IWCE Connecting Critical Communications 2024 | Informa Tech | 25 March 2024 | Orange County Convention Center, 9800 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819, USA

This events connects the people and technologies charged with ensuring that the most critical communications supporting governments, utilities, transportation, enterprise, public safety, healthcare and critical-infrastructure sectors – always work, even under the most difficult circumstances.

It is four-day technical conference and two-day business expo showcase the latest and greatest in critical-comms technology to ensure the security, dependability, reliability and redundancy of networks across many vertical solutions and markets.

Why Attend?
With so many critical communications professionals in one place, there's no better opportunity to network and learn than IWCE. We are committed to connecting the people and technologies that are charged with ensuring that the most critical communications work at all times. We support public safety, governments, utilities, transportation, healthcare and other critical-infrastructure sectors.

2024 Speakers

Brandon Abley
Director of Technology, NENA: The 9-1-1 Association

David Adams
Director, Market Development, PCTEL

Greg Albrecht
Owner, Sensors & Signals LLC

Bruce Albright
4G/5G Business Line Manager, Burns & McDonnell

Agustin Almansi
Sales Engineer Director, VNC Automotive

Ben Amaba, PhD
Fellow, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Sonatype

Keith Ammons
Director, North America TETRA Forum (TETRA)

Steve Anderson
Senior RFI Engineer, American Radio Relay League

Paul Anuszkiewicz
CEO, Palmetto Technology Associates

Abrem Ayana, LT.
UAS Program Director, Brookhaven Police Department

Bill Bailey
Training Instructor, ETA International

Chris Baker
Senior Public Safety Advisor, First Responder Network Authority

Brad Barber
VP, Special Projects, Federal Engineering Inc.

Michael Barnbeck
Deputy Director, Public Safety Broadband Technical Association

Daniel Barton
President, Alive Telecom

Anthony Battista
Sr. Director, Solutions Architects, Verizon

Dick Bauer
Vice President, Sales, Life Safety Services, Honeywell Fire Americas

Jon Paul Beauchamp
Director, Business Development, Icom America

Pascal Beglin
CEO, Streamwide

Anderson Bennett
FCC Enforcement (Ret.), Federal Communications Commission (Ret.)

Giacomo Bergamini
Area Manager, Leonardo

Dick Bauer
Vice President, Sales, Life Safety Services, Honeywell Fire Americas

Jon Paul Beauchamp
Director, Business Development, Icom America

Pascal Beglin
CEO, Streamwide

Anderson Bennett
FCC Enforcement (Ret.), Federal Communications Commission (Ret.)

Giacomo Bergamini
Area Manager, Leonardo

Chuck Bethea
Executive Vice President, Commdex

Jamie Bishop
Director Business Solutions, Tait Communications

Wayne Black
Senior Engineering Fellow, Astronics Test Systems

Joe Blaschka
Chief Engineer, CEJA Engineering Co

Matteo Bottini
Managing Director, Ikosaeder

Cheryl Boyer
Technical Sales Engineer, Sinclair Technologies

Paul Bremner
Principal Analyst, Omdia

Thomas Brinkoetter
Owner, RadioSiteTest

Seth Buechley
CEO, Cathedral Consulting

Peter Burke
Chief, Hyannis Fire Department

Terry Burnworth
President, Pyramid Consulting

Sherri Bush
Director of Business Development, Adcomm Engineering, LLC

John Butler
Fire Chief, Fairfax County (VA) Fire and Rescue Department

Eric Caddy
EVP, Corporate Strategy, NGA

Mark Cady
Systems - Project Manager, LB Comms - LLC

Christopher "Chris" Callahan
Chief of Cybersecurity Region 10, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Douglas Campbell
Deputy Director, City of Alexandria, VA

Stuart Campbell
Sr. Program Mgr, WPS Customer Engagement, T-Mobile for Government

Nestor Campos
Consultant, Adcomm Engineering, LLC

Bryan Capobianco
Sergeant, Boulder Police Department

Ian Carpenter
President, Valid8

William Chapman
Statewide Interoperability Coordinator, State of Oregon

Brian JS Chee
Retired Systems Engineer aka Tinker, University of Hawaii

Warwick Clancy
Chief Operating Officer, Zetifi

Rob Clark
Senior Director Public Safety, NextNav LLC

Peter Clemons
Global Head Critical Communications, ENENSYS Technologies

Robin Cohen
President and CEO, Enterprise Wireless Alliance

Chrissie Collins
Director of Cybersecurity Operations, Waterleaf International LLC

Joe Colston
Sheriff, Monroe County (MO) Sheriff's Office

Jennifer Connell
IT SME (Cybersecurity), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Kyle Connor
CEO, Powerfull Recharge

