Brian Scott is the Deputy Assistant National Cyber Director for Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Policy, responsible for coordinating policy and efforts related to the cybersecurity of private sector and public non-Federal critical infrastructure.
From December 2019 to January 2022 Brian served as the Director for Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity at the National Security Council (NSC) staff. Prior to joining the NSC, Brian was the Director for Policy at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and served in various other positions at the Department of Homeland Security's National Operations Center and Office of Infrastructure Protection.

Brian joined DHS in November 2007 after a 28-year career in the U.S. Navy, which included operational tours flying from aircraft carriers during operations in Iraq, Bosnia, and Somalia. Brian served as an Air Wing Strike Lead flying combat missions in Desert Storm, commanded Training Squadron TEN, and was the Air Boss on the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman during its maiden deployment and combat operations in 2000-2001. From 2002-2004 he served at U.S. Strategic Command as Chief of the Mobile Command and Control Division Chief of Command Center Operations. Brian's last Navy assignment was assistant professor of National Security Studies and Transportation Industry Studies at the National Defense University's Industrial College of the Armed Forces.

Brian is a graduate of Marquette University and the National Defense University's Industrial College of the Armed Forces.

Dr. Donna A. Dulo is the Chief of Cyber & Software Testing and a Test Director at the US Air Force Air Mobility Command Test & Evaluation Squadron. She provides cyber security and software safety analysis for Air Force aircraft and weapon systems. Her focus is to ensure the cyber security, safety, reliability, and resilience of avionics and space systems as well as their supporting elements. She has over 36 years of experience working in the DoD both on active duty and as a civilian and speaks all over the world in the area of software safety and cyber security. She holds several graduate degrees including a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the Monterey College of Law, an MAS In Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, an MS in Computer Science from the Naval Postgraduate School, an MA in National Security & Strategic Studies from the US Naval War College, an MBA in Engineering Management from City University, and an MS in Computer Information Systems. She is a graduate of the College of Naval Command & Staff, the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and the Air Command and Staff College. She did her undergraduate work at the US Coast Guard Academy. She has written several books, including the American Bar Association's seminal legal text on drone law, as well as dozens of articles in law and technical journals. She is currently at Joint Base McGuide-Dix-Lakehurst in NJ.

Brandon Bailey is a Principal Engineer for the Cybersecurity and Advanced Platforms Subdivision (CAPS), at The Aerospace Corporation. In this role, Bailey has focused on developing a cyber range to support penetration testing training
and in-the-lab evaluation of customers' implementations, performing vulnerability assessments and penetration testing activities for multiple customers as well as performing cybersecurity research on ground systems and spacecraft systems to better position the federal government with respect to protection of our critical space infrastructure. While at Aerospace, Bailey has also led the development of the space-focused tactic, technique, and procedures (TTPs) framework called Space Attack Research and Tactic Analysis (SPARTA), which launched in October 2022. SPARTA is intended to provide unclassified information to space professionals about how spacecraft may be compromised via cyber means. The matrix/framework defines and categorizes commonly identified activities that contribute to spacecraft compromises as well as their countermeasures. SPARTA is the continued maturation of a report published in April of 2021 titled Cybersecurity Protections for Spacecraft: A Threat Based Approach, which outlines concepts of defense-in-depth protection necessary to protect spacecraft and presents a threat-oriented approach to space cyber risk assessment.

Awards and Honors
Bailey holds several industry cybersecurity certifications. He has received numerous corporate and performance awards throughout his career, with the most noteworthy being NASA's Exceptional Service Medal (2019) for groundbreaking cyber work, the Agency Honor Award (2019) for the Enterprise Protection Program (EPP), and NASA's Early Career Achievement Award (2016). Bailey was also a member of software development team that received honorable mention at NASA's 2012 and 2016 Software of the Year competition.

Bob Gourley is a co-founder OODA, a global strategy advisory network helping build the ideal future for business and governments via the OODA Expert Network, which is comprised of over 300 experts, executives, advisors, and consultants from across industry, government, and academia. Bob's first career was as a naval intelligence officer, which included operational tours in Europe and Asia. He was the first Director of Intelligence (J2) at DoD's cyber defense organization JTF-CND. Following retirement from the Navy, Bob was an executive with TRW and Northrop Grumman, and then returned to government service as the CTO of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Bob was named one of the top 25 most influential CTOs in the globe by Infoworld and was named by Washingtonian as one of DC's "Tech Titans."

David A. Bray is Chair of the Accelerator at the Loomis Council and a Distinguished Fellow with the Stimson Center. He is also a non-resident Distinguished Fellow with the Business Executives for National Security, and a CEO and transformation leader for different "under the radar" tech and data ventures seeking to get started in novel situations. He is Principal at LeadDoAdapt Ventures and has served in a variety of leadership roles in turbulent environments, including bioterrorism preparedness and response from 2000-2005. Dr. Bray previously was the Executive Director for a bipartisan National Commission on R&D, provided non-partisan leadership as a federal agency Senior Executive, worked with the U.S. Navy and Marines on improving organizational adaptability, and aided U.S. Special Operation Command's J5 Directorate on the challenges of countering disinformation online. He has received both the Joint Civilian Service Commendation Award and the National Intelligence Exceptional Achievement Medal. David accepted a leadership role in December 2019 to direct the successful bipartisan Commission on the Geopolitical Impacts of New Technologies and Data that included Senator Mark Warner, Senator Rob Portman, Rep. Suzan DelBene, and Rep. Michael McCaul. From 2017 to the start of 2020, David also served as Executive Director for the People-Centered Internet coalition Chaired by Internet co-originator Vint Cerf and was named a Senior Fellow with the Institute for Human-Machine Cognition starting in 2018. Business Insider named him one of the top "24 Americans Who Are Changing the World" under 40 and he was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. For twelve different startups, he has served as President, CEO, Chief Strategy Officer, and Strategic Advisor roles.

David enjoys creative problem-solving linking public and private endeavors. He began working for the U.S. government at age 15 on computer simulations at a high-energy physics facility investigating quarks and neutrinos. In later roles, he designed new telemedicine interfaces and space-based forest fire forecasting prototypes for the Department of Defense. From 1998-2000 he volunteered as a part-time crew lead with Habitat for Humanity International in the Philippines, Honduras, Romania, and Nepal while also working as a project manager with Yahoo! and a Microsoft partner firm. Dr. Bray then joined as IT Chief for the Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, leading the program's technology response to 9/11, anthrax in 2001, Severe Acute Respiratory System in 2003, and other international public health emergencies. He later completed a PhD from Emory University's Goizueta Business School and two post-doctoral associateships at MIT and Harvard in 2008.

