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 […]
Bong Gumahad
Bong Gumahad is a national security systems development consultant. He served as a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES) as Director of the Command, Control, Communications, Computers/Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance Division in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. He was responsible for the acquisition oversight of the Intelligence […]
Brigadier General Rob Novotny, USAF (Ret.)
Robert G. Novotny is a retired Brigadier General from the United States Air Force with tremendous experience leading large and complex organizations across the globe. He possesses extensive experience in foreign government relations, resource management, strategic communication, crisis response, acquisition and innovation, leadership development, planning and organizational strategy. Rob provides innovative solutions to defense, aerospace, […]
Dr. Alan Tipton
Alan D. Tipton, Ph.D., is the founder of Alan Aerospace LLC. Alan received his B.E. in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics, cum laude, from Vanderbilt University in 2004. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 2006 and 2008 where he was a member of the Radiation Effects Research (RER) Group. […]
Dan Marrujo
Daniel Marrujo is a former Chief Strategy Officer and former Director of the Office of Research and Technology Applications (ORTA) at the Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA). Mr. Marrujo began his career in at Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, AZ., developing missile guidance systems for their advanced programs. He then moved to DMEA, in his hometown […]