John Contestabile
Director, Public Safety Solutions, Skyline Technology Solutions

Tom Cooper
Senior Sales Director , Avari Wireless

Joshua Copeland
Security Director (Cyber), AT&T

Kenneth Corey
Chair, Coalition for Emergency Response and Critical Infrastructure (CERCI)

Budge Currier
Public Safety Communications Director, State of California Governor's Office of Emergency Services

Zhivago Dames
Deputy Commissioner, Royal Bahamas Police Force

Andy Davis
P25 Standards Manager, Motorola Solutions

Cory Davis
Vice President, Verizon Frontline, Verizon

Shannon Day
Senior Grants Development Consultant, Grants Office LLC

Mark de Jong
Wireless Engineer, Idaho National Laboratory

Ildefonso De La Cruz Morales
Principal Analyst, Omdia

José De Zayas
E911 Communications Administrator, Broward County Share

Margo Deckard
COO, Lynk Global, Inc.

William DeCoste
Program Mgr-Statewide Agencies Radio System (STARS), Virginia State Police

Joseph Delio
Senior Vice President, IWA Technical Services, Inc.

Jeremy DeMar
Senior Product Manager - Public Safety Solutions, Intrado Life & Safety

Ritesh Desai
Product Engineering Manager, Southern Linc

Dan Deveson
President, Shared Solutions Technology LLC

Steve Devine
CTO, APCO International

Robert Dew
Senior Technologist Advisor, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

AnneMarie Domurat
Captain, Communications and Technology, Milwaukee Police Department

Matthew Dondanville
Indoor Mapping Product Owner, DATAMARK

Robert Dooley
UAV Program Coordinator, Florida Highway Patrol

Ramya Doraisamy
Managing Consultant, Altairis Technology Partners LLC

Charles Dowd
Asst. Chief (Ret.), New York City Police Department

James Downes
Chief, Federal & Int'l Emergency Communications Branch, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

John Dundas
Consultant, DundasTech Limited

Joe Duvall
Chief of Police, Dallas, Georgia, Police Department

Dylan Earle
Business Solutions Manager, Tait Communications

Jeremy Elder
Director of Product Management, L3Harris

Adam Eldert
Director, Public Safety Division, Fairfax County Government

Jason Ervin
Sr. VP of Telecom, LCRA

Chris Essid
Emergency Communications Chief, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Justin Evans
Radio Systems Manager, Montgomery County Hospital District

Nick Falgiatore
Wireless Engineering Lead, Mission Critical Partners

Matt Fall
CEO, Parallel

Omar Faruk
Team Leader, Engineering, HNTB Corporation

Fernando Fernandes de Carvalho
North America Regional Manager, DAMM

Kevin Fernandes
Chief Revenue Officer, Dejero

Michael Finch
Chief Information Officer, Lane County Department of Technology Services

Lauren Flanagan
CEO and Co-founder, Sesame Solar

Charlie Fleetham
Owner, Project Innovations

John Foley
Managing Director, Safer Buildings Coalition

Patrick Foley
Fire/EMS Consultant, 3AM Innovations

Jianmin Fong
Deputy Director of Capital Program Delivery, Caltrain, Caltrans

Ryan Ford
Cyber Resilient 911 Program Requirements Manager, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Michael Fox
Interim Executive Director, Texas A&M University ITEC

Curt Franklin
Principal Analyst, Enterprise Security Management, Omdia

Bogdan Frusina
Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer & Founder, Dejero

Rich Gatanis
UAS Program Coordinator, Southern Manatee Fire Rescue District

Cheryl Giggetts
Principal Consultant, CTA Consultants LLC

Dino Giordano
VP of Engineering, Microlab

Greg Glenn
Senior Director, Comba USA

Chris Godwin
Chief Technology Officer, RF Solutions LLC

Anna M. Gomez
Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

John Goocher
Public Safety Executive, Nextivity

Kevin Graham
CEO, The Critical Communications Association (TCCA)

Red Grasso
Director, FirstTech Program, North Carolina Department of Information Technology

Gary Gray
Radio System Manager (Ret.), Fort Lauderdale, FL

Jeff Gray
Director, Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security

Bryan Green
Section Chief, Response Operations Group (ROG), AT&T

Kacy Greene
Director, State, Local, and Commercial Sales, Intrepid Networks

Paul Greenlaw
Principal Solutions Architect, Commdex

Robin Grier
President, Catalyst Communications Technologies Inc.

