SBIR/STTR Fall Innovation Summit 2023 | TechConnect | 28 November 2023 | Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center, 201 Waterfront St, National Harbor, MD 20745, USA

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2023 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Anthony Di Stasio
Director of the Manufacturing, Capability Expansion, and Investment Prioritization Directorate (MCEIP), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment (OUSD A&S)

Lisa Sanders
Director of Science and Technology for Special Operations Forces, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)

David Mussington
Executive Assistant Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Christina Barnhill
Associate Director, Defense SBIR/STTR Program Office, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense For Research and Engineering, US DOD

Erick Page-Littleford
Acting Director and Program Manager for the Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer, U.S. Small Business Administration

Landon Mertz
Conference Plenary Speaker, Chief Executive Officer, Cerion Nanomaterials

Joe Bryan
Former Chief Sustainability Officer, DOD; Principal, Muswell Orange

ML Mackey
CEO and Co-Founder, Beacon Interactive Systems

Brad Chedister
Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, DefenseWerx

Jennifer Rocha
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, TechConnect, ATI Division

SPEAKERS:

David Alexander
Senior Science Advisor, Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology’s (DHS S&T)

Earl Armstrong
Naval Operational Energy Office, Tech Advisor, U.S. Navy

Ross Armstrong
Technical Management Division Chief, Program Executive Office – Aviation, Aviation Mission Systems and Architecture Project Office (PM AMSA)

Bill Aubin
Senior Regional Field Marketing Manager, Americas, Nozomi Networks

Adam Austin
Co-owner and Cybersecurity Lead, Totem.Tec

Jamie Aziz
Data and Records Management Lead, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program

Shalanda Baker
Director, Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, U.S. Department of Energy and Secretarial Advisor on Equity

Max Beller
Climate Adaptation Advisor, San Diego Gas & Electric in the Fire Science & Climate Adaptation Group

Katie Bilek
Partner, GovMates

David Bishop
Head of the Division of Materials Science & Engineering Director of the CELL-MET Engineering Research Center, Boston University

Benjamin Blakely
Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence Researcher, Argonne National Laboratory

Andrew Bochman
Senior Grid Stratgist, Idaho National Laboratory

Katie Bornfleth
Associate Director, Marketing and Communications, TechConnect, ATI Division

Anna Brady-Estevez
Program Director, NSF

Alex Brickner
Director of SBIR Programs, UMass Lowell

Delester Brown
Chief Data Officer, J6, National Guard Bureau

Marissa Brown
Management and Program Analyst, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Hannah Burroughs
Secure Renewables and Storage Integration Area Lead, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

James (Jim) Caley
Director of Operational Energy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Energy, U.S. Navy

Les Call
Zero Trust PfMO Deputy Director, DoD Chief Information Officer

Jared Cantrell
Research Engineer for the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Idaho State University

Jill Capotosto
Energy Justice Liaison, Department of Energy, Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations

Alf Carroll
Technology Transition Lead, RTX-Raytheon Engineering Tech Strategy & Innovation

Daniel Carroll
Program Manager, AFWERX

Troy Carter
Technology Manager, TechLink

Stephen Cauffman
Section Chief, Infrastructure Development and Recovery, Infrastructure Security Division, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Eileen Chant
Outreach Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy

Gabriela Ciocarlie
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio

Christopher Cleary
Chief Principal Cyber Advisor (PCA), Department of the Navy

Conrad Clyburn
CEO, MedForeSight

Victor Cobilean
Research Assistant, Virginia Commonwealth University

Josh Conway
Senior Vice President of Science & Technology, America’s Frontier Fund

Jon Cook
Senior Commercialization Manager, Technology Deployment Department at Idaho National Laboratory

Megan Culler
Power Engineer and Researcher, Infrastructure Security group at Idaho National Laboratory

Sohom Datta
Senior Power Systems Research Engineer, Electricity Infrastructure and Buildings Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

John David
Chief Technology Officer, BryceTech

Simon Davidson
President, NobleReach Emerge

Dawn Davis
Water & Power Systems Postdoctoral Research Associate and as the Environmental Justice Specialist, Idaho National Lab

Michael Deegan
Policy Analyst, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Mike Docherty
Director of Manufacturing Technology, NCDMM

Mica Dolan
Chief Operating Officer, ATI

Ryan Donaghy
Associate Director for Planning and Innovation, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Haley Doude
Center Technology Transition Lead, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Michael Dransfield
Subject Matter Expert, National Security Agency

Abraham Ellis
Senior Manager, Renewable Energy and Industrial Decarbonization, Sandia National Laboratories

Ethan Epstein
Resilience Program Manager, Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP)

Joe Epstein
Space Strategic Partnerships Lead for Engineering and Technology ( E&T), Lockheed Martin

Judy Esquibel
Senior Cyber Advisor, US Army Cyber Command

Corey Fallon
Cognitive Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Justin Fanelli
Chief Architect of Defense Medical Intelligence Data and the Technical Director, Naval Information Warfare Center

Isa Ferrall
Researcher in Energy Equity Projects and Initiatives, National Renewable Energy Lab

