Rear Admiral Jay Bynum, USN (Ret.)
Jay is a retired Navy Rear Admiral with over three decades of operational leadership, government finance, data analytics, and congressional relations experience. He has served as the Navy enterprise lead for strategic planning & investment, operational analysis, as well as data analytics & knowledge management. Jay has commanded the USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT aircraft carrier strike […]
Michael Schellhammer
Michael Schellhammer is an expert in counterintelligence, insider risk, anti-terrorism and facility vulnerability. With over 35 years of experience in the US Army and Department of Defense, he has led intelligence, counterintelligence, anti- terrorism and protection units around the world. Michael was a Distinguished Military Graduate from the ROTC program at Mercyhurst College (now Mercyhurst […]
Mark D. Cheng
Mark Cheng is a national security leader with over 40 years of experience solving tough problems, building partnerships, and successfully conducting high risk/high return operations in the field and at enterprise level. Mark recently served as the Executive Director of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) from June 2019 – August 2022; previously served as […]
Kenneth A. LaBel
Kenneth A. LaBel was the program manager for the NASA Electronic Parts and Packaging (NEPP) Program for 15 years as well as a group leader for the Radiation Effects and Analysis Group (REAG) at NASA GSFC. He has won multiple awards at NASA and has published over 200 papers as author/co-author. Ken has taught multiple […]
Keith Avery
Keith Avery was a program manager for the Space Electronics Technology program and the Advanced Demonstration of On-orbit eXperiments flight program, the Chief Engineer for the Battlespace Environments Division and a subject matter expert in microelectronics and radiation effects for the Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate. His leadership roles in microelectronics and radiation […]
Heather McMahon
Heather McMahon is a senior executive leader, retired US Army Intelligence officer, board advisor, and Executive Consultant. Heather has extensive experience in complex international investigations, military operations during peacetime and conflicts, crisis management, counterintelligence, security, insider risk, critical technology protection and government relations. Today, Heather utilizes her experience and expertise to advise corporations on how to manage risk and defend against state-sponsored cyberattacks, insider threats, and intellectual […]
Gregg Panning
Gregg joined The Aerospace Corporation in 2016. He served as a Senior Member of the Technical Staff in the NNSA Defense Mission Assurance Directorate within the Civil Systems Group, where he provides industry, technology, and product leadership in areas including microelectronics, space and radiation hardening, and microelectronics trust and security. Gregg then joined SkyWater Technology […]
Brigadier General Dave Hicks, USAF (Ret.)
General David Hicks (ret.) served 30 years as an Air Force fighter pilot and General Officer. Dave retired as a Brigadier General working at the Air Force HQ Staff in the Pentagon. As the Director of Strategy, Concepts and Assessments, he was responsible for developing and synchronizing Air Force Strategy and Strategic Planning efforts and […]
Brandon Smith
Brandon Smith is a subject matter expert in the area of microelectronics and semiconductor fabrication, having worked in the U.S. Government and private industry across two decades. His experience includes roles as the Deputy Director of Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA), Director of Product Engineering at a data acquisition and predictive analytics company in the San […]
Dr. Michael Fritze
Dr. Michael Fritze spent 25 years in Microelectronics research at multiple organizations including MIT Lincoln Laboratory, the DARPA MTO office and the USC Information Sciences Institute. Currently Dr. Fritze is a Senior Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies where he works on microelectronics related policy topics. He has supported a number of USG […]