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Names Organization City State Country

California
CDR Jens Berdahl, USN
PhD Candidate
Naval Postgraduate School
Michele Boland
Global Technologist
Check Point Software Technologies
JC

Joel Checkai
Solutions Engineer
Cisco Systems Inc
CAPT George Galdorisi, USN (Ret.)
Director, Strategic Assessments and Technical Futures
Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
ADM Christopher W. Grady, USN (Ret.)
Former Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S. Navy
Ulrich Lang
CEO
ObjectSecurity
Kaly McKenna
Vice President
Beacon Global Strategies
Brad Poeltler
CEO
Brad Poeltler and Associates LLC
Randy Pugh
Vice Provost Warfare Studies
Naval Postgraduate School
VADM Ann Rondeau, USN (Ret.)
President
Naval Postgraduate School
Jessica Souder
AIRS Solutions Specialist
Palo Alto Networks
Matt Wilson
AIRS Solutions Specialist
Palo Alto Networks
Colorado
John Fokker
VP, Threat Intelligence Strategy
Trellix
Ryan Roberts
Principal
Deloitte
District of Columbia
Justin Fanelli
Chief Technology Officer
United States Department of the Navy
Joe Ford
Cybersecurity Architect
Check Point Software Technologies
CDR Christopher A. Rogers, USCG
Coastal Sentinel Technical Director
U.S. Coast Guard
HaMerkaz
Dov Raz
BD director
SEALARTEC
Maryland
Nate Delgado
Director of Software Products
Sealing Technologies
Samantha Hamilton
VP of AI
Heven AeroTech
Ron Malenfant
Head of 5G Strategy and Architecture
Ciena
New Hampshire
CAPT Jason Deichler, USN
Commodore, COMSUBRON TWO
U.S Navy
New Jersey
Richard Breakiron
Senior Strategist, Executive & Security Programs Americas Federal Sector
Commvault
New South Wales
Greg Colla
CTO
Janusnet
Oregon
Greg Davis
Founder and CEO
Overwatch Imaging
Rhode Island
Sam J. Tangredi, Ph.D.
Leidos Chair of Future Warfare Studies
U.S. Naval War College
Tennessee
Bradley Zogopoulos
Deputy Director of Combatant Command Programs
BigBear.ai
Texas
Rob Lehman
Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer
Saronic Technologies
Michael J. Smith
Principal, Maritime Business Development
L3Harris Technologies
ZS

Zac Staples
Founder and CEO
Fathom5
Virginia
Lee Koepping
VP, Global Sales Engineering
ScienceLogic
Tim LeMaster
VP Federal Systems Engineering
Lookout
Gary Mann
Principal Solutions Engineer
Neo4j
LCDR Scott Pratz, USCG
FD28 Technology Table
U.S. Coast Guard
AP

Adam Prem
Defense & Intelligence
ServiceNow
Bill Roberts
Federal Field CTO
Riverbed Technology
John Slye
Sr. Advisory Research Analyst, Federal Market Analysis (GovWin)
Deltek, Inc.
Larissa Smith
Advanced Manufacturing Director
Maritime Industrial Base Program, US Navy
Nigel A. Taylor
Solution Engineer and Systems Architect
Cisco Systems Inc.
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
Mansour Yusuf
Federal Field CTO - Chief Cloud/Edge Architect
Dell Technologies