Crosby Grindle
President, Cooperative Services LLC

Charlie Guddemi
DC SWIC, DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency

Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer, Anterix

Dent Guynes
Statewide Interoperability Coordinator, Mississippi Wireless Communication Commission

Eric Hagerson
Public Safety & Security Government Affairs Director, T-Mobile

Steve Hailey
Product Director, Mission Critical PTT, Network Innovations

Stephen Hand
VP, Technology, Tilson

Joe Hanna
Principal, Directions

Doug Harder
Senior Public Safety Advisor, First Responder Network Authority

Bobbi Harris
Executive Director, Utility Broadband Alliance (UBBA)

Joni Harvey
State 911 Administrator, State 911 Office, Michigan State Police

Greg Hauser
North Carolina SWIC, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Jim Hendershot
President & CTO, Radio Design Group, Inc.

Don Henry
Vice President of Sales, Comba USA

Jeremy Hill
9-1-1 Program Specialist and Public Safety Advisor, NTIA Office of Public Safety Communications

Nathaniel Hinkle
Telecommunications Manager, Collier County, FL

Ryan Hirae
Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Branch, State of Hawaii Emergency Management Agency

Greg Holcomb
Director/Lake County E911 Coordinator, Lake County Public Safety Communications

Chip Hollis
Vice President, Credentials, NICET

John Holloway
Director of Public Safety Communications, DISA, U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

Jim Holthaus
SME, Wireless Communications Platforms, U.S. Department of Justice

Neil Horden
Principal Consultant, Horden Technology, LLC

Travis Hull
Domain Lead, User Experience, First Responder Network Authority

Burford Hurley II
Mayor of Flatwoods, and Dir. of Greenup County Public Safety, Flatwoods, Kentucky

Eric Ingram
Professor, UMass Global

Simon Ingram
Manager Global Sales, IoT Emerging Edge, TE Connectivity

Calvin Jackson
Senior Crisis Response - New England, Verizon

Donny Jackson
Editor, IWCE's Urgent Communications

Jim Jacobellis
SVP of Sales & Technology Partners, Alef

Neil Jamieson
CEO, Hypha

James "Jim" Jarvis
Emergency Communications Coordinator, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Curtis Johnson
Senior Engineer, CTA Consultants LLC

Rachel Jones
National Security Analyst, Savannah River National Laboratory

Alison Kahn
Electronics Engineer, Public Safety Communications Research, NIST

Roman Kalut
Director, Interoperability Solutions, JPS Interoperability Solutions, Inc.

Timothy Kane
Operations Manager, Arlington 911

Thomas Kelley
Public Safety Communication Technician, Nassau County Sheriff's Office

Ira Keltz
Deputy Chief, FCC Office of Engineering and Technology

Dave Kenney
PMP, Vice President & General Manager, North America Infrastructure, Hexagon

Brett Kilbourne
Of Counsel, Stevens & Lee

Philip Kirmuss
Chief Technology Officer, Dark Wolf Ventures

Liz Kohler
Founder, CEO, Nexion Solutions

Hermina (Nina) Koshinski
Chief, Radio Ops Engineering & Support (PA-STARNet), Pennsylvania State Police

Sridhar Kowdley
Program Manager, Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate

James Kubik
CEO & Co-Founder , Somewear Labs

Phillip Kumin
SVP of WW Sales and Marketing, Morse Micro

Lance LaBreck
Business Continuity Manager, California Independent System Operator

Verne LaClair
Senior Manager Product and Innovation, PAR Government

Charles Laird
Program Specialist, Div. of Broadband and Digital Equity, NC Department of Information Technology

Chris Lamb
CEO, Device Solutions

Ed Latimer
Director for Radio Test , Viavi Solutions

Tom Lawless
Emergency Communication Coordinator, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Rex Lee
Advisor/Tech Journalist, MySmartPrivacy.com

Anatoli Levine
Director, Products and Standards, Softil Inc.

Walter Lewis
Assistant Chief, Orlando Fire Department

Catherine Liu
Founder, Pathlosstraining.com

Josh Lober
President, ESChat

Anthony Loperfido
UAS Program Coord., Technical Ops Unit, Miami Beach Police Department

Michiel Lotter
CEO, Nextivity

Walt Magnussen
Director, Texas A&M University ITEC

Christina Majernick
Director, Cyber Security, Skyline Technology Solutions

Rodger Mann
Director of Product, RapidDeploy

Karin Marquez
Chief Public Safety Brand Officer, RapidSOS

Kinuko Masaki
CEO, VoiceBrain

Christine Massengale
Statewide Interoperability Coordinator, TN Department of Safety & Homeland Security

Alan Massie
Electronics Engineer, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Jason Matthews
Sergeant, Lake County Sheriff’s Office

Todd Maxwell
Director, Public Sector, Samsung Electronics of America

Andrew Maxymillian
Principal Consultant, Blue Wing Services

Paul May
Product Marketing Manager, Innovative Wireless Technologies

Sean McCloskey
Chief of Cybersecurity, CISA Region 4, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Chris McDonough
Director of Solutions Architects of Public Sector, Verizon

Timothy McDowell
TS Communications and Wireless Manager, Washington State DOT

Harlin McEwen
Chief of Police (Ret.), Ithaca, New York, Police Department

Michael McMenamin
Vice President Regulatory Affairs, Lynk Global, Inc.

