IWCE Critical Infrastructure Conference 2023 | Informatech | 27 March 2023 | Las Vegas Convention Center North Hall, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA

This show will be unlike any other IWCE you’ve attended before. That’s because we’re upping the ante on all that you’ve come to expect.

Here’s what we have in store for you:
• Cutting-edge tech on our keynote stage, in the expo hall and in our all-new Drone Zone
• A top-rated speaker lineup addressing what’s new and next in the industry
• Unique networking opportunities, like our college basketball themed networking reception with special surprises
• 300+ sponsors and exhibitors alongside new experience areas throughout the show floor
• In-depth workshops and ETA trainings that allow you to roll up your sleeves and learn
• PLUS: more announcements & features to come!

Topics to be discussed:
• 9-1-1/Control Rooms
• Cloud or On-Premise Solutions
• Emergency Comms: LRM, LTE, 5G
• In-Building Wireless
• Interoperability
• Network Resiliency
• Policy Issues
• Security- Cyber, Physical & Operational
• Situational Awareness
• Smart-X & IoT

2023 Speakers

David Adams
Director, PCTEL

Elaine Allyn
Manager, Ot Network Architecture And Engineering, San Diego Gas & Electric

Marcus Anderson
Senior Information Technology Specialist, Global Public Safety Communications Program Office At The Defense Information Systems Agency (Disa)

Bill Bailey
Training Instructor, ETA International

Chris Baker
Sr. Public Safety Advisor, First Responder Network Authority

Eric Baker
Systems Analyst For Public Safety Solutions, Texas Department Of Public Safety

Brad Barber
VP, Special Projects, Federal Engineering Inc.

Leslie Barnes
Senior Director, Government Affairs, Qualcomm

Mike Barney
Principal Architect, Mission Critical Solutions, Firstnet Built With At&t

Anthony Battista
Managing Director Of Solution Architecture, Verizon

Jon Paul Beauchamp
Dir Business Development, Icom America

Winston Beauchamp
Deputy Chief Information Officer, US Department Of The Air Force

Pascal Beglin
CEO, Streamwide

Anderson Bennett
FCC Enforcement, Retired

Richard Bernhardt
Senior Director, Spectrum And Industry, Wispa

Brian Bittner MPS, CEM
Director Of Emergency Management, Penn State University | University Park

Ernie Blair
CEO /Wireless Infrastructure Director, Madison County 911

Joe Blaschka
Chief Engineer, Adcomm Engineering

Thomas Bohn
TWG Chair, DMR Association

Joseph Boucher
Chief Technology Officer, Mutualink

Don Bowers
Telecommunications Specialist, Dhs Cybersecurity And Information Security Agency

Cheryl Boyer
Technical Sales Engineer, Sinclair Technologies

Jeff Bozec
Senior Account Executive - Public Safety, Federal Wireless Communications

John Bramfeld
Vice President Of Infrastructure Development, Public Safety Towers

Wynn Brannin
New Mexico Statewide Interoperability Coordinator, New Mexico Department Of Homeland Security And Emergency Management

Jennie Bratten
Director Of Utilities Sales, Ericsson

Paul Bremner
Principal Analyst, Public Safety & Critical Communications, Omdia

Tom Brinkoetter
Owner, Radiositetest

Andrew Bronson
Director Of Product Management, Getwireless Llc

Chuck Brooks
Managing Director, Eitprep

Alex Brosky
Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Manager, Verizon

Billy Bob Brown
Executive Assistant Director, CISA

Mike Brozek
Strategic Industry Advisor, Anterix

Jeff Bruns
CEO, Convey 911

Officer Brock Brunson
Strategic Plans Office Of Community Policing, Chicago Police Department

Mark Buchholz
Executive Director, Washington County Consolidated Communications Agency

Seth Buechley
CEO, Cathedral Consulting

Ryan Burchnell
Director - Strategy And Development, AT&T – Firstnet & Public Safety