David likes to be a digital diplomat and a "human flak jacket" for teams of change agents working in turbulent environments. He volunteered in 2009 to deploy to Afghanistan to help "think differently" on military and humanitarian issues and in 2010 became a Senior National Intelligence Service Executive advocating for increased information interoperability, cybersecurity, and protection of civil liberties. In 2012, he became the Executive Director for the bipartisan National Commission for Review of Research and Development Programs of the United States Intelligence Community, leading an interagency team that received the National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation. He received both the Arthur S. Flemming Award and Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership in 2013. He also was chosen to be an Eisenhower Fellow to meet with leaders in Taiwan and Australia on multisector cyber strategies for the "Internet of Everything" in 2015. He is the author of 40+ academic papers and published publications.

David's passions include complicated, near-impossible missions involving humans and technology in challenging circumstances. Through the efforts of a team of "positive change agents", he led the transformation of the Federal Communication Commission's legacy IT with more than 207 different systems to award-winning tech. This included rolling out new cloud-based IT that achieved results in 1/2 the time at 1/6 the cost. He was the recipient of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronic Association's Outstanding Achievement Award for Civilian Government. He also received the global CIO 100 Award twice, which usually is awarded to private sector Fortune 500 companies, both in 2015 and 2017, for his transformational leadership in change-adverse settings. From 2017-2021, he both worked with multiple services associated with the U.S. Department of Defense on improving organizational adaptability and countering disinformation online - including personally surviving a disinformation attack that occurred in 2018. In 2019, he was invited to give the AI World Society Distinguished Lecture to the United Nations on UN Charter Day.

As Principal at LeadDoAdapt Ventures, Dr. Bray's passions include providing Board-level and CEO-level leadership to different "under the radar" tech and data ventures seeking to get started in novel situations to include activities that shape the Future of Data, Bio, and Space. He provides strategic direction, advice, and leadership to organizations confronting turbulent environments on multiple topics ranging from quantum computing to commercial space endeavors; synthetic biology to data cooperatives paired with AI. He accepted a role of Co-Chair for 2016-2017 with an IEEE Committee focused on Artificial Intelligence, automated systems, and innovative policies globally and has been serving as a Visiting Executive In-Residence at Harvard University since 2015 and as a Faculty Member giving talks on Impact and Disruption at Singularity University since 2017. In 2021 and 2022, he was named a Distinguished Fellow with the Atlantic Council. In 2023, he was named a distinguished Academy Fellow with the National Academy of Public Administration focused on the role of transformative technologies, like AI, on public service.

In 2022, the Business Executives for National Security welcomed him as a Distinguished Fellow focused on the intersection of transformative technologies, global collaborations, and over-the-horizon challenges for the future ahead. David has been an invited keynote speaker to CEOs, world leaders, and crowds of more than 3,000 participants at events in India, Vietnam, Australia, Taiwan, Dubai, South Africa, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Canada, Belgium, Sweden, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

20+ years experience in National Security Business in Japan

Business development related to C2 system, Cyber Security, AI, Space Technologies, UAV in Defense Market.

- 2014 - 2016 Visiting Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Researcher about National Security Policy, Emerging Technologies.

- 2023 - now Space Compass Corporation、Senior Manager
Business Development for our new service.

Meg Moloney is an Associate Director with the Defense and Security segment of the global consulting firm Guidehouse. Meg has lived numerous professional lives during the span of her 20+ year career. She began as a business integrity attorney in New York - piloting innovative public-private partnerships in False Claims Act cases and federal monitorships. Pro bono work and her involvement as the Chair of the New York City Bar Association's African Affairs Committee ultimately led her to the United Nations, where she served as an Investigator with the Office of Internal Oversight Services investigating serious crimes involving peacekeepers and diplomats in West Africa. In 2011, she returned to the United States to take a position with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). With the FBI, Meg wore a number of hats. After serving as an analyst with the Directorate of Intelligence, she transitioned to an attorney role with the Office of Integrity and Compliance. There she became the first compliance attorney chosen to support the Intelligence Branch. She was also selected to lead agency-wide mitigation teams on several of the Director's top ten risks. In 2015, she returned to Colorado and subsequently assumed her final FBI role as a Senior Strategy, Risk, and Compliance Manager for the FBI's Information Technology Branch. Now Meg is an Associate Director with the Defense and Security segment of the global consulting firm Guidehouse. The unique combination of her experiences not only lends itself to general advisory and mission transformation consulting, but also allows her to serve as a subject matter expert for risk, resiliency, and governance matters.

Outside of client delivery, Meg is active within the national security community. She speaks and publishes regularly on a wide range of topics, to include space supply chain risk management, artificial intelligence (AI), and leadership. She also serves in an advisory capacity to the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC), Iron Butterfly Media, and CyberSat.

Meg secured her law degree from the George Washington School of Law and undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado Boulder and is licensed to practice in both New York and Colorado. She is an active Certified Information Systems Security Professional, and former Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional.

Ernest Wong is a Technical Lead at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) working on Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) and space systems resilience issues. In addition to managing R&D, he provides technical policy advice to DHS leadership on issues relating to PNT cybersecurity, space systems, and critical infrastructure resilience.

Ernest has spent the last 10 years managing R&D on critical infrastructure security issues and was the DHS contributor to national strategy documents such as the White House OSTP/NSTC National R&D Plan for PNT Resilience and the White House OSTP/NSTC Quantum Sensors National Strategy (Bringing Quantum Sensors to Fruition). He also works closely with industry to address critical infrastructure resiliency challenges and led the development of the Resilient PNT Conformance Framework, which has since transitioned to IEEE P1952 for the development of voluntary standards.

Ernest's focus at DHS is critical infrastructure resilience and its intersection with emerging technologies and threats, including PNT, space systems, cybersecurity, quantum, and 5G.

Before coming to DHS S&T, Ernest was an IT project manager delivering enterprise software solutions to the General Services Administration (GSA). Ernest holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Michigan and a Master of Public Policy from George Mason University.

Matt has spent nearly 15 years focused on cryptographically enforced zero-trust and secure by design software. At SpiderOak, he currently oversees solutions architecture, capture, and program implementation. Highlights of his leadership include leading SpiderOak's role within the Defense Innovation Unit's Hybrid Space Architecture, developing prototypes for a lights-out automatically managed control plane for the Commercial Augment Space Reserve, and application-level secure communications on a joint program between Space Systems Command and Space Development Agency. Earlier, he led implementation of SpiderOak's legacy data sync solution on NAVAIR NIPR, brining the DoD its first on-prem end-to-end secure data storage and sync solution.

When not focusing on the intersection of space and cyberspace, he spends his time with his girlfriend and dog in Northern Virginia, enjoying all the hiking and cycling the region has to offer.