Steve McMurrer
911 System Administrator, Fairfax County Department of Public Safety Communications

Elliott McNeese
Senior Systems Engineer, Tait Communications Americas Region

Ross Merlin
Government Relations Advisor, NVIS Communications

Steve Merrill
Director, pLTE Sales, Itron

Ronald Meyer
Senior ITS Analyst, AtkinsRéalis

Chris Miller
Professor of Technology, Heartland Community College

Steve Miller
Chief Technology Officer, The Digital Decision

Ed Mills
Chief of Operations/Director of Customer Success, Evergreen Fire Rescue/ESChat

Martin Mleczko
Deputy Commander, Nevada State Police

Bruce Moeller, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Nova Southeastern University

Ali Mohammed
Senior Director of Digital Innovation & Transformation, New York Power Authority (NYPA)

Pam Montanari
Emergency Communications Coordinator, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Tina Mucha
Chief Marketing Officer, Omnitronics Inc.

Ritesh Mukherjee
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Inseego Corp.

Dan Munsey
Fire Chief, San Bernadino County Fire

Suzanne Murtha
VP, Advanced Mobility, Payments Systems and Automation, AECOM

Nitin Natarajan
Deputy Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Dan Nelson
Training Specialist, Alaska Land Mobile Radio

Derek Nesselrode
Emergency Communications Coordinator, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Stephen Nichols
Executive Director, Project 25 Technology Interest Group

William Nickels
Principal Project Manager, United States Department of Energy

Steven Noel
Emergency Communications Chief, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Chris Noell
Chief Product Officer, Raptor Technologies

Christian Nolden
President USA, Groundline Engineering

Mike Norin
Technical Specialist, ADCOMM Engineering LLC

Mark O'Brien
President/CTO, SpectraRep

Tim O'Connell
CEO, Rescue 42, Inc.

Jeff Ogden
Manager, Telecommunications, Tampa Electric Co

Thomas Olson
Director, Business Development, Avealto Ltd.

Fraser Pajak
former CEO of QuEST Forum Globally, and former COO, TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association)

Jon Pasqualone
Executive Director, Florida Fire Marshals and Inspectors Association

Jeff Pedro
IoT Business Development | FirstNet Embedded, AT&T

Scott Peirson
Deputy Chief, Cook County Dept of Emergency Management and Regional Security

Eric Peniata
Captain, City of Riverside Fire

Alan Perdue
Executive Director, Safer Buildings Coalition

Tero Pesonen
Vice Chair, The Critical Communications Association (TCCA)

Derek Peterson
CTO, Boingo Wireless

Ken Pokigo
CTO, Director of Eng., TX RX Systems

Lori Preuss
State and Local Director, Emerging Digital Concepts

Dick Price
Principal, Witt O'Briens Consulting

Michael Proscia
Senior Communications System Technician, City of San Francisco

Steve Raucher
CEO, RapidDeploy

Viji Raveendran
Senior Director, Qualcomm

Ken Rehbehn
Principal Analyst, CritComm Insights

AJ Renold
Associate Director, Texas A&M University ITEC

Rob Richardson
Senior Account Executive , Motorola Solutions

Bruce Richter
Emergency Communications Coordinator, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Casey Rives
Solution Consultant, Verint

Michael Rohrbacher
Director of Public Safety Communications, State of New Mexico Department of Information Technology

Renee Roland
Special Counsel to the PSHSB, FCC

Susan Ronning
Principal Consultant, ADCOMM Engineering LLC

Don Root
Project 25 Manager, APCO International

David Rudawitz
Business Development Manager - Critical Infrastructure, NVIS Communications

Cesar Ruiz
President & CEO, The Learning Alliance Corporation

Kevin Rulapaugh
Comm Spec., FL MARC System Coord./ PS Comms Chair, FL Div. of State Fire Marshall / FL Fire Chiefs Assoc.

Robert "RJ" Russell
President, Technical Broadcast Solutions Inc.

Kamal Sadarangani
Vice President, Head of Telecommunications, LA28

Arthur Sams
Co-Founder, President and CEO, Polar Power Inc.

