Fall Fed Supernova Schedule
Date
CDT
Schedule
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
SBIR Accelerator Showcase
Helena Krusec
Capital Factory, Senior Venture Partnerships Manager
Sean McIntosh
Foothold Labs, CEO
James Hancock
Parasanti, CEO
Arun Nair
Opslab.com, CEO and Founder
Why Fed Supernova? A Message from Texas University Leaders
Chancellor John Sharp
The Texas A&M University System, Chancellor
Dr. Richard Benson
The University of Texas at Dallas, President
Joshua Baer
Capital Factory, Founder & CEO of Capital Factory
Dr. Taylor Eighmy
University of Texas San Antonio, President
AFWERX Welcome Message
Gen David W. Allvin
USAF, Vice Chief of Staff
Lt Col Rock McMillan
SpaceWERX, Director
Defense Innovation Unit Welcome Message and Overview
Andrea Castillon
DIU, Austin City Lead
Awais Sheikh
Amazon Web Services, Strategic Planning Manager for DoD
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Overview and Welcome Message
David Grover
NGA, Lead Innovation Outreach Officer
Technology Focus Areas and Industry Engagement
Phil Chudoba
NGA, Associate Director for Capabilities
Fireside Chat: SECDEF Innovation Priorities
Ms. Heidi Shyu
DoD, Under Secretary of Research and Engineering
Mike Brown
DIU, Director
Fireside Chat on Innovation and Acquisitions: What Partnering Means for the Air Force
Maj Gen Cameron Holt
USAF, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Contracting
Joe Lonsdale
8VC, General Partner
Michael Piller
USAF, Contracting Officer
Industry Engagement Pipeline Process
Rick Myllenbeck
NGA, Industry Engagement Advisor
DoDX Ecosystem Counter-Intelligence Brief: The Threat Walks Among Us
David Rader
DoD, Deputy Director
Katherine Koleski
DIU, Program Analyst
AFWERX and SpaceWERX Overview
Lt Col Rock McMillan
SpaceWERX, Director
Philip Hahn
AFWERX, AFWERX Deputy
NGA Small Business Initiatives
Dale Rainey
NGA, Director, Office of Small Business Programs
Powering Our Future: Our Greatest Challenge and Greatest Opportunity
Jonathan Villasenor
US Army, Maneuver Chief, Maneuver, Aviation, Soldier, Lethality Robotics Division, FID, FCC, AFC
Doug French
DIU, Program Manager
Lee Robinson
DIU, Advanced Energy & Materials Portfolio
Empowering Innovation at the Operational Edge
Maj Steven Lauver
AFWERX, Spark Division Chief
Current and Future NGA Accelerators
Christine Woodard
NGA, STL Ecosystem Engagement Lead
National Security Innovation Investment: Get Capabilities to Market Faster
Tex Schenkkan
NSIC, Director
Abigail Desjardins
NSIN, Acceleration Portfolio Director
Rich Julien
Amazon Web Services, Public Sector VC and Startups Lead for National Security and Space
ASF Overview and Welcome Message
Vito Errico
Army Software Factory, Co-director
Rob Thomas
IBM, SVP Global Markets, IBM Sales
SBIR/STTR Success Stories
Helena Krusec
Capital Factory, Senior Venture Partnerships Manager
David Zakariaie
Senseye, CEO and Founder
John Chapman
Link to Learn, President
Jeff Brooks
Robotic Services Inc, Chief Operating Officer
Return on Investments & Upcoming Opportunities
Maj Jason Rathje
AFVentures, Director
Artificial Intelligence: Innovation at the Speed of Trust
John Stockton
Quantifind, Co-founder
Carol Smith
Carnegie Mellon University, Senior Research Scientist
Bryce Goodman
DIU, Chief Strategist for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