Prof. Gregory Falco is an aerospace security expert that designs and develops next-generation defense capabilities. He is an Assistant Professor at Cornell University's Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Systems Engineering Program. Falco is the Director of the Aerospace ADVERSARY Lab and is the founding chair of the IEEE international technical Standard for Space System Cybersecurity. A Fulbright Scholar, Falco is the recipient of DARPA's Young Faculty Award, named as a DARPA RISER and has been listed in Forbes 30 Under 30. Falco received his PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

William is a researcher and lead content developer for the ethicallyHackingspace (eHs)® project focused on developing new solutions to support Space, Cybersecurity, Operations, and Resilience (SCOR)™.

His career has spanned over three decades and included roles with United States Government (USG) Network Warfare functions, cyber defense leadership with the Pentagon Computer Incident Response Team (PENTCIRT), and technical contributions for NATO Cyber Defense Platform Initial Operation Capability (IoC).

He is currently supporting the IEEE P3349 Space System Cybersecurity Group as the technical editor.

Felipe Fernandez is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Fortinet Federal, Inc (FFI). With more than 20 years of networking and cybersecurity experience, Felipe leads a team of security architects and engineers to provide mission-critical cybersecurity solutions for Federal Civilian, Department of Defense, and Intelligence Community applications. In addition to his role as a team leader, Felipe also oversees the U.S. Federal product strategy and certification process for the Department of Defense Information Network Approved Products List (DoDIN APL) and the National Security Agency's Commercial Solutions for Classified (NSA CSfC) program. Prior to joining Fortinet, Felipe served for 12 years with U.S. Marine Corps as a Cyber Security Engineer.

Kim Crider is a Founding Partner of Elara Nova. She brings more than 35 years of experience managing multibillion-dollar global operations and technology programs in space, aerospace, cybersecurity, IT, data, and AI to the core team.

A recently retired U.S. Air Force (USAF) Major General, Crider was the first Chief Technology and Innovation Officer for the newly established U. S. Space Force (USSF) where she oversaw a $2.5B Space Science & Technology portfolio and directed a $750M digital services and cybersecurity portfolio to advance the $15B global military space enterprise for 16,000 personnel. Prior to that, Crider was the Air Force Chief Data Officer, a first in the DoD, where she led the implementation of a $100M enterprise data management portfolio to assure availability of operational and business data to over 850,000 military, civilian and contract users across the Department of the Air Force's $126B enterprise, and established a strategy for enterprise data management that has seminally influenced other DoD level data strategies and initiatives.

Crider regularly advises US Political Appointees, Service Secretaries, Military Service Chiefs, and Civil Agency leaders, as well as international military, civilian and industry leaders, on the strategic use of technology to achieve competitive advantage. She has extensive international experience having served in Europe, Australia, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, and has been a seminal leader in global space, air and cyberspace operations, coalition and NATO command, control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and international information sharing. She built and led two multimillion-dollar specialty consulting firms focused on IT/data strategy, cybersecurity, and digital services in the education, architecture & engineering, financial services and health technology sectors. A senior engineer at the MITRE Corporation for over 15 years, Crider led the engineering for global enterprise networks, cybersecurity, and advanced surveillance radar systems across the DoD and Homeland Security.

Crider earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Duke University, an M.B.A. from Western New England University, and a Graduate certificate degree in Organizational Behavior from Harvard University. She graduated with distinction from the USAF Air Command and Staff College and the National Defense University Industrial College of the Armed Forces and has been an executive fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the University of Tennessee.

Dr. Kimberly Sablon is the Principal Director for Trusted AI and Autonomy at the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD(R&E)). In this role, she oversees AI/ML and autonomy research activities across the DOD enterprise. She also has responsibility for shaping the strategic direction for integrated AI and autonomy with an emphasis on trust and responsible decision making. Previously, Dr. Sablon served as the Army's S&T Director - setting strategic direction and with responsibility and oversight of $2.6B per year budget. She also served as the Director for Basic Research in the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology where she was responsible for formulating and defending selected basic research budgets, programs, plans, priorities and investments to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), and to Congress. Dr. Sablon received a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the University of Arkansas in 2009. She has published more than 70 peer-reviewed papers and contributed to nine scientific and technical books.

Pritha Mehra was named chief information officer (CIO) and executive vice president in November 2020, a role she had acted in since August 2020. She reports to the Postmaster General and chief executive officer.

As CIO, Mehra oversees one of the world's largest technology infrastructures with five national deployment and solution centers, 32,000 network locations, 20,000 servers and more than 930 applications on more than 180,000 devices--processing more than 110 petabytes of data per year. She drives secure innovative capabilities to support the Postal Service's mission to be the nation's preferred delivery service.

Mehra is a thought leader on digital transformations and is focused on modernizing the USPS ecosystems, platforms and network to meet the demands of an increasingly competitive market environment, overseeing a network that supports 650,000 employees and the delivery of 127 billion mail pieces a year.

Before being named CIO, Mehra served as vice president of Information Technology (IT), where she pivoted the 1,800-person IT group to operate at scale through cloud-smart migration, transition to an agile framework and secure the development pipeline for more than 900 applications. She also served as vice president, Mail Entry and Payment Technology, where she led innovations for business customers that captured more than $40 billion in annual revenue and over $200 million in annual revenue shortage and savings.

Mehra has been honored with numerous awards, including Postal Service recognition for superior achievement and the Postmaster General Award. She was also named Top Boss in IT by FedScoop in 2021 and 2022. She holds a Bachelor of Science in computer science from the University of Maryland and a Master of Business Administration from Georgetown University. Mehra completed the Senior Executive Assessment and Development Center Program. She is a Lean Six Sigma Executive Green Belt.

Anthony supported the Space Systems Command (SSC), formerly the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) the past seventeen year, specializing in cybersecurity and enterprise system of systems engineering/architecting. He has led cloud platform, cyber test, and cyber research teams, as well as being an ISSM for corporate systems.

Sarah Olsen has been actively engaged with computer security study, research, and practice since 2005. During her graduate academic studies in Computer Science at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), she concentrated on computer security, where she published and presented research in cryptography at the 10th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Public-Key Cryptography (PKC 2007). Since joining Booz Allen in 2008 to practice mission-oriented application of computer security principles, she has established herself as a versatile cybersecurity professional--able to adapt, contribute, and lead across multiple cybersecurity domains and markets while managing and mentoring staff as Career Manager and Job Leader. Sarah focuses on tough technical problems in: Space Cybersecurity, Software Security Analysis, Cybersecurity Risk Management, Systems Security Engineering, Cryptographic System Analysis, Hardware/Firmware Reverse Engineering, and Tool & Capability Development. Currently, Sarah is driving the cybersecurity of space systems and mission software. Sarah holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics from Purdue University, a M.S. in Computer Science & Engineering from UCSD, and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP), and Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP).