Peter Burke
Chief, Hyannis Fire Department

Sherri Bush, ENP
Technical Specialist, Adcomm Engineering, Llc

Rob Butts
Market Manager, L3Harris Technologies

Octavio Cadena
Business Development & Sales Manager, Cobham Satcom

Mark Cady
Technical Specialist, CTA Consultants, Llc

Douglas Campbell
Deputy Director, City Of Alexandria Va

Stuart Campbell
Sr. Program Manager, Wireless Priority Service Customer Engagement, T-Mobile For Government

Ian Carpenter
President CEO, Valid8

Chief Richard Carrizzo
Vice Chair Of The Board, First Responder Network Authority

Christopher Blake Carver, ENP
Director Of Sales, Na Public Safety (US East), Hexagon Sig

Cindy Cast
Radio Systems Manager, Information Technology Service Department, Radio Communication Services Division, Miami-Dade County

Andy Castillo
Editor, American City & County

Raymond Chan
Product Manager, Anritsu

William Chapman
SWIC, Oregon Interoperability Executive Council

Josh Chin
Managing Partner And Founder, Co-founder/lead Organizer, Net Force, Converge Security Conference

Rob Clark
Senior Director, Public Safety, Nextnav, Llc

Peter Clemons
Global Head, Critical Communications, Enensys Technologies

Robin Cohen
President & CEO, Enterprise Wireless Alliance

Cole Crews
Private Cellular Network Lead Subject Matter Expert, US Cellular

Budge Currier
CA 9-1-1 Branch Manager, Public Safety Communications, California Office Of Emergency Services (Cal Oes)

Mike Dame
Deputy Associate Administrator, NTIA

Anton Damm
Communication Systems Director, Washington State Department Of Natural Resources

Eric Daversa
Vice President Of Business Development, Skylo Technologies

Andy Davis
Senior Resource Manager, Motorola Solutions

Cory Davis
Assistant Vice President, Public Safety - Verizon Frontline, Verizon

Jason Day
UAS Program Manager, Texas Department Of Public Safety

Shannon Day
Senior Grants Development Consultant, Grants Office Llc

Ildefonso De La Cruz
Principal Analyst, Government & Manufacturing Critical Communications, Omdia

Joseph Delio
Senior Vice President, IWA Technical Services, Inc

D. Jeremy Demar
Senior Product Manager, Intrado – Life & Safety

Dominic Demark
Senior Vice President Of Sales & Marketing, The Digital Decision

Ritesh Desai
Product Engineering Manager, Southern Linc Wireless

Sam Dibrell
Chief Executive Officer, Foundation For Trusted Identity

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

James Downes
Chief Of The Federal And International Emergency Communications Branch, DHS CISA

Gregory Driver, PE
Supervisor Of Telecommunications Engineering, Memphis Light, Gas And Water Division

John Dron
Instructor, Light Brigade

John Dundas
Radio And Spectrum Planning Manager, Dundastech Limited

Todd Durica
Digital Forensics/it Specialist, Culpeper Police Department, VA

Todd Early
Director, Market Development, Public Safety, Firstnet Built With At&t

Raymond Edey
Executive Director, ICI System Authority

Ehrin Ehlert
Sr. Manager, Discipline Engagement, First Responder Network Authority

Jeremy Elder
Director Of Product Management, L3harris

Eyal Elyashiv
Co-founder And CEO, Cynamics

Erik Endress
CEO & Co-founder, Share911

Fred Engel
Chief Technology Officer, PBS North Carolina

Christabel Escobar
Marketing Director, Puloli, Inc.