Stephanie Fertig
Program Lead, HHS/NIH

Lisa Fewins
Corporate Sustainability Director, HDR

Laura Fischer
Senior Technical Leader, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Brian Fitzpatrick
Consultant/Chief Growth Officer, Outcome Management

Tim Fowler
(IAC) Field S&T Advisor, USSTRATCOM / NORAD-NORTHCOM

Nicole Fox
Applied SBIR Autonomy Transition Broker Team Lead, Army

Yvonne E. Gamble
CEO, SanPete Financial Group

John Garstka
Director for Cyber, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment OUSD(A&S)

Shahir Gerges
Director of Business Strategy, Orbital Reef, Blue Origin

Kathleen Gilpin
Director of Discovery and Engagement, APEX

Jacqueline Gray
SBIR Program Manager, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Eric Griesenbrock
Lead, Energy Office, Air Force Research Laboratory

Daryl Haegley
Technical Director, Control Systems Cyber Resiliency, U.S. Air & Space Force

Madison Haley
Graduate Research Assistant, Center on Financial Risk in Environmental Systems, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Elden Hawkes, Jr.
Program Analyst, Office of Investment & Innovation

Kolton Heaps
Digital Twin Visualization Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory

Juliet Homer
Chief Systems Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Eliza Hotchkiss
Senior Resilience Analyst, NREL

Jonathan Jakischa
Senior Manager: Open Innovation Programs – TechConnect Ventures, TechConnect, ATI Division

Ron Johnson
Consultant, Nuclear Energy Tribal Working Group

Wanda Jones-Heath
Principal Cyber Advisor, Department of the Air Force

Nick Kacsandi
VP, Innovation + Business Development, TechConnect, ATI Division

Nancy Kamei
Program Development Specialist, SBIR/STTR, U.S. Small Business Administration

Travis Kelly
President & Chief Executive Officer of Isola Group, Cerberus Portfolio Company

Jason Kessler
Program Executive, NASA Small Business Innovation Research & Small Business Technology Transfer Program

Lauren Khair
Director, NRECA

Mina Khalil
Program Manager, USSOCOM

Cecilia Klauber
Power Systems Engineer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Adam Knapp
JUMP Program Manager, Semiconductor Research Corporation

Alexis Kwasinski
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh

Dusty Lang
Director, SBIR/STTR, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Matthew Laudon
Vice President, TechConnect, ATI Division

Tiffani Lawson
Resiliency Program Manager, Groundswell

Genevieve Lind
SBIR Program Manager, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Igor Linkov
Risk and Decision Science Focus Area Lead, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center

Brock Long
Executive Chairman, Hagerty Consulting

Andrea Mammoli
Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Chris Mather
Discovery & Engagement Senior Consultant, APEX

Cindy Matsuki
SBIR Program Manager, Innovate Hawaii

Michael Mazzocco
President and CEO, Alytic

Brian McAdoo
Disaster Researcher and Head of the PlanetLab, Earth and Climate Science Division at Duke University

Amy McGuire
Director of Market Development, Highland Electric Fleets

David McKeown
Department of Defense Senior Information Security Officer and Deputy Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity, Department of Defense (DOD)

Crystall Merlino
Director for Resilience, Energy, and Sustainability Management, Department of Homeland Security

Ed Metz
SBIR Program Director, U.S. Department of Education

Brian Metzger
Senior Technology Manager, TechLink

Jonathon Monken
Principal, Converge Strategies

Emma Mooney
Outreach and Project Manager, TechConnect, ATI Division

Kate Moore
Strategic Partnership Manager, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (IEC)

Tansey Moore
Policy Specialist, National Conference of State Legislatures

Marissa Morales-Rodriguez
Systems Integration Technology Manager, U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO)

Kimberly Mozingo
Director of Federal Programs, TEDCO

Ulrich Muenz
Principal Key Expert, Advanced Control and Optimization for power grids and industrial manufacturing, Siemens Technology

Mustafa Nasseh
Executive Director, JP Morgan Chase

Amber Nightengale
Principal Business Development Manager, Amazon Web Services

Glenn Noble
Investor, Prudent Capital

Gary Odum
Ecosystem Ambassador, Bunker Labs

Tommy Olejniczak
Sr. Strategy Analyst, Boeing BDS - Defense, Space & Security

Craig Owens
Systems Engineer, Principal; Corporate SBIR Program Manager, Lockheed Martin

Patrick O’Brien
Policy Analyst, Innovative Research Division at U.S. DOT’s Volpe Center

Harley Parkes
Asymmetric Operations Sector (AOS) Cyber Operations, Capabilities Development Group, Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL)

Shaun Peiffer
Commercial Innovation Manager, Programs & Partnerships, Advanced Materials, Technology Development, Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, Inc.

Erik Pierstorff
Program Director, National Science Foundation

Monique Pond
Team Leader & Program Director, SBIR Development Center, National Cancer Institute

Roger Pulwarty
Senior Scientist, NOAA Office of Oceans and Atmospheric Research

Carol Rabke
Tech to Market (T2M) Advisor, United States Department of Energy (DOE)

Frank Randon
Disaster Program Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

D.J. Rasmussen
Applied Climate Scientist, WSP Earth & Environment

Danielle Redhouse
Nuclear Engineer, Sandia National Laboratories

Terrell Reid
Corporate Supplier Diversity Programs Manager, Northrop Grumman

Tami Reynolds
Group Manager, NREL

April Richards
SBIR Program Manager, Environmental Protection Agency

Bill Riley
Acquisition Program Manager, F/NWMMP, PM-ES, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)

Dave Rios
DTIC-IAC Field Advisor, USCENTCOM, Cloud Lake Technology, LLC

Ross Roley
Energy and Cyber Innovation Lead, Battelle in Support of U.S. Indo Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)

Bart Romanowicz
Vice President, TechConnect, ATI Division

Abigail Roots
Program Manager, Chemical and Biological Defense Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Programs

David Rothzeid
VP, Investments, Shield Capital

Scott Sanders
Director of Bourbon Relationships, Tobacco Barn Distillery

Aleksandra Scalco
Engineer, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC)

Richard Scalco
NIWC Senior Cyber Engineer & MOSAICS CyberSHIELD Technical Manager, Naval Information Warfare Center

Ben Schrag
Senior Program Director, NSF

Michael Schweitzer
Senior Business and Technology Strategist / Advisor to the Technical Director, Falconwood, Inc. / Navy

David Scott
Senior Commercialization Manager, TechLink

Greg Shannon
Chief Cybersecurity Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory

Jared Shepard
President & Chief Executive Officer, Hypori

Jennifer Shieh
Director of Ecosystem Development, U.S. Small Business Administration

Ruth Shuman
Program Director, NSF

Brittany Sickler
Director of Investment and Innovation Ecosystems, Office of Investment and Innovation (OII)

Neal Simmons
President andCEO, Eagle Creek Renewable Energy

Josh Smith
Founder, Precision Operations Advisors LLC

Robert Smith
Director, SBIR/STTR, U.S. Navy

Colonel Wes Spurlock
Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of Strategic Capital, U.S. Department of Defense

Andrea Staid
Senior Technical Leader, Energy Systems and Climate Analysis Group, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Paul Staszak
BDS Technology Strategy SBIR/STTR Focal, Boeing

Matt Stavish
Senior Vice President, Republic Capital Access

Camille Stebbins
Deputy Director and Program Manager, ATI

Mike Stebbins
Vice President of the Medical & Threat Countermeasures Division, ATI

Earl Stevens
Co-Founder, Belvonae

John Stough
Chief Architecture Officer (CAO), JHNA

Sherry Stout
Laboratory Program Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Michael Sulmeyer
Principal Cyber Advisor, Secretary of the Army and the Army Chief of Staff

William Sweet
Oceanographer, NOAA

Martha Symko-Davies
Laboratory Program Director, Energy Systems Integration, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Florence Tan
Deputy Chief Technologist, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) at NASA HQ

Claudia Tebaldi
Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Lab

David Terry
President, National Association of State Energy Officials

Jennifer Thabet
Acting Director and Program Manager for the Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer, SBA

Reginald Thomas
Deputy Director, Branch Head, Logistics Combat Element (LCE) Division, Expeditionary Energy Office (E2O), U.S. Marine Corps

Keishla Tirado
Director, FAST

Elaine Ulrich
Senior Advisor, US DOE Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response

John Van Houten
Deputy Chief Engineer, AVN APEO Engineering & Architecture

Patrick Vann Horne
Deputy Director of Preparedness, Hagerty Consulting

Kirsten Verclas
Senior Managing Director, NASEO

Thomas Wahl
Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida

Justin Welch
Systems Engineer, Energy and Grid System Integration Group, Idaho National Laboratory

David Wells
Senior Technical Communications Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity

Spencer Wilcox
Senior Director, CISO, Cybersecurity & Technology Risk of Nextera Energy, and its subsidiaries, including Florida Power and Light

Matt Williams
Acting Director, SBIR/STTR Program Offic

Sherman Williams
Co-founder and Managing Partner, AIN Ventures

Matt Willis
Portfolio Lead, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology

Nathan Wiltse
Economist and Researcher, NREL

Candace Wright
SBIR/STTR Program Lead, MDA

Michael Wu
Executive Director, RISE Consortium

Dalia Yablon
Founder, SurfaceChar LLC

Xiaohui "Joe" Zhou
Director of Research and Innovation, Slipstream

2023 Sponsors

3 STAR SPONSOR:
• Raytheon Technologies

2 STAR SPONSORS:
• Academic Partnership Engagement Experiment
• Boeing
• Cerion Nanomaterials
• Hypori
• Lockheed Martin
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
• Nozomi Netoworks
• RioTinto

PREMIER PARTNERS:
• ATI
• Consortium for Rare Earth Technologies (CREATE)
• Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Consortion
• Defense Business Accelerator
• Defense Electronics Consortium
• Industrial Electronics Society
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Medical CBRN Defense Consortium
• Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium
• Our Next Energy (one) Consortium
• RISE Consortium
• U.S. Partnership for Assured Electronics
• Vertical Lift Consortium (VLC)