Want to ensure your mission runs securely and can't be denied even if it's compromised?

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We also discovered a way to secure already-compromised systems without detecting, locating, and extracting the compromises, and it even works against active nation-state "hackers". We call this endpoint security technique "CRYSTALVISTA++" (CV++).

"Zero Trust" is all about zoning networks, isolating access, and containing any compromises, but if a zero-day goes active, you could lose control of your assets ... while you run forensics to locate and extract a compromise. Can you afford to postpone missile launches, data transport, or spacecraft T&C for hours, days, or weeks to locate and extract a compromise? Our CV++ concept lets you use your system securely and NOT be denied ... while automatically disabling compromises ... even if you don't know the compromises are there. And you can use CV++ with any "Zero Trust" methodology or product you wish.

Use CV++ by itself to secure your network ... or combine CV++ with CV Core to protect your missions end-to-end globally where you can only be denied by (1) adversaries wiping out or jamming ALL available comms channels, or (2) physically destroying your system or comms path.

In this presentation, you will see how CV and CV++ work, and if we have time, we'll prove it works with on-the-spot demos.

Dr. Bryan Stoker began formulating the CRYSTALVISTA paradigm as the Associate Technical Director (TD) of NSA Research. He then carried it forward and established an NSA CRADA while serving as the TD of the National Security Operations Center (NSOC) and the TD of CYBERCOM J2. In 2022, CRYSTALVISTA won a JCTD with OSDR&E with strong support from ACC, NORTHCOM, STRATCOM, the NNSA. After the CRADA terminated in April 2023,, Dr. Stoker accepted a special challenge at NSA to automate and apply AI to one of NSA's top mission areas and created the CV++ proof of concept in April 2024.

PRIOR POSITIONS: Dr. Stoker spent the first 12 years of his career at the National Security Agency (NSA) working with space systems and ground processing systems which included signals analysis, systems design, algorithm development, and acquisitions. In 1996, he led the development of active systems and techniques merged with satellite systems. In 2011, he served as the Lead Systems Engineer for the High Performance Computing Directorate. A year later, he accepted a by-name request to move to the Information Assurance Directorate and created NSA's wireless security assessment program.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND: Dr. Stoker has worked at NSA for his entire career, holds a Master rating in NSA's Technical Track, is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Maryland and holds two DAWIA Level 3 certifications in Program Management and Systems Planning, Research, Development, and Engineering (SPRDE) as well as DAWIA Level 1 certification in Contracting.

EDUCATION: Dr. Stoker graduated from North Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Electrical Engineering in 1984. He also graduated from The Johns Hopkins University in 1987 with a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering specializing in signals processing and communications systems. In 1997, Dr. Stoker obtained his Masters and Doctoral degrees in Business Administration from the California Coast University.

Mairead Levison
Deputy Director, Space ISAC

Mairead studied Political Science, Russian Language Studies, and Leadership while attending Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University from 2014-2018. During this time, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets, where she served as the Regimental Commander her senior year leading the 1,200-person cadet regiment.

From there, she began working at the National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) as a Russian Intelligence Analyst. During this time, she pioneered several collaborative projects across NGIC and the Intelligence Community, as well as authored intelligence products with a focus on Russian ground systems, emerging technology, and clandestine operations.

From 2019-2021, Mairead continued to build her national security expertise by earning her Master of Science in National Security with a focus on Homeland Security studies from Liberty University, graduating with high distinction.

In 2022, Mairead began working at the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center, building government partner relationships, international partnerships, and commercial space industry memberships. In August 2022, she was promoted to Deputy Director, where she continues to dedicate her career to fostering space innovation, commercialization, and advancing public-private partnerships.

Daniel Gizinski was named Chief Strategy Officer in December 2022. Previously he held various senior management positions at Comtech, including President of Comtech Satellite Networks Technologies, Inc. and Vice President of Product and Strategy for Comtech Systems Inc. Prior to joining Comtech in 2019, Daniel held program management and leadership roles at General Electric, Sierra Nevada Corporation, and L3Harris Technologies. Daniel holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia and a Master's degree from Duke University.

David Myers is President and CEO of UltiSat, a network service provider that combines satellite, wireless, and terrestrial technologies into resilient unified multi-path connectivity solutions for air, land, and sea operations. With over 25 years experience across government, humanitarian-aid, and critical infrastructure applications, UltiSat operates a 24 x 7 global network and leverages in-house engineering to provide mission class customer support. In recent years, UltiSat has significantly expanded its portfolio, becoming one of the first integrators authorized to provide low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite services from Starlink and OneWeb to the federal government. UltiSat also developed "GC5 SATCOM", a first of its kind fully managed geosynchronous (GEO) satellite service built with embedded TRANSEC security features. UltiSat is a wholly owned subsidiary of Speedcast.

Prior to UltiSat, David served in a number of industry leadership positions including President of Peraton's Communications Sector, President and CEO of Datapath, and President of Harris CapRock's Government Solutions division. David is Chairman Emeritus of the non-profit industry association Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI). David is also author of the book Space With a Private View: A Primer on Commercial Earth Observation & Remote Sensing. He holds an MBA in technology marketing from Rice University and dual Bachelor's degrees in business and international relations from Southern Methodist University. David is currently a participant in the Master of Space Operations program at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.

Keith Palmisano is Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Rampart Communications, an early stage company making foundational innovations in physical layer security and capacity. He's responsible for the technology, product, and market roadmaps at Rampart, building secure-by-default systems that meet mission needs. Mr. Palmisano is an expert in performant and secure networks, as well as a career cybersecurity researcher. He has co-authored multiple patents in physical layer security and cryptographic techniques, and is proficient in RF threat analysis, system engineering, and security hardening of systems and networks.

Mr. Palmisano has a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science, and is a 16 year veteran of the US Executive Branch, serving in a broad range of operational and leadership roles. He has particular expertise in offensive and defensive information security, research and analysis, and wireless communications.

Mr. Murray is an assistant director at Southwest Research Institute and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). He has over 15 years of experience leading the development and testing of embedded systems. He has performed penetration tests and risk assessments, developed secure systems, and performed cybersecurity related research. He has supported projects across multiple industries including commercial automotive, industrial control, space, defense, aerospace, and transportation. Mr. Murray has led many projects including penetration testing on electric vehicle battery management systems, applying cybersecurity best practices to automated ground vehicles, and developing automotive intrusion detection systems.

Mayuran Kanthasamy is the Vice President, Information Security & CISO at Kepler Communications. He is a technical cybersecurity and risk management executive with over 19 years of experience, having worked in a variety industries including consulting, retail, telecommunications, SaaS and more recently in space. His extensive background in telecommunications, combined with his recent work in the space sector, he brings a wealth of technical expertise and industry insight, in the evolving landscape of satellite cybersecurity. Mayuran has a proven track record of building, transforming, and delivering enterprise cybersecurity programs across a number of industries and includes governance, security architecture, strategy, risk management, security operations, incident response and compliance.