Alireza Etemadfar
Rf Systems Product Manager, RFI

Justin Evans
Radio Systems Manager, Montgomery County Hospital District

Nick Falgiatore
Senior Technology Specialist And Engineering Lead, Mission Critical Partners

Robert Finch
President, Select Spectrum

Bob Finney
Board Member, Ppvar

Jim Fisher
Technical Communications Manager, Pima County Office Of Emergency Management

Clinton Fitch
Director Of Strategic Partnership, OOMA

Lauren Flanagan
CEO, Sesame Solar

John Foley
Managing Director, Safer Buildings Coalition

Brian Fontes
CEO, National Emergency Number Association (Nena)

William Fredrickson
Vice President, Leonardo

Billy Freeman
Sr. Public Safety Advisor, First Responder Network Authority

Alex Freylekhman
VP Of Sales, Telrad

Cheryl Giggetts
Principal Consultant, CTA Consultants Llc

Dino Giordano
VP Of Engineering, Microlab

Greg Glenn, NR6Q
Senior Director Of Product Marketing, Comba Telecom

Chris Godwin
Chief Technology Officer, Rf Solutions Llc

John Goocher
Executive, Public Safety, Nextivity

Laura Goudreau
Tribal Emergency Communications Partnership Deputy Program Manager, Cybersecurity And Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa)

Dana Goward
President, Resilient Navigation And Timing Foundation

Graham, Kevin
CEO, The Critical Communications Association(Tcca)

Red Grasso
Director, North Carolina Department Of Information Technology, Firsttech Program

Robin Grier
President, Catalyst Communications Technologies

Michael Gulinello
Commanding Officer, Life-safety Systems Division, New York Police Department, Information Technology Bureau

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

Steve Hailey
Director, Public Safety Business Development, Nic4

Mike Hamanishi
President, Samlex America

Joe Hanna
Principal, Directions

Bobbi Harris
Executive Director, Utilities Broadband Alliance (Ubba)

Henry, Don
VP Of Sales, Comba Telecom

Simon Hill
VP - Head Of Legal And Compliance, Certes Networks

Nathan Hinkle
Telecommunications Systems Manager, Emergency Management Division, Collier County, Florida

Michael Hodge
VP Of Government Programs, Lynk Global, Inc.

David Holl
President, Ppvar

Jim Holthaus
Sme Wireless Communication Platforms, US Department Of Justice

Mike Hooker
Sr Mts Systems Architecture, Director, T-mobile

Neil Horden
Principal Consultant, Horden Technology, Llc

Hronek, Steve
CEO, Comsec Associates, Inc.

Graeme Hull
Managing Director, Swissphone LLC

Eric Ingram
Professor, Umass Global

Calvin Jackson
Crisis Response Manager - New England, Verizon

Donny Jackson
Editor, Iwce's Urgent Communications

James Jarvis
Emergency Communications Coordinator, DHS-CISA

Travis Jensen
Program Manager, Arizona Department Of Administration 911 Program

Thommy Jerneskog
Product Line Manager, Axiom, Tait Communications

Jeff Johnson
CEO, Western Fire Chiefs Association

Melanie Jones
Director, Guilford Metro 9-1-1

Rachel Jones
National Security Analyst, Savannah River National Laboratory

Karla Jurrens
Texas Statewide Interoperable Communications Coordinator, Texas DPS

Captain Ted Kalnas
Fire Captain Ii & Uas Pilot, Usar Task Force 5 A Platoon, Los Angeles Fire Department

Roman Kaluta
Director Of Business Development, JPS

Dr. Gil Kedar
Head Of Research And Innovation, Ceragon Networks

George Keleman
Executive Director, ICERT - Industry Council For Emergency Response Technology, Inc.

Jeremy Knoll
Telecommunications Bureau Manager/SWIC, State Of Arizona

Jay Kopstein
Deputy Chief (Ret.), New York State Division Of Homeland Security & Emergency Services

Aurélien Korsakissok
Vice President, Syntony

Hermina (Nina) Koshinski
Chief, Radio Operations Engineering & Support, P25 System Administrator & Program Manager, Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania

Molly Kovaka
Senior Project Manager, Kovax Llc / Adcomm Engineering Llc

Sridhar Kowdley
Program Manager, Department Of Homeland Security

Kamala Kuhn
Director Of Grants Assistance, PS Grants

Verne Laclair
Senior Manager, Product & Innovation, Par Government

Charles Laird
Program Specialist, N.C. Department Of Information Technology Division Of Broadband And Digital Equity