The Secret to Building an Outcomes-based DoD Software Culture
Hannah Hunt
Army Software Factory, Chief Product and Innovation Officer
Capt Rachele Szall
Kobayashi Maru (Kessel Run), Chief of Product
Austen Bryan
Platform One, Chief Operations Officer
Meagan Metzger
Dcode, CEO
Emerging Commercial Markets
Darshan Divakaran
AFWERX, Senior Operations Research Analyst
Tom Meagher
AFWERX, Prime Division Chief
Lt Col Rock McMillan
SpaceWERX, Director
Dyan Gibbens
AFWERX, Strategic Advisor
Building a Capable and Trusted Drone Ecosystem for the US and Our Partners
Sean Anderson
DIU, Project Manager
Joel Castillo
Office of Secretary of Defense (A&S), Unmanned Aircraft Systems/Robotic Autonomous Systems
Andrew Musto
DIU, Deputy Director, Autonomy
Jason Kirkpatrick
US Army Corps of Engineers, Program Manager
Turning Soldiers into Software Developers
Vito Errico
Army Software Factory, Co-director
BG Thomas Drew
U.S. Army Human Resources Command, Commanding General
Tirzah VanDamme
Army Software Factory, Chief Recruiter
Katharine Kelley
AFC, Chief Human Capital Officer
3D-printed Bases of the Future
Evan Loomis
ICON, Co-Founder
Brian Stevens
TMD CFMO, Director, Plans, Programs, and Innovation
Alex Goldberg
DIU, DIU Southwest Region Engagement Lead
Michael Cornitius
Texas Military Department, Command Senior Enlisted Leader
Corridors to Advance Air Mobility
Darshan Divakaran
AFWERX, Senior Operations Research Analyst
Ted Lehr
City of Austin, Data Architect
Adrian Doko
AUVSI, Lone Star, President
Lt Col Martin Salinas
AFWERX, COO
Glenn Hamer
TX Association of Business, President and CEO
Rob Lowe
FAA, Regional Administrator
Outcomes Matter: Enabling Continuous Delivery to Avoid Innovation Theater
Aaron Swain
VMware, Strategic Director of Digital Transformation
Hannah Hunt
Army Software Factory, Chief Product and Innovation Officer
Victoria Vanek
Kessel Run, Portfolio Lead for ADCP
Carlo Viray
Rise8, Inc., Innovation and Strategy Lead
Enrique Oti
Second Front Systems, Chief Technology Officer
Paul Puckett
United States Army, Director of Cloudy Things
Innovare Advancement Center: Collaboration and Innovation in Action
Karen Roth
AFRL, Chief Engineer
Dan Madden
Squadra Ventures, Principal, National Security
Steve Colenzo
Air Force Research Lab/Information Directorate, Technology Transfer Lead
Heather Hage
Griffiss Institute, President & CEO
Doing Business with DoD: Acquiring Software From Industry
Ben Homer
Kessel Run, Industry Engagement Lead
Davis Gunter
United States Air Force, Chief of Platform, Kobayashi Maru
Jason Zuniga
Army Software Factory, Co-director
Christina Mapa
Red Hat, Army Account Executive
Wade Johnston
Klas Government, Director of Innovation
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
NSIN Overview and Welcome Message
Matt Merighi
NSIN, Acting Director of Operations
Army Futures Command Welcome and Overview
LTG Thomas Todd
U.S. Army Futures Command, Deputy Commanding General
A Warm Welcome from Deloitte
Ed Van Buren
Deloitte AI Institute for Government, Principal, Government AI Lead & Executive Director
DOD and Academia: How Higher Education Can Advance National Security
Joseph Kopser
UT Austin, Special Advisor for Military Strategy, Office of the President
Ross Guieb
TAMU George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex, Executive Director
Guy Walsh
NSCC, Executive Director
What the Heck is an Army Cohort?