Mayuran holds a Master of Science in Information Security from Royal Holloway, along with CISSP, CISM, and CISA professional certifications.

Mark Holmes is the Editorial Director of Via Satellite, the Program Chair for the Global Connected Aircraft Summit and CyberSat. He is also Director of Strategic Content for the SATELLITE show. Mark has been at Access Intelligence (AI) over seventeen years, working on a variety of titles in telecoms, broadband, digital TV, aviation and satellite. Mark has been with AI's Aerospace Group for over nine years.

Mark has played a key role in building the 'Global Connected Aircraft Summit' event, which launched eight years ago and has been a huge success story for AI.

Before joining Access Intelligence, Mark was deputy editor of leading Euromoney Institutional Investor title Global Telecoms Business. In this position, Mark interviewed the CEOs of many leading telcos world-wide including, BT, Verizon, France Telecom, Sprint, SBC etc. In the last 20 years, Mark has interviewed hundreds of C-Suite executives in the telecoms, satellite, broadcast, aviation, broadband and cable space.

Col Blanc joined the Canadian Army in 1987 and completed the Infantry Officer's courses graduating at the top of his class. He has served various positions in all three Battalions of his Regiment, the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and has been deployed on operations to Croatia, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia and Europe.

After having served as an Infantry Company Commander in Afghanistan, he was selected in March 2005 and posted to the Counter-Terrorism and Special Operations (CTSO) Directorate in Ottawa. Shortly after the stand up of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM) in February 2006 he was cross posted in as the first J3 (Director of Operations).

Col Blanc completed the Canadian Forces Command and Staff course in June 2008 and was subsequently posted to the new NATO Special Operations Headquarters in Belgium where he was employed in the J5 Branch as a SOF Planner and the CANSOFCOM Liaison Officer in Europe to the US Special Operations Command Africa (SOCAF) and US Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR). He also served 6 months with the US Joint Special Operations Task Force-Trans Sahel (JSOTF-TS) in Stuttgart, Germany.

Col Blanc returned to Canada in August of 2011 and was posted to the Director General International Security Policy division where he was responsible for Counter-Terrorism and Special Operations Policy. After successful unit command in 2015, he returned to National Defence Headquarters in the Strategic Joint Staff as the section head responsible for the Middle East, Africa, Diplomatic Security Support and Counter-Terrorism plans.

In January 2017 Col Blanc was appointed as the first Director of the newly established Directorate of National Security responsible for Counter-Violent Extremist Organizations, Counter-Terrorism, CWMD and Cyber Operations at the Strategic level in support of the Chief of Defence Staff and the Joint Force.

In June of 2021 Col Blanc was appointed as the Deputy Joint Force Cyber Component Commander and the Chief of Staff Operations responsible for global cyber operations.

Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Criminology, University of Manitoba.
Masters in Defence and Security studies, Royal Military College.

Dr. Ang Cui is the Founder and Chief Scientist of Red Balloon Security, a leading cybersecurity provider and research firm that specializes in the protection of embedded devices across all industries. He is the creator of Firmware Reverse Analysis Konsole (FRAK) and the inventor of Software Symbiote technology, both of which enable pioneering firmware analysis and defense for embedded devices. Ang and the Red Balloon Team have done research for, and engagements with, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), including Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as well as Fortune 500 companies. They have uncovered numerous critical vulnerabilities within ubiquitous embedded devices such as Cisco routers, HP printers, and Siemens PLCs, as well as led research efforts uncovering vulnerabilities on aerospace infrastructure, building automation systems, electrical grid devices, telecommunications equipment, and ATMs. Ang was selected as a DARPA Riser in 2015.

Nick Saunders serves as the Chief Cybersecurity and Data Officer for Global Space Networks at Viasat. He is responsible for the secure development and defense of Viasat's global networks.

Nick leads teams focused on the design of secure communications networks, maintaining compliance across Viasat's global networks, performing active cybersecurity defense, red team activities, forensics, cyber threat intelligence, development of novel cybersecurity analytics techniques, and other cybersecurity-related functions. Nick has 15 years of experience leading and advancing technology focused on cybersecurity, information assurance, embedded systems, bootloaders, operating systems, space systems architecture, critical infrastructure, and multiple communications-focused disciplines.

He has been published in IEEE and presented at multiple technical conferences (IEEE, SANS). Nick has presented at DEFCON in 2023, Defense in Space, CyberSatGov, and numerous other venues. Nick has presented cybersecurity briefings for USMC, USAF, Space Command, and multiple other USG agencies and departments.

Nick is a graduate of Virginia Tech and holds degree in Computer Engineering.

Tim Sills is an experienced technical leader with over 20 years of cybersecurity experience in performing security assessments, architecting for compliance, and performing application/network-layer penetration testing. He has nearly 10 years of experience in the aerospace industry having supported ground station operations and developed satellite communications solutions while with Hughes Space & Communications.

As the Lead Security Solutions Architect for the Americas at AWS, he is responsible for
developing security focused cloud solutions that includes AI/ML and high performance computing workloads for aerospace and satellite customers.

In his role as a Research Engineer at Southwest Research Institute, Mr. Haswell does research in cyber-physical systems security and embedded systems software. Focus areas of space sector research projects he has worked on include penetration testing, flight software development and testing, and defensive cybersecurity. He also works on cybersecurity research in the automotive, transportation, and internet-of-things (IOT) domains. He holds a Master of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at San Antonio, where his thesis project studied the use of generative adversarial networks (GAN) in malware analysis.

Suzanne  studied psychology at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and previously worked as Lead UX/Product Designer or Director of UX Design for over 9 years, before founding BadVR. She specializes in designing data analytic interfaces and remains passionately dedicated to democratizing access to technology by designing universally accessible products. Prior to BadVR, Suzanne led the UX/UI design team at Remine (raised $48M) and CREXi (raised $54M), and developed new design standards for 2D geospatial visualization. Additionally, she led the launch of multiple revenue-generating products for both organizations. In 2019, Suzanne founded BadVR and was awarded a "Rising Stars" innovation award from IEEE.  
 
To date, she's raised over $4M in non-dilutive funding for BadVR, via grants from the National Science Foundation, NOAA, Magic Leap, Qualcomm, and more. Additionally, she's led BadVR into contracts with the Space Force, AFRL, DTRA, and the USAF. Suzanne is the holder of 4 patents and over the past 5 years, has emerged as a thought leader in the immersive data visualization and analytics space, being keynote speaker at over 25 national and international conferences. She's spoken on a variety of topics such as "Using Augmented Reality (AR) To See The RF Spectrum: For EW, TSCM, and Other Defense Applications", to giving tutorial presentations at ITSEC: "Evolution of RF Signal Visualization - From Spectrum Analyzers to Augmented Reality", to speaking at the MediaTech Hub conference in Berlin: "Using XR To Discover The Future of Data", to, finally, most recently, her keynote talk in Milan "The Evolution of Data Visualization: From Dashboards to Augmented Reality."  
 
