Speakers

Co-Chairs

Lieutenant General (USMC-ret) Steven R. Rudder

Former Deputy Commandant for Aviation, USMC, Former Commanding General, United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific

Bryan Scurry, SES

Former Executive Director Commander Naval Air Forces Pacific Fleet

Keynote

Christopher Collins, SES

Executive Director, Developmental Test, Evaluation, and Assessments OUSD(R&E)

RADM (USN-ret) Don “BD” Gaddis

Navy Carrier Air Wing, Programs Defense, Space & Security Sr. Dir. Autonomous Systems Boeing

Lieutenant General David Harris, USAF

Deputy Chief of Staff
Air Force Future HAF A5/7

The Honorable Dr. Douglas Schmidt

Director
Operational Test and Evaluation Office of the Secretary of Defense

CAPT Pete Sheehy, USN

Director
Narrowband SATCOM Acquisition Delta, Space Systems Command Military Communications & PNT Program Executive Office

DoD & Government Speakers

CDR Timothy Boston, USN

Executive Officer Unmanned Surface Vessel
Division (USVDIV) 1

LTC Michael “Brabs” Brabner

Robotics Requirements Division / Air Branch Chief Maneuver Capabilities Development & Integration Directorate Army Futures Command

Tracy Conroy

Experimental Director, Trident Warrior Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific

LT Luis Echeverria, USN

Commanding Officer,
Task Group 59.1 U.S. Naval Forces Central Command

John Gill

Supervisor, Special Operations Group (SOG) Federal Bureau of Investigation

LTC (USA-ret) Stu Hatfield

Division Chief, Human Machine Integration U.S. Army G-8

CAPT Loren “Wookie” Jacobi, USN

Executive Officer Naval Base Coronado

Alan Jaeger

Office of Research and Technology Applications Manager, (ORTA) Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division

Major Jack Law, USA

Assistant Product Manager
Tactical Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (TUAS) PEO Aviation

Tom Matthews

Principle Deputy
Navy & Marine Corps Small
Tactical UAS Program Office (PMA-263) NAVAIR

Dr. Gregory Power

Program Manager, Senior Research Engineer HQ, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

CAPT Derek Rader, USN

Commanding Officer Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron 3

LCDR Ian Roessle, USN

Deputy Director, Chief Scientist
Center for High Assurance Computer Systems
Adjunct Professor for Artificial Intelligence
Whiting School of Engineering Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Robert Sadowski, SES

Army Chief Roboticist U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center

Shivanjli Sharma

ATM-X Project Manager NASA Ames Research Center

Leland “Kent” Shea

Product Manager
Robotics and Autonomous Systems Program Executive Office
Combat Support & Combat Service Support

Major Christopher Simpkins, USA

Assistant Product Manager (APM),
sUAS Project Office PEO Army Aviation

Mike Tall

Senior Scientific Technical Manager (SSTM)
Integrated Autonomous C4ISR Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC)

Col James “Fangs” Valpiani, USAF

Commandant Test Pilot School
Edwards AFB

CAPT (USN-ret) Ted Venable

CNT/UAS Program Manager, (COMUSNAVSO/C4F) U.S. Fourth Fleet Counter Illicit Trafficking

Lt Col Bradford “Crush” WADE, USAF

Commander
556 Test and Evaluation Squadron Creech AFB, NV

Alex Zimmer

Underwater Explosive Ordnance Disposal (UWEOD) AI/ML Program Lead Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, (NIWC PAC)

Industry

Sean Baity

Technical Director Textron Systems

Samuel Byers

Senior National Security Advisor Center for Maritime Strategy

Maia B. Cook, PhD

Chief Executive Officer, President Pacific Science & Engineering

Lt Col (USAF-ret) Jerry “Rhino” Frazier, Jr.

CEO & Director, Integrated Air and Missile Defense Amalgam Defense Solutions LLC

Lichen “Scuba” Pursley

Director
INDOPACOM General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

Greg Landis

Senior Program Manager Maritime Undersea Boeing

Rear Admiral (USN-ret) James Rodman

CEO Mission Focused Systems, Inc.

Dr. Leena Singh

Senior Technical Staff Control and Autonomous Systems Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Neil “Cowboy” Zerbe

CEO Aerospace & Defense Industry Partners