Shaun Lamar
Manager Of Information Technology, Seco Energy

HP Le
Frontline Solutions Specialist - Public Safety & Health, Verizon Business Group  - West Region

Rex Lee
Privacy/cybersecurity Advisor, Cybertalk Tv/my Smart Privacy

Robert Legrande II
Founder And CEO, The Digital Decision

Anatoli Levine
Director, Products And Standards, Softil Inc

Chief Gary Lewis
Chief Of Police, City Of Bexley Police Department

Fidel Liberal
Associate Professor, University Of Basque Country

Louis Libin
President, Broad Comm, Inc.

Hyoung Bradley Lim
Director, B2b∙b2g Sales, Network Business Division, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Tracy Liu
Director Of Channel Management, Airgain

Josh Lober
President/CEO, Eschat

Christopher Lombard
Deputy Chief, Seattle Fire Department

Harald Ludwig
Chair Of Tcca Technical Forum, The Critical Communications Association(Tcca)

Matt Lunati
Senior Field Rf Engineer, IWA Technical Services, Inc.

Cuong Luu
Program Manager, Department Of Homeland Security

Jean-Paul Maas
VP Sales (Americas), Omnitronics Inc.

Chuck Macfarland
Chief Of Air Operations, City Of San Diego Fire-rescue Department

Walt Magnussen
Director Of The Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center, Texas A&m University

William Maheu
Senior Director, Qualcomm Government Technologies

Joe Mandala
Chief Information Officer, Kansas Bureau Of Investigation

Robin Manke-Cassidy
Director Solution Marketing, Cradlepoint

Rodger Mann
Director Of GIS, Rapiddeploy

Jeffrey Marani
Director, It Field Technologies, Global Medical Response

Lori Markham
Executive Director, SREC

Andy Marson
Business Development Manager, Cobham Satcom

Jose Martin
CEO, Powertrunk Inc.

Kinuko Masaki, Ph.d.
Founder And Chief Scientist, Voicebrain

Sgt. Jason Matthews
Emergency Management Bureau Sergeant, Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Fl

Todd Maxwell
Director, Public Sector, Samsung Electronics America

Steve Mazur
VP, Digi International (Grc)

Tim Mcdowell
ITS Communications And Wireless Mgr., Washington State Dot Hq Transportation Operations

Chief Harlin Mcewen
Former Firstnet Psac Chair, Public Safety Communications Consultant

Michael Mcmenamin
Sr. Legal Consultant And Legislative Advisor, The Digital Decision

Steve Mcmurrer
911 Systems Administrator, Fairfax County Virginia 911, Fairfax County Department Of Public Safety Communications

Curtis Mentz
Senior Manager, Verizon Response Team, Verizon

Ross Merlin
Hf Radio Specialist, NVIS Communications, Llc

David Michael
Chief Information Officer, LA28 Olympic And Paralympic Games

Chris Miller
Professor Of Technology, Heartland Community College

Dick Mirgon
Public Safety Consultant, Public Safety Broadband Technology Association

Jason Mitchell
Senior Manager - Verizon Frontline Crisis Response, Verizon

Pam Montanari
Emergency Communications Coordinator, CISA

Chris Moore
Chief Of Police (Ret.)