In her spare time, Suzanne travels for inspiration (81 countries and counting) and is proud to be a published author (of both technical and creative works) and former punk rocker. Suzanne thrives at the intersection of product design, immersive technology, and data; she's a believer in the artistry of technology and the technicality of art. 

Eric has been developing software in the embedded industry for over two decades. Porting an RTOS to new hardware platforms, file system development, network protocol implementation, and IoT security are all pins in his hat. He has been with wolfSSL for several years now, working remotely from along the Gulf Coast.

Technical Director
National Communications Systems
Naval Information Warfare Systems Command

Mr. Mucha currently serves as the Technical Director, National Communication Systems, aligned under the Commander, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR), and located at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Chantilly, Virginia. As the Technical Director in the NRO Communications Systems Directorate, he directs strategic planning and technical execution of the acquisition roadmap for the NRO's information technology and transport infrastructure in support of the satellite reconnaissance mission. Additionally, he serves as the senior naval civilian and advocate at the NRO for naval requirements across a wide range of space capabilities. Mr. Mucha was promoted to this Senior Level position in August 2019.

Mr. Mucha began his federal career in 2002, at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego. During this assignment, he worked as a systems engineer on several SATCOM terminal programs and also as a test and evaluation engineer on the Wideband Global SATCOM payload interoperability and characterization test team. Mr. Mucha's next assignment was as a project manager and systems engineer in PMW/PMA 170 within PEO C4I. He led a team to develop and field the Global Broadcast System Split Internet Protocol project and also served as the Lead Engineer for the Commercial Broadband SATCOM Program.

In 2008, Mr. Mucha's first CAP assignment was as the Assistant Program Manager - Engineering for PMW/PMA 170. He led the satellite communication, tactical communication, and GPS navigation divisions in establishing consistent and rigorous engineering processes. Mr. Mucha's next CAP assignment was to establish the role of APM - Engineering for Air Integration in PMW 750. In this capacity, he was responsible for guiding the engineering efforts of TacMobile, TBMCS, JADOCS, and aircraft integration programs.

In 2015, Mr. Mucha established the Key Leadership Position of Assistant Program Executive Officer - Engineering within the MIDS Program Office and led a staff of over 90 engineers. He led a period of rapid growth for the MIDS JTRS program, including the integration of the CMN-4 terminal on multiple new aircraft types. Mr. Mucha was asked to spearhead NAVWAR 5.0's innovation initiatives in 2017 in support of high velocity learning and rapid prototyping.
Mr. Mucha holds a B.S. Electrical Engineering (1999) and a M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering (2001) - both from the Georgia Institute of Technology. While earning his master's degree at Georgia Tech Lorraine, he was joint enrolled at the École Supérieure d'Électricité (Supélec) in Metz, France where he earned a Diplôme d'Ingénieur in Informatique et Ingénierie de la Connaissance (M.S Computer Science & Engineering - 2001). In 2016, he earned a M.S. Astronautical Engineering from the University of Southern California. Mr. Mucha was selected as a Secretary of Defense Executive Fellow in 2018, with placement at SpaceX, and is only the second civilian to be selected to this prestigious training program.

Together with his colleagues, Florian is responsible for Cyber Security Strategy for Space Systems in the international environment. This comprises risk management for space systems in the New Space Era.

Andrew has been involved in the cybersecurity arena since 2006. His career started from basic networking infrastructure configurations and evolved over the next 18 years to include Defensive Cyber Operations, Cyber Weapon System Standardization and Evaluations, and Information System Security Manager for the MilCom and PNT directorate of Space Systems Command (SSC). After 24 years of military service as a cyber operation officer, he took a role as a Cyber Mission Specialist with Booz Allen Hamilton. Currently, Andrew is driving the cybersecurity of space systems and cyber transformation across the Space Systems Command influencing command-wide Cybersecurity policy. Andrew holds a B.S. in Computer Information Systems from Hawaii Pacific University, a M.S. in Cybersecurity from University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC), and an MBA from UMGC. He is also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

James "Aaron" Bishop, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the Department of the Air Force, comprised of the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Space Force. As CISO, he is responsible for advising the Chief Information Officer and senior officials on cybersecurity policy, cybersecurity programs and cyber force development in the department. He leads a Directorate comprised of military, civilian and contractor personnel responsible for developing cybersecurity policy and strategy for over 5,000 Air Force information technology systems. He oversees risk management and cybersecurity accountability for information systems, weapon systems and operational technology supporting military cyberspace operations. His portfolio includes policy and governance of the defense industrial base, cyber supply chain risk management, compliance and cybersecurity capabilities. He has oversight for the Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act laws and cryptographic modernization supporting cyber operations for the department.

Mr. Bishop recently joined the Department of the Air Force to drive cybersecurity innovation. He is a highly experienced National Security Services and Information Security Executive with in-depth knowledge of government contracting, business execution, national security, military supply chain, criminal investigation and cybersecurity. As the Chief Executive Officer and founder of Eigenspace and Quantum Security Alliance, Mr. Bishop evangelized disruptive and transformational research and approaches to the cyber industry while building coalitions with academia, industry partners and U.S. government agencies. As an industry expert, he was nominated to the Presidential National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee.

Prior to his current position, Mr. Bishop held positions in industry as a key leader with the Science Applications International Corporation as Vice President of Enterprise Business Transformation and Chief Architect, and later, the Chief Information Security Officer. Prior to SAIC, Mr. Bishop was the General Manager of Microsoft Corporation's National Security Group. He was responsible for providing consultation and support services to National Intelligence, Military Intelligence, U.S. Special Operations, the Department of Justice, Department of Energy and the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to Microsoft, Mr. Bishop was the Chief Technologist at Keane Federal Systems and Chief Technology Officer of ANSTEC, Inc. Mr. Bishop is a veteran having served honorably in the United States Navy.

Mr. Bishop earned a Bachelor of Science in General Studies from Northwestern State University and a Master of Science in Cybersecurity in Management and Policy from the University of Maryland Global Campus.

Trent Teyema (FBI Special Agent - SES retired) is the founder and president of CSG Strategies, Inc., a national security consultancy which specializes in the security of cyber, space, technology, and critical infrastructures through policy and practice of risk mitigation. Mr. Teyema has more than three decades in the field of law enforcement, cybersecurity, and critical infrastructure protection.

