Co-Chairs

Lieutenant General (USMC-Ret) Steven R. Rudder

Vice President, Marine Corps Programs Lockheed Martin Former Deputy Commandant for Aviation, USMC
Former Commanding General, United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific

Captain (USN-Ret) Brad Poeltler

President Brad Poeltler and Associates Inc.

Neil Zerbe

CEO Aerospace & Defense Industry Partners

Gold Sponsor

Jeffrey Starr

Chief Marketing Officer D-Fend Solutions

Speakers

Rear Admiral T. J. Zerr

Commander Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC)

Brigadier General Nick I. Brown

Commanding General, Marine Corps Installations West Marine Corps Base Camp, Pendleton, California

Brigadier General Jason M. Rueschhoff

Director of Operations USNORTHCOM

Joshua Webb, Lt Col, USAF

Response - NCR Lead JIATF 401

Lewis E. Monroe III

Associate Administrator and Chief, Defense Nuclear Security National Nuclear Security Administration

Bhavanjot Singh

Executive Director (A) Weapons and Software Engineering Center, DEVCOM AC, U.S. Army

Christopher Olson

Chief, Weapons Certification Division Air Force SEEK EAGLE Office

William “Liam” McKenna

Chief Counsel FAA

Sergeant Robert M. Dooley

UAS Program Coordinator Florida Highway Patrol

Professor Kenneth “Mike” Canada, (USN-Ret)

Program Chair, Associate Professor Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Dr. Noor Razzaq

Chief Consultant and CEO Institute for American Policy and Standards Innovation (IAPSI)

Samuel Bendett

Advisor, Russia Studies Program Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

Kateryna Bondar

Fellow, Wadhwani AI Center Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Dr. Caitlin Lee

Director, Acquisition and Technology Policy Program RAND Corporation
Senior Political Scientist, RAND
Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy

Wes Wheeler

Strategic Advisor, State, Law Enforcement & Justice Market | Civilian BG SAIC Former Assistant Director of the Critical Incident Response Group
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)