“UAS WEST for DoD and Government”
Guest Speakers Feb 10-11-12 – Guest Speakers Added Daily!
Colonel Nathan Diller, USAF, Director, AFWERX
Colonel Joseph S. Anderson, USA, Project Manager, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Program Executive Office, Aviation
Jay Merkle, Executive Director, UAS Integration Officer, FAA
Colonel Marc Pelini, USA, Joint Counter-Small UAS Office (JCO), Requirements and Capabilities Division Chief
Sam Deneke, Land Warfare & Air Defense, Vice President, Businesss Execution, Raytheon Missiles & Defense Systems
Colonel Bradley Boyd, Dir., Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) Joint Warfighting Mission Initiative
Brian Keith, Protective Security Advisor, Los Angeles, District, Office of Infrastructure Protection, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), DHS
CDR Chad Thompson, United States Coast Guard UAS Division Chief, USCG Office of Aviation Forces (CG-711)
Capt (USN-ret) Ted Venable, CSL Program Manager, Unmanned Aircraft Systems at Commander, U.S. Fourth Fleet Counter Illicit Trafficking (COMUSNAVSO/C4F)
Dr. Parimal “PK” Kopardekar Acting Dir., NASA Aeronautics Research Institute, Senior Technologist, Air Transportation Systems, NASA Ames Research Center
Megan Farris, Vice President, C-UAS Mission Technology Group, CACI International Inc
Steve Gizinski, President, Inmarsat Government
Major Douglas Kottraba, USAF, 432D Wing, Creech, AFB
Dr. Paul Fleitz, Program Manager, Aerospace Systems Directorate, Air Force Research Lab, WPAFB
Leslie Smith, Vice President, Global Hawk, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Matt Bartow, Chief Technology Officer, Insitu
Colonel Clark Bramante, CA ANG, 163d Operations Group Commander, March AFB
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Lippert, USMC, VMX-1 Chief Operational Test Director (COTD) (tentative)
Kevin Williams, Director, Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
Colin Carroll, Senior Executive and Director for Capability Development, DoD Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC)
Major William Paffett, USMC, Joint Theater Air Missile Defense (TAMD) Chief, CCJ3-C TAMD Branch, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM)
Matthew Borowski, sUAS Program Manager, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
Layne Merritt, Vice President of Technology and Innovation, Elbit Systems of America
M. Shane Canfield, CEO, WAEPA
Dr. Robert Diltz, Airfield Damage Program Manager, USAF Civil Engineering Center
UAS WEST Program Moderator, Ron Stearns, Business Development, Aerospace & Defense, Robotics and Unmanned Systems.