111th Security Forces Squadron
Commander
Action Officer
Aerospace Divsion Director
AF Strategic Policy Fellow
Aircraft Commander
Airspace Manager
Airspace Security
Analyst
Antiterrorism Officer
Assistant Chief
Assistant Chief Patrol Agent
Assistant Special Agent in Charge
Assistant Staff Judge Advocate
Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge
Branch Chief, Requirements & Capabilities Analysis
Business Development Business Intelligence Capabilities Integration Officer
Captain Capture Manager
CEO
CEO & Co-Founder
Chief Air Defense
Chief Engineer
Chief Growth Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
Chief of Legal Assistance
Chief Office of Maritime Security Response Policy
Chief Product Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Command Master at Arms
Congressional Liaison
Contingency Response Flight Chief
COO- Training & Readiness
Corporate Strategic Advisor and Senior Vice President
CSB - Branch Lead C-sUAS Analyst
CTO CUAS Engineer
CUAS Technology Planning at Joint C-sUAS Office
CUAS Threat Integrator
Deputy Commissioner Deputy Director
Deputy Director CFIUS Non-Notified
Deputy Director, Plans, Program and Requirements Directorate
Deputy Regional Admin
Deputy, Directed Energy Project Office
DHS CUAS Policy Office
Dir. of Business Intelligence
Director Advanced Programs
Director of Intelligence Services
Director of Strategic Accounts
Director of Strategy
Director Office of National Security Programs & Incident Response
Director, Operational Test & Evaluation
Director, Short to Medium Range Ground Based Air Defense and Enterprise CounterUAS
Division Chief for Strategy and Policy Engineering Tech.
Executive Chairman
Executive Director, Assure Flight Chief
Founder and CEO
Government Program Manager
Instructor Pilot Intelligence Analyst
Lead Software Engineer
LTC - Acquisition Planning Lead
Management & Program Analyst
Manager, Airport Safety R7D Section
Manager, UAS Security Div Managing Partner
Master Sergeant Military Operations Analyst Mission Manager
National Security
NCOIC Electronic Security Systems
NR NAWCWD C UAS Mission Lead/N81
NST DCoS
OIC First in Security Team
President & CEO
Principal Deputy Director
Principal Director for Autonomy Privacy & FOIA officer
Program Advisor
Program Manager & Policy Analyst CFIUS Program Manager, Counter UAS Autonomy Portfolio
Project Lead, Vulnerability and Threat Assessment (VTA) Team Project Manager
RCCTo C-sUAS Project Office Research Specialist
S&T ACE Branch
Sales Director
Sector Vice President
Security Forces Manager
Security Technologist
Senior Advisor
Senior Campaign Lead Senior Consultant
Senior Delivery Manager
Senior Director
Senior Director Strategic Consulting
Senior Military Assistant
Senior Military Fellow
Senior Operations Research Analyst
Senior Programme Manager
Senior Project Engineer
Senior Requirements Analyst
Senior Scientist for Autonomy
Senior Standards Advisor
Senior Technical Advisor
SES Directorate Director
Special Agent
Specialist Leader
Sr. Program Manager
Sr. Project Engineer
Sr. Technical Manager Business Development
Strategic Policy Fellow
Strategy & Policy Analyst
Supervisory Special Agent
Supervisory Special Agent CUAS Program Manager
Systems Engineer
Team Chief
Team Leader Technical Security Investigator Technical Surveillance Agent Test Director
UAS PM
UAS RPA Airspace Manager UAV Engineer
UxS C-UxS T&E Chief Engineer
Vice President, Defense Technology Vice President, Sales VP C-UAS BD
VP Government Solutions
VP Sales & Operations
VP Strategy & Partnerships
Weapons Tech
Troy Miller
Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
The Honorable Nickolas Guertin Director, Operational Test & Evaluation Office of the Secretary of Defense
Lieutenant General Michael Groen, USMC Director
Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC)
John Vona, SES
Deputy Director, Plans, Program and Requirements Directorate
Air Combat Command (ACC/A5/8/9)
Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis
Nicole Thomas Division Chief for Strategy and Policy Army Joint C-sUAS Office (JCO)
Tarun Gupta
Deputy for the Directed Energy Project Office (DEPO) Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)
Dr. Jaret C. Riddick
Principal Director for Autonomy Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering for Modernization, USD (R&E)
Phil Mattson
Senior Standards Advisor, DHS Standards Executive, Systems Engineering & Standards Division, Science and Technology Directorate
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Brandon Youngblood
Group Manager, UAS Security and C-UAS Integration (AJR-26) Air Traffic Organization
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Thomas Adams
Supervisory Special Agent, CUAS Program Manager
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Department of Justice
Ryan Berry
Manager, UAS Security Division (AXE-U00) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Dr. Jeffrey Boulware
Techncial Director
Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization (JIAMDO)
Colonel Nathan Diller, USAF Director
Air Force Start Up Acceleration (AFWERX)
Dr. Parimal PK Kopardekar Director
NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI)
Dr. Steve ‘Cap’ Rogers
Senior Scientist for Autonomy Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
Colonel Tony Behrens, USA Deputy Director
Joint Integrated Air & Missile Defense Organization (JIAMDO), Joint Staff (J8), Pentagon
Matt Way
Program Manager, Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Autonomy Portfolio, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Department of Defense
Jim Patterson
Manager, Airport Safety R&D Section Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Captain Jim Bamberger
Public Area Security Infrastructure Protection (PASIP) Branch Chief, Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Counter-UAS Capability Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Mr. Tracy Sheppard
Chief, Weapons Sciences Division, Competency Lead, Weapons Sciences Weapons and Materials Research Directorate
Lieutenant General Michael Nagata, (USA-ret)
Corporate Strategic Advisor and Senior Vice President
CACI, International, Inc.
William Darne
Director, Short to Medium Range Ground Based Air Defense and Enterprise Counter-UAS Raytheon Missiles and Defense
Chief Technology Officer
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (Former USAF Chief Scientist)
Major General Kent Savre, (USA-ret)
Senior Director
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems
Ron Dauk
Program Manager
Boeing Laser & Electro-Optical Systems
Christopher J. Pehrson
Vice President, Special Programs Parry Labs, LLC.
Colonel Rob Menti, (USA-ret) Business Development, Armament Systems
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems
John Knag
Vice-President Defense Technology Dedrone
Mark McKinnon
Partner
Fox Rothschild LLP
Patrick “Mike” Shortsleeve Sector Vice President
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
Chief Product Officer
Epirus
Jeffrey Starr
Chief Marketing Officer
D-FEND Solutions
Linda Ziemba
CEO & Founder
AeroDefense
I’ve avoided most CUAS conferences as they appeared to be a poor return on the financial time and financial investment. I signed up to attend based on my experiences with the previous ACI conference. Brad produced an exceptionally valuable conference on a complex and critical topic, continuing to meet the high expectations...
I learned a lot from the presenters, the audience questions, and the networking opportunities. I will continue to prioritize attending ACI’s conferences on various topics based on my experience this year.
CEO, Founder URSA Inc
The National Congress on Counter UAS Technology, held the 24th and 25th of May, 2022, was an excellent opportunity to hear from counter-UAS experts from across government, academia, and industry. The speakers were a perfect mix of senior leaders and decision makers and technical experts making the Congress an especially beneficial event for all participants and attendees. I came away with a much deeper understanding of the growing capabilities and concerns in UAS and counter-UAS research, development, and deployment. And, importantly, I came away with points of contact for future collaboration. Thank you to ACI for this expertly planned, managed, and executed Congress.
Senior Scientific Technology Manager, Chief, Weapons Sciences Division DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
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