Matthew Moyer
Senior Research Scientist, Georgia Tech Research Institute

Markus Muench
Senior Product Manager, Sunfire Fuel Cells Gmbh

Colleen Mulvihill
Director Of Operations And Customer Care, Convey 911

Sergy Mummert
Senior Vice President For Global Cloud And Strategic Partnerships, SES

Dan Munsey
Fire Chief, San Bernadino County Fire

Charles Murph
Sr. Public Safety Advisor, First Responder Network Authority

Ken Murphy
Director - Emergency Communications Division, Austin Police Department, Austin Texas

Rodney Murray
Solutions Engineer, Skydio

Gilson Navega Pozzati
Telecommunications Engineer And Regional Director, Latin America, Damm Latin America

Michael Newburn
Principal Architect, Mission Critical Solutions, Firstnet Built With AT&T

Stephen Nichols
Executive Director, Project 25 Technology Interest Group

Kevin Nida
Fire Battalion Chief (Ret.)/senior Public Safety Advisory, First Responder Network Authority

Robert Nitsch
Vice President Public Safety, Frequentis Ag

Tim O'Connell
CEO, Rescue 42, Inc.

April O'Reilly
Program Analyst, CISA

Joe Oddi
Director Of Partner Strategies, Eagleview

Rich Pang
Vice President Of Corporate Development For Telesat Government Solutions, Telesat

Niki Papazoglakis
CEO, Mobility 4 Public Safety

Amol Parikh
Vice President Of Marketing, Doodle Labs

Edward Parkinson
President, Public Sector, Rapidsos

Tony Parrott
VP Of Sales, Solacom

Kylie Pastellides
Principal Architect For Mission Critical Solutions Team, Firstnet Built With At&t

Allison Pemberton
Strategy Lead, Verizon Frontline, Verizon

Chief Alan Perdue
Executive Director, Safer Buildings Coalition

Tero Pesonen
Vice Chair, TCCA

Brian Pevear
CTO And Co-founder, Caban Systems

Bill Phillips
Chief Information Security Officer, Nlets - The International Justice & Public Safety Network

Andy Pichs
Radio System Administrator E911, Douglas County, Georgia

Ross Pierson
President, Pierson Wireless

Ron Polluconi
Technical Services And Communications Systems Manager, WCN (WCCCA, C800 Group, City Of Newberg)

James Potter
Director Of Strategic Solutions For The Public Safety And Professional Communication, L3harris Technologies

André Poulin
CEO, Remac Aluminum Telecom Towers

Shannon Price, Enp
Public Safety Dispatch Director, Sugar Land Public Safety Dispatch

Raj Radjassamy
Director, 5g And Wireless Segment At Abb Power Conversion, ABB

Keith Redlin
Director Public Sector And Justice, Samsung Electronics America

Rodney Reed
Assistant Chief, Harris County Fire Marshal's Office

Ken Rehbehn
Principal Analyst, Critcomm Insights

Dale Reitsma
Director, 20DB Solutions

Paige Roberts
Open Source Relations Manager, Vertica

Michael Rohrbacher
Director Of Public Safety Communications, Deputy Cio Of Public Safety Communications, State Of New Mexico Department Of Information Technology

Susan Ronning
Principal Engineer, Adcomm Engineering Llc

Don Root
Program Manager, Apco International

John Rosica
President, NVIS Communications

Michael Roskind
Cisa Strategic Defense Initiatives Section Chief, Cisa

Charles Ross
Manager Of Public Safety Network Operations And Radio Systems Integration, State Of New Mexico

Rob Rowlands
Senior Account Manager, Gap Wireless

Patty Roze
Vice President, Public Sector, Verizon

Matt Runyan
Leader, Mission Readiness And Deployment, Cisco Crisis Response

Andrew Ruschak
Rf Analyst Technical Projects Manager, Providence Swedish Medical

Lt. Col. Tom Sands (Ret.)
Sr. Public Safety SME, The Digital Decision

Michael Schafer
President & CEO, Compliance Testing LLC

Gary Schluckbier
Vice President, Product, Epiq Solutions

Bill Schrier
Public Safety Consultant, Seattle Police Department

Joel Schroeder
Director, Land Mobile, Intelsat

Bryan Schromsky
Managing Partner, 5g Public Sector, Verizon

Sean Scott
CEO & CTO, Seculore Solutions

Andrew Seybold
CEO & Principal Consultant, Andrew Seybold, Inc.

