Speaker Hall of Fame

Take a look at some of the expert speakers that we have had at our past ACI Defense Events!

General Gary Brito

Commanding General
TRADOC

Brigadier General Geoff Norman, USA

Director
Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross Functional Team

Major General David Wilson

Commanding General
U.S. Army Sustainment Command

VADM Johnny Wolfe, Jr.

Director, Navy Strategic Systems Programs
USN

Dr. James Weber

Principal Director for Hypersonics
Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering (Modernization) (OUSD(R&E))

Dr. Robert Sadowski, SES

U.S. Army Chief Roboticist (Roboticist ST)
United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Ground Vehicles Systems Center

LTG Neil Thurgood, (RET)

Director, Hypersonics, Directed Energy, Space and Rapid Acquisition
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), USA Rapid Capabilities Office

Lieutenant General Michael Groen, USMC (RET)

Director
Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC)

Col Tony Behrens

Deputy Director at Joint Integrated Air & Missile Defense Organization (JIAMDO)
Joint Staff (J8), Pentagon

The Honorable Nickolas Guertin

Director, Operational Test & Evaluation
Office of the Secretary of Defense

Dr. Yvette S. Weber, SES

Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary
Air Force for Science Technology and Engineering

Dr. Gillian Bussey

Special Assistant at US Air Force Office of the Chief Scientist
Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (JHTO)

Michael White

Principal Director for Hypersonics (PD, H)
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering/Modernization
U.S. Department of Defense

Dr. Victoria Coleman

Chief Scientist, United States Air Force
U.S. Department of Defense

Troy Miller

Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Mr. Tracy Sheppard

Chief, Weapons Sciences Division
Competency Lead, Weapons Sciences
Weapons and Materials Research Directorate
Counter UAS Science & Technology at DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory

Matt Way

Program Manager, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
U.S. Department of Defense

John Vona

Deputy Director of the Plans, Program and Requirements Directorate (ACC/A5/8/9)
Headquarters Air Combat Command

Dr. Tom Karako

Senior Fellow, International Security Program and Director, Missile Defense Project
Center for Strategic & International Studies

Kevin Bowcutt

Principal Senior Technical Fellow & Chief Scientist of Hypersonics
The Boeing Company

Paul Wloszek

Director, Spectral Sensors & Missile Warning
Program Manager
L3Harris Space & Airborne Systems

Ron Dauk

Program Manager
Boeing Laser & Electro-Optical Systems

David Krivich

Director, Advanced Long-Range Strike Capabilities, Strategic & Missile Defense Systems
Lockheed Martin Space

Tom Laliberty

President, Land Warfare & Air Defense
Raytheon Missiles and Defense

Col Rob Menti, (USA ret)

Business Development Armament Systems
Northrop Grumman Corporation Defense Systems

Patrick “Mike” Shortsleeve

Sector Vice President
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.