Speakers

CyberSat features a lineup of carefully curated, highly impactful speakers who bring expertise and insights to the stage. These distinguished individuals are selected to deliver engaging, valuable, and actionable content, ensuring a dynamic and enriching experience for all attendees.

View the CyberSat ’25 speakers below.

Rama Afullo

Founder & CEOSatlyt

Katie Arrington

Chief Information Officer (CIO)U.S. Department of Defense

Dan Austin

Space Staff SETASigmatech

Brandon Bailey

Principal EngineerThe Aerospace Corporation

Marouane Balmakhtar

Lt Col, Dr.HQ, Space Force, Division Chief Cyber Operations

Theresa Beech

Principal Investigator, CAPSTONE ExperimentationNASA Goddard Space Flight Center

James "Aaron" Bishop

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)Department of the Air Force (DAF)

BG Terri Borras

Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2U.S. Army

CMSgt Kenneth Bruce

Command Senior Enlisted Leader, U.S. Cyber Command and Senior Enlisted AdvisorNSA

Ross Coffman

PresidentForward Edge-AI, Inc.

Valerie Cofield

Chief Strategy OfficerU.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Dr. Lisa Costa

CEO and co-FounderAllegheny Group

Dr. Gregory Falco

Asst. ProfessorCornell University

William Ferguson

Researcher and Content CreatorethicallyHackingspace (eHs)

Mr. Felipe Fernandez

Chief Technology OfficerFortinet Federal Inc

Lori Gordon

Systems DirectorThe Aerospace Corporation

Zanir Habib

CEOFerociter

Mark Holmes

Senior Editorial DirectorVia Satellite

Peter Kaloroumakis

Applied Ontologist & MITRE D3FEND LeadMITRE

Leslie Kershaw

Capella Space

Norm Laudermilch

Chief Information Security OfficerMaxar

Suzanne Lightman

Senior Information Security AdvisorNational Institute of Standards and Technology

Phil Mar

Chief Technology Officer, Global Space NetworksViasat

Dr. Allyson O'Brien

Program ManagerDARPA Information Innovation Office

Jacob Oakley

Director of Cyber & Space, Technical PrincipalSIXGEN

Christina Pino

Senior Conference ManagerAccess Intelligence

Dianne Poster

Senior AdvisorNOAA Office of Space Commerce

Dr. Tewauna Raymundo

Chief, Cyber Security Branch, Information Technology Security Officer (ITSO)NOAA Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS)

Carl Rodio

Chief Engineer, Defensive Space Cyber OperationsMITRE

Kyle Shepard

Chief EngineerSNC

Karan Singh

Advanced Systems and Technology Directorate and a Cyber Security SMENational Reconnaissance Office (NRO)

Thorsten Stremlau

Systems Principal Architect, CISSPNVIDIA & TCG

Gökhan Tok

Senior Manager for Space & ConnectivityAccess Partnership

John Trionfo

President, Defense SolutionsAntaris Space

Dan Trujillo

AFRL - Air Force Research Laboratory

Capt. David Vermillion

Commercial Consolidated Satellite Systems Expert Deputy Division ChiefU.S. Space Force

Dan Wallach

Program ManagerDARPA Information Innovation Office

Marcus Wallum

Operations Data Systems ManagerEuropean Space Agency (ESA)

Ernest Wong

Technical Lead, PNT & Space SystemsDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T)