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Names Organization City State Country

Alexandria
LCDR Scott Pratz, USCG
FD28 Technology Table
U.S. Coast Guard
CAPT Patrick Thompson, USCG
Infrastructure Service Division Chief
U.S. Coast Guard
CDR Jonathan White, USCG
Branch Chief / Cloud and Data Section
U.S. Coast Guard
Annapolis
Samantha Hamilton
VP of AI
Heven AeroTech
Austin
ZS

Zac Staples
Founder and CEO
Fathom5
Ceasarea
Dov Raz
BD director
SEALARTEC
CENTREVILLE
Mansour Yusuf
Federal Field CTO - Chief Cloud/Edge Architect
Dell Technologies
Chesapeake
Nigel A. Taylor
Solution Engineer and Systems Architect
Cisco Systems Inc.
Columbia
Nate Delgado
Director of Software Products
Sealing Technologies
Coronado
CAPT George Galdorisi, USN (Ret.)
Director, Strategic Assessments and Technical Futures
Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
Denver
John Fokker
VP, Threat Intelligence Strategy
Trellix
Ryan Roberts
Principal
Deloitte
Forney
Michael J. Smith
Principal, Maritime Business Development
L3Harris Technologies
Hanover
Ron Malenfant
Head of 5G Strategy and Architecture
Ciena
Herndon
John Slye
Sr. Advisory Research Analyst, Federal Market Analysis (GovWin)
Deltek, Inc.
Hood River
Greg Davis
Founder and CEO
Overwatch Imaging
Johnson City
Bradley Zogopoulos
Deputy Director of Combatant Command Programs
BigBear.ai
Monterery
VADM Ann Rondeau, USN (Ret.)
President
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey
CDR Jens Berdahl, USN
PhD Candidate
Naval Postgraduate School
Randy Pugh
Vice Provost Warfare Studies
Naval Postgraduate School
Newport
Sam J. Tangredi, Ph.D.
Leidos Chair of Future Warfare Studies
U.S. Naval War College
Portsmouth
CAPT Jason Deichler, USN
Commodore, COMSUBRON TWO
U.S Navy
Redwood City
Michele Boland
Global Technologist
Check Point Software Technologies
Reston
Lee Koepping
VP, Global Sales Engineering
ScienceLogic
Tim LeMaster
VP Federal Systems Engineering
Lookout
Bill Roberts
Federal Field CTO
Riverbed Technology
San Deigo
Ulrich Lang
CEO
ObjectSecurity
San Diego
JC

Joel Checkai
Solutions Engineer
Cisco Systems Inc
Brad Poeltler
CEO
Brad Poeltler and Associates LLC
San Francisco
ADM Christopher W. Grady, USN (Ret.)
Former Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S. Navy
Kaly McKenna
Vice President
Beacon Global Strategies
santa clara
Jessica Souder
AIRS Solutions Specialist
Palo Alto Networks
Matt Wilson
AIRS Solutions Specialist
Palo Alto Networks
Suffolk
Larissa Smith
Advanced Manufacturing Director
Maritime Industrial Base Program, US Navy
Sydney
Greg Colla
CTO
Janusnet
Tinton Falls
Richard Breakiron
Senior Strategist, Executive & Security Programs Americas Federal Sector
Commvault
Vienna
Gary Mann
Principal Solutions Engineer
Neo4j
AP

Adam Prem
Defense & Intelligence
ServiceNow
Washington
CDR Christopher A. Rogers, USCG
Coastal Sentinel Technical Director
U.S. Coast Guard
Washington DC
Joe Ford
Cybersecurity Architect
Check Point Software Technologies
Washington, DC
Justin Fanelli
Chief Technology Officer
United States Department of the Navy