Speakers

Co-Chairs

Dr. Mark Joel Lewis

President & CEO Purdue Applied Research Institute

Dr. Rodney Bowersox

Deputy Director, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, Senior Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering, Holder, Ford Motor Co. Design Professorship I Regents Professor, Executive Director University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics

Christopher Collins, SES

Executive Director, Developmental Test Eval, and Assessment Office of the Undersecretary of Defense Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E))

Rear Admiral Stephen Tedford

USN, Program Executive Officer Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons

CAPT Shea S. Thompson

USN, Commodore Surface Development Squadron ONE (CSDS 1)

DoD & Government Speakers

Dr. James Weber

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

Lieutenant General (USA-ret) Neil Thurgood

SVP Anduril

Dr. Knox Millsaps, SES

Head, Division of Aerospace Science, Air Warfare and Weapons, Naval Air Warfare and Weapons ONR

Dr. Joseph Jewell

John Bogdanoff Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics College of Engineering Purdue University

Dr. Brandon Chynoweth

Research Assistant Professor Purdue University

Industry & Academia

Andrew Carter

Senior Director, Strategy Anduril Industries

Andrew Capodieci

Director of Robotics Neya Systems

Ray Chaney

San Diego Chapter Board member Gary Sinise Foundation

Dr. Maia Cook

Director, Human-Autonomy Integration & Chief Scientist Pacific Science & Engineering

Dr. Nick Ernest

Chief AI Architect Thales USA

Lt Col (USA-ret) Jerry L. Frazier, Jr.

Managing Partner & Director,
Integrated Air and Missile Systems Amalgam Defense Solutions, LLC

CAPT Jeffrey Hoyle (USN-ret)

Vice President, Maritime Elbit Systems of America

Ted Maciuba

Former Deputy Director US Army Robotics Requirements U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence

James McPherson

Program Manager General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

Dr. Sophia Merrifield

Research Marine Physicist & Engineer, Marine Physical Laboratory UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Adam Outlaw

Senor Program Manager, Maritime Undersea Boeing Maritime & Intelligence Systems

Lichen “Scuba” Pursley

Director, USAF Programs (StratDev) General Atomic Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

Jim Ryan

Senior Director, Global Military Sales Air Domain Systems Textron

John “Streak” Scudi

MQ-25, Director Boeing Defense, Space & Security

Gad Shaanan

CEO and Founder UNMANNED-AEROSPACE

Dr. Eric Terrill

Director, Marine Physical Laboratory UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Neil Zerbe

CEO AeroSpace & Defense Industry Partners