DEFENSE TECHWEEK FEATURED SPEAKERS
DefenseTalks

Anne Neuberger
Deputy National Security Advisor, Cyber & Emerging Tech, National Security Council, The White House,
The White House
DefenseTalks

Dr. William A. LaPlante
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment,
DOD
DefenseTalks

Col. Nicole Malachowski
(Ret.), First Woman Thunderbird Pilot, Combat Veteran, Fighter SquadronCommander, White House Fellow & Adviser, and Indomitable Spirit,
USAF
DefenseTalks

David McKeown
Senior Information Security Officer & Deputy Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity,
DOD
DefenseTalks

Amanda Toman
Principal Director, 5G, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering,
DOD
DefenseTalks

Young Bang
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army Acquisition, Logistics & Technology,
U.S. Army
DefenseTalks

Winston Beauchamp
Deputy CIO,
Dept. of the Air Force*
DefenseTalks

Chris Cleary
Principal Cyber Advisor,
Dept. of the Navy
DefenseTalks

Bob Costello
CIO,
CISA*
DefenseTalks

David Frederick
Executive Director,
U.S. Cyber Command
DefenseTalks

Roger S. Greenwell
Director, Enterprise Integration and Innovation Center, CIO,
DISA
DefenseTalks

Jason Howe
AF/A1 CTO & Chief Cloud Architect,
Dept. of Air Force
DefenseTalks

Dr. Raj Iyer
CIO,
U.S. Army
DefenseTalks

Wanda Jones-Heath
Principal Cyber Advisor,
Dept. of the Air Force
DefenseTalks

Jim Langevin
Member,
House Armed Services Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Subcommittee
DefenseTalks

Maj. Gen. John Olson
Mobilization Assistant to the Chief of Space Operations & CDO,
Dept. of Air Force
DefenseTalks

Mike Madsen
Deputy Director,
Defense Innovation Unit
DefenseTalks, Defense Tech Spotlight

Colten O'Malley
Deputy Commander, Command and Control Support Agency,
U.S. Army
Defense Tech Spotlight

R.A. Ronald J. Piret
Commander,
Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
DefenseTalks

Jane Rathbun
Deputy Assistant Secretary Navy Information Warfare & Enterprise Services/CTO,
Dept. of Navy
Defense Tech Spotlight

Lt. Col. Kristen Saling
Director, CG's Innovation Cell,
United States Army Human Resources Command
DefenseTalks

Renata Spinks
Assistant Director/Deputy CIO IC4,
U.S. Marine Corps
DefenseTalks

Matt Travis
CEO,
The Cyber AB
DefenseTalks

Dr. Derek Tournear
Director,
Space Development Agency
DefenseTalks

Melissa Vice
Director, Cyber Crime Center,
DOD
DefenseTalks

Ruth Youngs-Lew
Program Executive Officer, Digital and Enterprise Services,
Dept. of Navy
DefenseTalks

Vishal Amin
Head of Security Solutions,
Microsoft Federal
Defense Talks

Maria Barcarse
Director, NA Center of Excellence,
SAP
DefenseTalks

Rob Carey
President, Government Solutions,
Cloudera
DefenseTalks

Viral Chawda
Principal, Federal Technology Consulting Leader,
KPMG
DefenseTalks

Cameron Chehreh
Vice President & General Manager Public Sector,
Intel
DefenseTalks

Maj. Gen. Allan Day (ret.)
VP, Logistics/Sustainment Industry Strategy, Global Public Sector, Salesforce,
Salesforce
DefenseTalks

Josh Marcuse
Head of Strategy and Innovation, Public Sector,
Google Cloud
DefenseTalks

Jody Morrison
Executive Director, Digital Technology Strategy & Architecture,
Raytheon
DefenseTalks

Michael Libutti
Senior Partner & VP,
IBM
DefenseTalks

Vimesh Patel
Chief Technology Advisor,
World Wide Technology
DefenseTalks

Shuaib Porjosh
Director of Advanced Wireless and 5G,
GDIT
DefenseTalks

Royce Resoso
Senior Director, Industry Strategy - National Security & Defense,
DocuSign
DefenseTalks

Chris Roberts
Federal Technology Director,
Quest Software Public Sector, Inc.
DefenseTalks

Ismael Valenzuela Espejo
VP, Threat Research & Intelligence,
BlackBerry
DefenseTalks

Juliana Vida
Group VP and Chief Strategy Advisor,
Splunk
DefenseTalks

Chris Weatherup
Senior Manager, Solutions Engineer, Federal,
Okta
DefenseTalks

James Westdorp
Chief Technologist,
Ciena Government Solutions Inc.
The Risks and Opportunities of the Connected Battlefield

Erin Conaton
former Under Secretary of the Air Force and Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness,
DoD
The Risks and Opportunities of the Connected Battlefield

Greg Bennett
Partner Relations Manager,
AF CyberWorx
The Risks and Opportunities of the Connected Battlefield

Kyle Broadway
CTO,
Armaments Research Company
The Risks and Opportunities of the Connected Battlefield

Nycki Brooks
Director of Federal Services,
Optiv
Defense Tech Spotlight

Erin Joe
SVP, Strategy & Alliances,
Mandiant
Leveraging Venture Capital to Stay Competitive

Meagan Metzger
Founder and CEO of Dcode & Managing Partner,
Dcode Capital
Leveraging Venture Capital to Stay Competitive

Michelle Saks
Vice President,
Disruptive
DefenseTalks

Goldy Kamali
Founder & CEO,
Scoop News Group
DefenseTalks

Wyatt Kash
SVP, Content Strategy,
Scoop News Group
DefenseTalks

Billy Mitchell
VP, Content and Community & Editor-in-Chief, FedScoop and DefenseScoop,
Scoop News Group
DefenseTalks

Mark Pomerleau
Reporter, DefenseScoop,
Scoop News Group
DefenseTalks

Francis Rose
Host, The Daily Scoop Podcast & VP, Multimedia Solutions, Scoop News Group,
Scoop News Group
DefenseTalks

Jon Harper
Managing Editor, DefenseScoop,
Scoop News Group
DefenseTalks

Brandi Vincent
Reporter, DefenseScoop,
Scoop News Group