Mr. Teyema retired from the FBI as the Cyber Division's Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief of Cyber Readiness. Mr. Teyema was previously the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Cyber and Counterintelligence Division for FBI Los Angeles. He founded and led the FBI's National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force (NCIJTF). He was twice appointed to cyber security policy roles to include Director for Cybersecurity Policy at The White House during the Bush '43 and Obama '44 Administrations.

He served in numerous senior leadership positions since his retirement, most recently as counter threat and security advisor commercial space and data technology companies; Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for bio- technology company; the SVP/ Global Head of Cyber Threat Management in the finance/insurance industry; and the SVP/Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in the defense industrial base.

Mr. Teyema is a Loomis Council Member at The Stimson Center located in Washington, DC, and formerly a Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council.

Mr. Teyema is also a doctoral candidate in Information technology and cybersecurity at the Marymount University, and his dissertation focuses on cybersecurity and commercial space operations. Mr. Teyema holds a master's degree in forensic science from The George Washington University, as well as several technical and cybersecurity certifications.

Matthew Harris is the Space Focus Area Lead for QinetiQ - an innovative and integrative space engineering company that blends mission services, consulting and transformation expertise, and data and technology solutions to advance National Space enterprise capabilities including space economy and infrastructure development. He is the Director of Strategy and Governance for Beyond Earth Institute - a public policy think tank working to create and sustain a legal and policy framework that enables vibrant human communities beyond Earth. Mr. Harris is a recognized thought leader on space infrastructure development and the integration of systems into current and future space architectures including off world domains. He has spent two decades working for government agencies in areas of strategic planning, programmatic support, and subject matter expertise including the National Defense University, United States Space Force, Missile Defense Agency, and Department of Homeland Security. He earned a Master of Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh, a Master of Arts in Security Studies from Kansas State University, and a Bachelor of Politics and Government from Ohio Wesleyan University.

Madeleine Chang is the Director of Policy at the Satellite Industry Association (SIA). Most recently, she conducted space policy researched and briefed senior government officials as a Horizon Fellow on the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Before CSIS, she worked at Lockheed Martin as a satellite software engineer within the National Security Space business area. In the past, Madeleine has worked in liquidity risk management at Goldman Sachs and galaxy evolution research at the American Museum of Natural History. Her research interests include de-escalation and deterrence, norm-setting, and public international law. Madeleine holds a Master of Engineering Management and a dual BA in Computer Science and Astronomy from Cornell University.

Graduated from Politecnico di Milano in Computer Science and Engineering. Hardcore CTF enthusiast and DEFCON [26, 27, 31, 32] finalist with the co-founded Italian hacking team "mHACKeroni." Hack-A-Sat winner in 2023, integrating expertise and passion for both cybersecurity and space sectors. Working in Information Security since 2016 and at CrowdStrike since 2021.

Ambrose Kam has 30 years of Department of Defense (DoD) industry experience; he is now a Fellow and cyber technology domain area deputy lead at Lockheed Martin. Ambrose regularly gives lectures at MIT, Georgia Tech, Purdue and industry consortiums like the Military Operations Research Society (MORS) and National Defense Industry Association (NDIA). He has been interviewed by major publications including Forbes, The Economist, etc. As a subject matter expert, he represents Lockheed Martin in industry standards organizations like ISO, LOTAR, 5G ESF, IEEE and INCITS. His most recent efforts in Quantum Machine Learning & Reinforcement Learning, Cyber Digital Twin, Post-Quantum and Blockchain earned him patents and trade secret awards. He also authored a book chapter in cyber wargaming and simulation. In 2017, Ambrose won the prestigious Asian American Engineer of the Year (AAEOY) award at the national level for his technical leadership and innovations. Ambrose holds dual master's degrees from MIT, a MEng from Cornell University, and a Bachelor of Science degree from University at Buffalo. He also recently completed an executive program in Innovative Technology Leadership at Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

CDR Nick Goddard is a native of Melbourne, Florida and enlisted as a Cryptologic Technician Collection (CTR) in May of 1999. Upon graduation from Recruit Training and CTR A school in Corry Station, Pensacola, Florida he reported to USS CUSHING (DD-985) in Yokosuka, Japan. He was selected for a commissioning program in May of 2002 through the U.S. Naval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS) in Newport, Rhode Island.

CDR Goddard graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science. Following graduation CDR Goddard reported to USS HALSEY (DDG-97) as a Surface Warfare Officer. He also served as Boat Detachment Division Officer and Assistant Department Head at Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron FOUR in Portsmouth, Virginia.

CDR Goddard laterally transferred into the Cryptologic Warfare community in November of 2010. His initial assignment was as the Operations Officer and Contracting Officer's Representative for the Strategic Programs Operations Center in the J39 at US Forces Iraq on Camp Victory in Baghdad. His team provided non-kinetic FIRES in support of U.S. Force Iraq as well as Joint Forces Special Operations Component Command Iraq and Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Iraq.

He next reported to Navy Information Operations Command GEORGIA as the Atlantic Signals Analysis Lab Division Officer and also worked with the Air Operations Department. He qualified as an EP-3 Special Evaluator, and deployed to Souda Bay, Greece and Okinawa, Japan in support of INDOPACOM, EUCOM, and AFRICOM. He later served as the Surface Operations Department Head.

CDR Goddard graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2016 with an MS in Information Technology and Web Science. He next reported to Navy Cyber Warfare Development Group as the Deputy Department Head for Cyber Effects, where he directed the development of offensive cyber capabilities for Fleet Cyber Command. He also led the Navy's talent management and recruitment program for offensive cyber tool developers and Cyber Warfare Engineers. Additionally, he served as the JFHQ-C Fleet Cyber Command Technical Director responsible for all aspects of the design, engineering, and employment of Cyber, Space, and non-kinetic FIRES capabilities supporting USCYBERCOM.

CDR Goddard the served as the N39 Tactical Information Operations officer at Naval Special Warfare Group TEN. He led the development of Signals Intelligence, Cyber, Space, and non-kinetic FIRES capabilities supporting Special Operations Command and Naval Special Warfare Command. While at NSW Group TEN he completed his MBA at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.
His most recent tour was as the Deputy Information Warfare Commander and Non-Kinetic Integrated Fires Officer at Carrier Strike Group ONE embarked onboard USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) in San Diego, CA. He is currently the Director of Operations at Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command.

Matthew Scholl is the Chief of the Computer Security Division in the Information Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

His responsibilities include Cryptographic Standards used by the US Government and the Nation as well as internationally by allies and NATO partners. He is also responsible for Cybersecurity Research and Development at NIST, as well as Cybersecurity Standards and Guidelines used for Federal Agency Security Programs. He leads NIST participation with Cybersecurity National and Internationals Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) and associated conformance testing programs.