J.J. Shaw
Chief Commercial Officer, Oneweb Technologies

Paul Shaw
Professor, Defense Acquisition University

Michael Sherwood
Chief Innovation And Technology Officer, Innovation And Technology Department, City Of Las Vegas

David Smith
Executive Vice President, Fit - Forest Industries Telecommunications

John Snapp
VP & Senior Technical Officer, Intrado

Kathleen Snider-Belinski
Senior Technology Infrastructure Support Supervisor, PSEG, Inc

Douglas Spotted Eagle
Production/education Director, Sundance Media Group

Joey St Jacques
Global Director, Acre Operating Group

Justin St. Arnauld
Associate Director - 5g And Enterprise Solution Architecture, Verizon

Bill Staney
Public Safety Advisor, Mobility 4 Public Safety

Chris Stevens
Managing Director, Cartgis Pty Ltd

Bart Stump
Senior Systems Engineer, Netwitness

Tim Sylvester
Founder And CEO, Integrated Roadways

Graham Tait
Senior Advisor, Hypha

Steve Taylor
Sr. Manager | Radio Communications, City Of Tacoma Information Technology Department

James Teel
General Manager, BK Technologies

Richard Tenney
Senior Advisor, Cyber Emergency Communications Division, Cisa

Mathew Theisz
RF Engineer, DC Office Of Unified Communications

Hakeem Thomas
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, Netmaker Communications, Llc

Carlo Thompson
Distinguished Engineer, Technology Product Development, Verizon

Jay Thompson
Vice President, Tactical Rf

Alan Tilles
Counsel, Law Offices Of Alan Tilles

Patrick Tillman
Commissioner, Guilford County School

Eric Toenjes
National Market Manager, Wireless, Graybar

Tim Trager
Public Safety Communications Division Chief, County Of San Bernardino

Tommy Tran
Chief Technology Office, North Central Texas Emergency Communications District (Nct9-1-1)

Jesper Trier
Cto And Co-founder, Combilent A/S

Karen Van Dyke
Director For Positioning, Navigation, And Timing (Pnt) And Spectrum Management, U.S. Department Of Transportation Office Of The Assistant Secretary For Research And Technology (Ost-r)

Reinard Van Loo
Senior Advisor/ Public Safety Solution Consultant, Frequentis

Yves Van Tente
Technical Sales & Solution Management Benelux, Airbus

Dominic Villecco
President, V-Comm Telecommunications Engineering

Toan Vo
Product Manager, Anritsu

Sheryar Wahid
Co-CEO /Chief Technical Officer, Agile

Scott Walters
Director - Business Development, Network Innovations

Jay Wey
General Manager, Ubiik Usa

Chip Whitten
Senior Applications Engineer And Instructor, Lyncole

AJ Wiesenfeld
Consultant, Iwa Technical Services, Inc.

Ira Wiesenfeld
Consulting Engineer, Iwa Technical Services, Inc.

Chief Debra A. Williams
Chief Of Police And Associate Vice President, Clark Atlanta University Department Of Public Safety

Christy Williams
Director Of 9-1-1, NCT9-1-1

Glenn Williams
Federal Solutions Manager, Icom America

David Witkowski
CEO, Oku Solutions

Ernest Wong
PNT Technical Lead, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security (Dhs) Science And Technology Directorate (S&t)

Mike Worden
Chief Of Special Operations - Communications, Okanogan County Sheriff's Office

Scott Wright
Sr. Telecommunications Engineer II, State Of Connecticut

Neil "Grifter" Wyler
Global Lead Of Active Threat Assets, IBM X-force

Ruth Zipfel
District Manager, Eagleview

2023 Sponsors

DIAMOND SPONSOR:
• Verizon

GOLD SPONSOR:
• ESChat

BRONZE SPONSOR:
• Kirisun Communication Co.,Ltd

PREMIER PARTNER SPONSORS:
• Airbus US Space & Defense, Inc.
• BK Technologies
• Icom America, Inc.
• L3Harris
• T-Mobile for Government
• Tait Communications