Jim Templin
AAL, Project Manager
James Ackermann
LRPF CFT, HQE
Guy Babbitt
Czero, Inc, CEO
Christopher Orlowski
US Army PEO Ground Combat Systems, Product Manager
Sudipto Ghoshal
Qualtech Systems, Inc., Chief Operating Officer
Naval Agility: Responding to the Changing Environment
RADM Lorin Selby
ONR, Chief of Naval Research
Opportunity Knocks: A Snapshot of Army Technology Priorities
Brian Halloran
AAL, Director of Solution Innovation
COL Steve Hart
U.S. Army, 75th Innovation Command
Matt Willis
Army Prize Competitions and Army Applied SBIR Program, Director
Chad Nash
PM PNT, Deputy & Technical Director
Spotlight: Atomus
Kaushal Saraf
Atomus, Co-Founder
Joel Joseph
Atomus, Co-Founder
NSIN Keynote
Moriba Jah
UT Austin, Associate Professor
The Cost of Not Pivoting
Heather Jo Richman
Defense Investor Network, Founder
CAPT Colin Supko
Trusted Capital, Director
Andrea Carpenter
US Navy, FITT Deputy
Jeanne Suchodolski
US Navy, Director, Innovation Protection Policy
Culture Change in the Department: Engaging Non-traditional Problem Solvers Through Collaboration
Dana Sanford
NSIN, NSIN Collaboration Portfolio Director
Spotlight: H4D Alumni - Learn to Win
Andrew Powell
Learn to Win, Co-founder and CEO
Lightning Talk: SBIR
Robert "Bob" Smith
Department of Navy SBIR/STTR, Director
Zac Staples
Fathom5, CEO
Fireside Hacks: A Conversation with Distributed Spectrum
Kedar Pavgi
NSIN, Program Manager
Alex Wulff
Distributed Spectrum, Co-Founder
Isaac Struhl
Distributed Spectrum, Co-Founder
Ben Harpe
Distributed Spectrum, Co-Founder
Lightning Talk: Tech Bridge Overview
Whitney Tallarico
NavalX, National Tech Bridge Director
Changing the Way We Change: The State of Government Contracting for Innovation
Anne Laurent
NCMA, Director, Professional Practice and Innovation
Casey Perley
AAL, Director, Insights and Analysis
Matt Willis
Army Prize Competitions and Army Applied SBIR Program, Director
Brian Cook
IBM, AFC & FORSCOM Account Manager
Laurice Sosa
Army Contracting Command, APG Program Integrator
National Service Portfolio: Our Most Important Asset - People Who Serve
Karen Fray
NSIN, National Service Portfolio Director
Energizing Future Generations
Dr. Richard Carlin
Office of Naval Research, Department Head
Rick Rocheleau
HNEI, Director
Kim Baker
Elemental Excelerator, Director of Innovation
Gwen Holdmann
Alaska Center for Energy and Power, Director
Tackling National Disasters: Global Center for Coordinated Response and Resiliency
Patrice A. Melançon
CWG Consulting, Sole Proprietor
Jeff DeCoux
Autonomy Institute, Founder and Chairman
Matt Borron
Association of Defense Communities, Executive Director
John Conger
Conger Strategies and Solutions, President
Ask Me Anything
Art Trevethan
AAL, Champion of Industry Opportunities
Brance Hudzietz
AAL, Entrepreneur in Residence
Christopher Orlowski
US Army PEO Ground Combat Systems, Product Manager
Chad Nash
PM PNT, Deputy & Technical Director
X-Force Fellowship Presentations
Magdalini Lagoudas
Texas A&M University, Executive Director, Industry and Nonprofit Partnerships
Jacob Pierce
Texas A&M, Student
Zachary Marvin
DroneHQ, CEO
Billy Dickson
NSIN X-Force, Software Developer
Teddy Chen
Georgia Tech, Student
Matt Luettgen
NSIN X-Force, Fellow
Nicholas Cali
DroneHQ, Co-founder
Alfonso Acosta
X-Force, Fellow
Lightning Talk: Naval Enterprise Sustainment Technology Team (NESTT)
Joseph Sparks
Naval Air Systems Command, COMFRC Advanced Technology Lead
Tech for Tomorrow’s Battlefield: How Concepts of the Future Drive Investments Today
BG Stephanie Ahern
AFC, Director of Concepts
Jean Vettel
AFC, Chief Scientist for Futures and Concepts Center
Chris Milroy
NVIDIA, Senior Data Scientist
Tien Pham
U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, Chief Scientist, Senior Science Technical Manager for CISD
LTG(R) John Morgan
IBM, Partner, Federal DOD/Army Co-Lead
Ensuring Joint Success: The Next Step In Innovation for the Department
Paul Norwood
Deloitte Consulting, Consultant
Alex Goldberg
DIU, DIU Southwest Region Engagement Lead
COL Jay Wisham
AAL, Director
Lt Col Martin Salinas
AFWERX, COO
Jim Rabuck
NSIN, Director, Southwest Region
Public-Private Partnerships: A Human Network to Support Unmanned Systems
Olinda Rodas
Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, Human Factors Engineer
Whitney Tallarico
NavalX, National Tech Bridge Director
CAPT Michael Brasseur
U.S. Navy, Commodore
Frank Kelley
DAU, Vice President