Mr. Scholl has a Masters in Information Systems from the University Of Maryland and a Bachelors Degree from the University of Richmond.

Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant is Commander, Space Systems Command, headquartered at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. He is responsible for more than 15,000 military, civilian and contractor personnel worldwide and an annual budget of $15.6 billion, while managing the research, design, development, acquisition, launch, and sustainment of satellites and the associated command and control systems. His extensive portfolio includes military satellite communication, missile warning, navigation and timing, space-based weather, space launch and test ranges, space superiority, responsive space and other emerging evolutionary space programs.

Prior to Space Systems Command, Lt. Gen. Garrant served as the Deputy Chief of Space Operations, Strategy, Plans, Programs, and Requirements, and had the overall responsibility for the strategies, requirements, and budget of the United States Space Force.

Lt. Gen. Garrant received his commission from the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program at the University of Maryland in 1991. During his career, he has served in a variety of acquisition positions including Systems Engineer, Program Manager, Program Element Monitor, Squadron Commander, Senior Materiel Leader, Deputy Program Executive Officer and Program Executive.

EDUCATION
1991 Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
1995 Master of Science, Systems Management, Capitol College, Laurel, Md.
1996 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2003 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2004 Master of Science, Systems Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2006 Air War College, by correspondence
2011 Master of Strategic Studies, Army War College, Carlisle, Pa.
2014 Enterprise Leadership Program, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2016 Leadership Development Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C.
2023 Leadership at the Peak, Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs, Colo.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. March 1992-June 1995, Systems Engineer then Program Manager, Document and Data Networks Division, National Security Agency, Fort Meade, Md.
2. June 1995-June 1999, Systems Engineer then Program Manager, Data Masked
3. June 1999-March 2001, Air Combat Training Manager, Weapons and Tactics Branch, HQ USAFE, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
4. March 2001-June 2002, Executive Officer, Director of Air and Space Operations, HQ USAFE, Ramstein AB, Germany
5. August 2002-August 2003, Program Manager, F-16 Structures Branch, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah
6. August 2003-September 2004, Intermediate Developmental Education Student, Systems Engineering Department, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
7. September 2004-July 2006, Chief, Advanced Sensors Branch, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Rosslyn, Va.
8. July 2006-June 2007, Chief, Predator, Reaper, and Big Safari Programs Branch, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Rosslyn, Va.
9. June 2007-June 2009, Commander, 689 ARSS, Air Armament Center, Eglin AFB, Fla.
10. July 2008-January 2009, MNC-I C-8 Acquisition Liaison Officer, Camp Victory, Iraq
11. June 2009-June 2010, Deputy Director, 808 ARSG, Air Armament Center, Eglin AFB, Fla.
12. July 2010-June 2011, Senior Developmental Education Student, Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
13. July 2011-May 2014, Senior Material Leader, EELV Systems Division, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.
14. October 2013-April 2014, Deputy Director for Regional Teams, Operational Contract Support and Chief, Audit Readiness, HQ USFOR-A, Kabul, Afghanistan and Al Udeid, Qatar
15. May 2014-June 2017, Director, Space Superiority Systems Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.
16. June 2017-June 2019, Vice Commander and Deputy Air Force Program Executive Officer for Space, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.
17. June 2019-June 2022, Program Executive for Ground-based Weapon Systems, Missile Defense Agency, Redstone Arsenal, Ala.
18. August 2022-December 2023, Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Strategy, Plans, Programs, and Requirements, United States Space Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
19. December 2023-present, Commander, Space Systems Command, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 2008-January 2009, MNC-I C-8 Acquisition Liaison Officer, Camp Victory, Iraq, as a lieutenant colonel
2. October 2013-April 2014, Deputy Director for Regional Teams, Operational Contract Support and Chief, Audit Readiness, HQ USFOR-A, Kabul, Afghanistan and Al Udeid, Qatar, as a colonel
3. June 2019-June 2022, Program Executive for Ground-based Weapon Systems, Missile Defense Agency, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., as a brigadier general and major general

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters

Col Craig E. Frank is the Director of S-6 at Space Systems Command, Los Angeles Air Force Base. He leads an 85-member team responsible for Cybersecurity, Digital Engineering, Cyber Strategy, Technology Insertion, and Roadmap Execution.

Col Frank entered the Space Force in July of 2023 after serving 30 years in the Army. He initially enlisted in the Army in 1990 and served six years as a Hawk Continuous Wave Radar Repairer and TOW/Dragon Missile Systems Repairer. In 1996, he was awarded an Army Green to Gold scholarship and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Ordnance Corps in 1999.

Col Frank has served two tours in Iraq, one tour in Afghanistan, two tours in Germany, and three tours in the Republic of Korea.

Phil Mar is the CTO of Global Space Networks at Viasat. Phil has a BSEE and MSEE specialized in secure communications. He has been with Viasat for more than 25 years, leading variety of satellite and wireless communications systems, and network security systems. Phil is an expert on both systems architecture and security design. His responsibilities include managing new security technology development and cyber strategy for the whole Viasat Corporation, as well as overseeing overall information assurance and cybersecurity for many Satellite Communication Systems.

John Moberly is the SVP for Space for SpiderOak. Space Cyber is the most critical vulnerability of our space systems and space-based networks require different approaches than terrestrial cybersecurity and SpiderOak is uniquely positioned with our zero trust blockchain approach to lead solutions to meet these architectural needs in space and ground segments as well as other unattended sensor architectures. Prior to SpiderOak, John led the US Federal subsidiary for LeoLabs, venture capital based startup building a global radar network capability to improve space domain awareness - another space enabling function like cyber. He previously led the Space & Intelligence Business Area for Arete, a company with work largely focused on algorithms for weak signature detection and AI/Machine Learning applications for GEOINT (Geospatial Intelligence) Systems, including developing a concept that won a "Prestigious Pitch Award" at the Air Force 2019 Space Pitch Day.  He was also highly involved in NRO, DARPA Blackjack, Space Development Agency, and commercial satellite algorithm development focusing around on-board processing and weak/dim signature detection. 

Dr. Frank Turner is the Technical Director for the Space Development
Agency. He has extensive public and private sector experience in the
management and direction of advanced technology research,
development, test and evaluation of current and emerging military
systems. Dr. Turner began his career as an officer in the United States
Air Force, served as a Government Program Manager and certified
acquisition professional, a senior leader in industry for both large and
small companies, and as a senior analyst for both the Defense Threat
Reduction Agency and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
His expertise spans space systems, directed energy, nuclear weapons
effects, systems engineering, architectures, and operational evaluation and employment. He has successfully led some of the nation's most difficult and challenging RDT&E programs, creating technical advantage for America's warfighters. Dr. Turner has academic degrees in physics, biology, business and engineering and has completed military education with the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps.