Charting a Path to 2035: Navigating the Future of Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations
Classification: Unclassified Distro-A
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Keynote Speakers
The Honorable Don Bacon
Chair, House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, IT and Innovation Subcommittee, US House of Representatives
Laurie Moe Buckhout
Former Assistant National Cyber Director for Policy, The White House
Lieutenant General Paul T. Stanton
Department of War Cyber Defense Command Commander and Director, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
Speakers
Dr. Mohin Ahmed
Senior Research Scientist, HRL Laboratories
Dr. Yoshihiko Akamine
Future Capabilities Development Center (FCDC), Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA), Ministry of Defense, Japan
Dr. Hal Aldridge
CEO, Secmation
Katherine “Katie” Arrington
Performing the Duties of Chief Information Officer, Department of War
Erik Bamford
International Region I Director, AOC
Colonel Jonathan “Hammer” Beha
Division Chief, Joint Interagency Task Force 401
Kimberly Blancuzzi
Chief Operating Officer, Consortium Management Group
Colonel Dameion “Booster” Briggs
Chief, Weapons Division, Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs
Mike Brockly
Vice President of Operations & Strategy, NSTXL
Tristan Caruso
Chief Engineer, Air Force Lifecycle Management Center, Combat Avionics Division (AFLCMC/HBC)
Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Brigadier General Tom Cole, US Army (Ret.)
CEO and Founder, Thomas Cole and Associates, Inc.
Dr. William Conley
Chief Technology Officer, Mercury Systems
Brigadier General Paul Craft, US Army (Ret.)
President, Data Shapes AI
Patrick Creighton
Vice President & General Manager Electronic Warfare, Airborne Combat Systems, L3Harris
Will Crespo
Program Officer for Navy Manufacturing Technology (ManTech), Office of Naval Research (ONR)
Dr. Kyle Davidson
President, Agile Electromagnetics
Jack De Santis
CEO, Omira Systems
Lieutenant Colonel Masuhisa Domen
Air Staff Office, Japan Air Self Defense Force, Japan Ministry of Defense
Kevin Finch
2025 AOC Symposium Chair, Appointed Director, AOC
Lisa Frugé-Cirilli
Director, Customer Requirements & Advocacy, BAE Systems
Kevin Gates
Professional Staff Member, Senate Armed Services Committee
Major General David Gaedecke, USAF (Ret.)
Senior Executive Advisor, Booz Allen Hamilton
Colonel Aaron “A-ron” Gray
Commander, 55th Wing
Tim Grayson
Vice President and General Manager of FAST Labs, BAE Systems
Aram Grigoryan
Regional Account Manager, Ace Embedded
Major General Ryan Heritage, USMC (Ret.)
Ken Hermanny
Senior Vice President, Signal Technologies, Mercury Systems
Colonel John J. Hosey
Chief of Cyber and Commandant, US Army Cyber
Colonel Mark “Chili” Howard
Director, Non-Kinetic Operations, Air Force Headquarters
Dr. Nathaniel Husted
Chief Scientist for Cyber and Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) Technologies, Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Dr. Micah Jenkins
Chief Innovator, Critical Frequency Design
Mike Jones
Engineering Manager, Analog Devices
Iaroslav Kalinin
CEO, Infozahyst
Rene D. Kanayama
Senior Researcher, Institute ITSTIME, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Lieutenant General Lance Landrum, USAF (Ret.)
Advisor, L3Harris
Colonel Marc Lewis
Chief, Electronic Warfare, HBY, Agile Combat Support (AFPEO/ACS)
Wade Lowdermilk
Chief Technology Officer, Tevet
Colonel Michael “Bear” Middents
Commander, 950th Spectrum Warfare Group
Charles Middleton
Chief Technology Officer, Critical Frequency Design
Colonel Stephen Miller, USAF (Ret.)
Principal Research Engineer, Branch Head, Electronic Warfare Test and Training (EWTT) Branch, Georgia Tech Research Institute
Nathan Mintz
CEO, CX2
Dennis Monahan
Secretary & At Large Director, AOC
Kevin Mulvihill, SES
Deputy Chief Information Officer for Command, Control, and Communications (C3), Department of War
Scott Oliver
At Large Director, AOC
Colonel Andrew "Prof" Prue
Deputy Commander, 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing
Jonathan Roe
CEO, ESROE Limited
Martin Rofheart
CEO, Applied Signals Intelligence
Colonel Adam Rosenbaum
Division Chief-Electromagnetic Warfare, Directorate of Army Management Office-Strategic Operations
Dr. Alexis Lasselle Ross
President, Apex Defense Strategies
Rafael Sampayo
President, AOC Spain Chapter; Adjunct Professor, University of Valladolid
Jean Paul Santos
Chief Innovation Officer, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD), Point Mugu, California
Colonel Scott Shaffer
Project Manager for Electronic Warfare & Cyber, PEO, IEW&S
Dean Skuldt
Systems Engineer, Motorola Solutions, Inc.
Conrad Smith
GM, Electronic Warfare, AV Inc.
Dr. James Stewart
Disruptive EMS S&T SSTM, Department Chief Scientist, Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Air Commodore Nick Stringer
UK Cyber & Specialist Operations Command Attaché, British Defence Staff United States
Dr. David Stoudt
Executive Director, Directed Energy Professional Society
Commander John Stuckey
Cryptologic Warfare Officer, US Navy
Robby Taylor
Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Senior Scientific Technical Manager (SSTM), Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic
Viktoriya Tigipko
Founding and Managing Partner, TA Ventures
Jason T. Timpe
System Architect Fellow, Radar/EW, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Dr. Chen-Yi “Crystal” Tu
Assistant Research Fellow, National Defense and Security Research, Taipei, Taiwan
Major General Kirk Vollmecke, US Army (Ret.)
Chief Operating Officer, Microtech
Christelle Ward
Senior CEMA/Electronic Warfare SME, Operations Manager, E&M Technologies
Colonel Brock Zimmerman
Project Manager for Aircraft Survivability Equipment, PEO, IEW&S