice President, DoD Customer Relations
General Dynamics Information Technology
Cynthia Young
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
CJ Young Consulting, LLC
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Ed Zick
Enterprise Software Initiatives
Office of the Secretary of Defense Department of Defense Chief Information Officer Information Enterprise