
A discussion on leading innovations, disruptive technologies, and creative collaboration models for strengthening our defense industrial base and supply chain resilience across all domains
This program covers matters from both global and national perspectives … going beyond Defense and the Industrial Supply Base.
Discussion topics may include Federal, State, and Local policy and governance (e.g. Re-shoring), medical and healthcare concerns (e.g. Coronavirus), as well social and economic factors for supply chain resilience and ensuring our ability to protect our nation and the world.
Featured Speakers and Guests

GEN Keith Alexander, USA, Ret.
IronNet
Chairman

Ken Peterman
Comtech
Chairman, President & CEO

Maj. Gen.
John Olson
USSF
Chief of Space Operations Mobilization Assistant
Confirmation Pending

General Tim Ray, USAF (Ret.)
BENS
President & Chief Executive Officer

Lt. Gen. Harry Raduege, USSF (Ret.)
NCC
President and CEO

Scott McIntyre
Guidehouse
Chief Executive Officer

Vance Serchuk
KKR
Executive Director

Hon. Ellen M. Lord
Comtech
Board of Directors/Former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (DoD)

LTG Bruce Crawford, USA, Ret.
Comtech
Board Member

Kim Kagan
Institute for the Study of War
President

Preston Dunlap
Arkenstone Ventures
Founder/First (former) CTO and Chief Architect Officer, U.S. Space Force and Air Force

Col Nathan Diller, USAF, Ret.
U.S. House of Representatives
Congressional Committee Staffer (HAC-D PSM)

Maj Gen Kim Crider, USAF, Ret.
Elara Nova
Founding Partner

Benjamin Reed
Quantum Space LLC
Co-Founder and CTO

Jason Rathje
Office of Strategic Capital
Director
Confirmation Pending

André Pienaar
C5 Capital
Founder

Dr. JR DeShazo
LBJ School of
Public Affairs
Dean

Mark Gerencser
BENS
Chairman

Joshua Carlson
Dauntless Space
Managing Editor

Laura Winter
The DownLink, a Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast
Editor & Host

Brig Gen Chad Raduege, USAF, Ret.

Jim "hondo" Geurts
Advisory Board Chairman
Advisory Board Chairman/ Former Under Secretary of the Navy

Jana Monroe
Former FBI Agent and Profiler
Inspiration for Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs

Lauren Bedula
BENS
Member Board of Directors

Ben McNally
Gallium Solutions
Client Lead

Bong Gumahad
US GOV
Former Senior Executive Service (SES)

Nicole Robinson
Comtech
Chief Growth Officer

Daniel Gizinski
Comtech
Chief Strategy Officer

Congressman Ken Calvert
U.S. Representative for the 42nd Congressional District

Lauren Knausenberger
SAIC
Chief Innovation Officer

Vishal Amin
Microsoft Federal Defense
General Manager of Security Solutions

Trent Overhue
Silicon Heartland Holdings
Chairman

Richard Jackson
Oklahoma Attorney General's Office
Deputy Attorney General for Cybersecurity, Technology, and Digital Assets

Maj Gen Cameron Holt, USAF, Ret.
Holt Consulting Group LLC
President & Founder

David Rothzeid
Shield Capital
Vice President

Samuel Visner
The Aerospace Corporation
Technical Fellow

Tonya Wilkerson
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Deputy Director

Pete Modigliani
Beacon Global Strategies LLC
Vice President

Damon Feltman
Space Development Agency
Chief of Transport Layer

Benjamin Reed
Quantum Space
Co-Founder & CTO