Chris Sanders
Crisis Response Manager, Verizon

Rachel Sarabia-Duarte
MPA, PMP, ENP, Operations Director, El Paso 9-1-1 District

Fred Scalera
Director, Response Operations Group, AT&T

Michael Schafer
CEO, Compliance Testing LLC

Joel Schroeder
Director, Land Mobile Products, Intelsat, Intelsat

Bryan Schromsky
Managing Partner, 5G Public Sector, Verizon

Sean Scott
CTO, SecuLore

Brian Seedle
Director, DMR Association

Adam Sewall
CEO, Waterleaf International LLC

Carla Shaffer
VP of Wireless, NA, Wesco

Randy Shepard
SVP/CBO, Diverse Power EMC

Kenneth Shiver
ITS Communications Administrator, Traffic Engineering & Operations Office, Florida Department of Transportation

Phil Shoemaker
Trainer, Light Brigade

Jeff Silveira
Director of Standards, BICSI

Matt Sloane
CEO, Skyfire

Brandon Smith
Emergency Communications Coordinator, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

COL Charles (Dean) Smith
Brigade Commander, 22d Corps Signal Brigade, U.S. Army

Gillian Smith
Chief Marketing Officer, NextNav LLC

Nick Smith, P.E.
Reliability Engineer, Memphis Light Gas and Water

Fernando Sommariva
R&D Director, Honeywell

Tom Soumas
President & CEO, Cinetcomm, LLC

Justin St. Arnauld
Associate Director - 5G and Enterprise Solution Architecture, Verizon

Ed Steffens
Former Florida Fire Marshal; Owner, Spectrum Wireless

Stefan Steinhauser
Manager - New Business Development, Frequentis AG

Chris Stevens
Managing Director, CartGIS Pty Ltd

Brad Stoddard
Director of the MI Public Safety Comms System (MPSCS) and SWIC, State of Michigan

David Straede
Deputy IT Director, Santa Barbara PD

Lindsay Stromgren
Assistant Fire Chief, Amherst MA Fire Department

Earl Struble
Associate Director Verizon Frontline Crisis Response - South, Verizon

Sagi Subocki
VP Products & Marketing, SOFTIL

James Teel
General Manager SaaS Business, BK Technologies

Brian Tegtmeyer
Coordinator, National 911 Program, NHTSA

Jay Thompson
Vice President, Tactical RF

Alan Tilles
Counsel, Law Offices Of Alan Tilles

Christopher Todd
CEM, Executive Director, AIRT

Eric Toenjes
National Market Manager, Wireless, Graybar

Shannon Turbeville
President, Lakeland Professional Firefighters Association

Bart van Leeuwen
Situational Awareness Expert, SATraining EMEA

Jared Vandenheuvel
Director, Public Safety Solutions, Texas Department of Public Safety

So Vang, VP
Emerging Technologies, One Media

Fabricio Velez
Director of Interoperability and Industry Standards, INdigital

Toan Vo
Product Manager, Anritsu

Steve Vogelsang
CTO, Nokia Federal Division

Gary Vondrasek
Manager Telecom Sales & Services, Jacksonville Electric Authority

Sheryar Wahid
Co-CEO / Chief Technical Officer, AGILE

Tom Warfield
Sr Appl/Sys Sales Engineer, Honeywell

Christopher Watkins
Field Solutions Engineer Manager, Whelen Engineering

Tom Wedding
Manager IT, Everyday IT Services, Willams

AJ Wiesenfeld
Consultant, IWA Technical Services, Inc.

Ira Wiesenfeld
Consulting Engineer, IWA Technical Services, Inc.

Heather Wilkins
Chief Commercial Officer, HCI Energy, LLC

Christy Williams
911 Director, NCT9-1-1

Glenn Williams
Federal Solutions Manager, Icom America

Karl Wilmes
COO, Public Safety 360

Jeffrey Wobbleton
System Administrator, Arlington 911

Wayne Wong
Product Marketing Manager, Anritsu

Larry Wood
Lead UAS Remote Pilot, Palm Beach Sheriff's Office

Scott Wright
Sr. Telecomm Engineer II, Dept of Emergency Service and Public Protection, State of Connecticut

Virginia "Ginger" Wright
Cyber-Informed Engineering Program Manager, Idaho National Laboratory

Neil "Grifter" Wyler
Global Lead of Active Threat Assessments, IBM X-Force

2024 Sponsors

HEADLINER SPONSOR:
• Verizon Frontline

SILVER SPONSOR:
• Fiplex By Honeywell

BRONZE SPONSOR:
• Avari Wireless