MAD SCIENTIST 2018

Installations of the Future 19-20 June 2018 Georgia Tech Research Institute Atlanta, GA

PRESENTER BIOGRAPHIES Mr. Joe L. Brooks

Director, Electronic, Optics, and Systems Directorate Georgia Technical Research Institute

Mr. Brooks provides leadership for the Electronics, Optics, and Systems Directorate, develops and executes strategic plans, coordinates with other executive managers, and manages budgets to accomplish the objectives of GTRI and Georgia Tech. Mr. Brooks has management and technical oversight for projects in electronic warfare, avionics integration and interoperability, C4I systems design and test, air & missile defense, and systems engineering methodologies. Mr. Brooks was responsible for development of integrated electronic warfare systems for a variety of tactical aircraft, including Special Operations, Air Mobility, and Air National Guard platforms. He was the responsible manager for more than ten major software development efforts. Mr. Brooks has extensive program engagements with the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, USSOCOM, Air Force Research Lab, Army PEO-IEW&S, Army CECOM, and NAVAIR. He designed components of a radar warning system for the Air Force. He managed and led systems engineering for defensive avionics systems development for Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) helicopters and Air Mobility Command transport aircraft. He led test and evaluation tasks for the AFSOC H-53 integrated electronic warfare suite. He led major upgrades for a widely used missile warning system.

Career Chronology: Director, Electronic, Optics, and Systems Directorate, GTRI; 2014-Present Director, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI; 2010-2014 Chief, Systems Technology & Analysis Division, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI; 2006-2010 Head, Systems Integration Branch, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI; 1990-2006 Systems Engineer, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI; 1982-1990

Education: 1982 Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA 1986 Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA

Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) Mr. Richard G. Kidd IV

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Strategic Integration

Mr. Richard Kidd serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Strategic Integration. In this roll he leads the strategy development, resource requirements, and overall business transformation processes for the Office within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment. He is also responsible for developing and monitoring performance metrics for the Army’s installation management community as well as leading a strategic effort to examine options for future Army installations.

This is Mr. Kidd’s fourth assignment as a Senior Executive within the Federal Government. Previously Mr. Kidd has held Senior Executive assignments in the Department of State, the Department of Energy and the Department of the Army. Additionally, he was selected to serve on assignment to the White House, where he created and led the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council.

Mr. Kidd graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1986 and served as an Infantry Officer in the United States Army until 1991. After receiving a Master’s Degree in Public and Private Management from Yale University, he joined the United Nations in 1993. For the next six years he held a variety of international assignments, principally in war affected regions of the world to include service in Rwanda, Bosnia, and Afghanistan. After returning to the United States, he helped to start an international non-profit organization modelling the effects of conflict upon civilian communities.

Following the events of 9/11 he returned to public service where he joined the Department of State's Bureau of Political Military-Affairs in 2001. Initially he worked on Afghan policy issues before serving as a Special Assistant, Office Director and Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary.

In July of 2008 he transferred to the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy where he was responsible for leading the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP). In this position he helped to craft energy policy for Federal agencies, contributed to Presidential Executive Orders and assisted all Federal agencies in meeting statutory energy and sustainability requirements in order to promote energy security and environmental stewardship.

Mr. Kidd returned to the Army as a civilian executive in October of 2010 as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy and Sustainability. In this position he was responsible for the oversight and implementation of all programs and initiatives related to Energy Security and Sustainability.

Mr. Kidd was selected to join the White House staff in July of 2016 where he was responsible for standing up a new Federal entity, the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (FPISC). He served as that entity’s first Executive Director before once again returning to the Army in January of 2017. LTG Gwen Bingham

Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management

Lieutenant General Gwen Bingham is a native of Troy, Alabama. She graduated from Army ROTC as a Distinguished Military Graduate from the University of Alabama in August 1981 with a Bachelor of Science degree in General Business Management. She was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. Lieutenant General Bingham has a Master’s degree in Administration from Central Michigan University and a Master’s degree in National Security Strategy and Resources from the National Defense University.

Lieutenant General Bingham has attended numerous training schools commensurate with her rank and is the recipient of numerous military and civic awards and decorations. She has served in a myriad of staff and leadership positions throughout her career in both the Continental United States and overseas. Lieutenant General Bingham deployed in April, 2010 in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom while serving as Special Assistant to the Commanding General, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait; Kabul, Afghanistan and Kandahar, Afghanistan. LTG Bingham has been a trailblazer serving as the first woman to hold numerous positions as a General Officer. They include: the Army’s 51st Quartermaster General and Commandant of the US Army Quartermaster School, Fort Lee, Virginia; the Commanding General, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico and as Commanding General, Tank-automotive and Armaments Lifecycle Management Command, Warren, Michigan. On 30 June 2016, she was confirmed by the Senate for promotion to Lieutenant General and assignment in the Pentagon as the Army Assistant Chief of Staff, Installation Management. Mr. Michael Stehn

Specialist Master Strategy & Analytics, Government & Public Services Deloitte Consulting, LLP

Mr. Mike Stehn serves as the primary offering lead for Deloitte’s Federal Consulting Smart Base Team for Army, Navy, and Marine Corps projects. He delivers strategy planning, implementation plans, and drive delivery of “Smart Solutions” for DoD Installations, airfields, and ports. Mike also leads a team focused on supporting the White House Office of American Innovation for the Modernization of Federal Government’s Information Technology systems. Mike has been at Deloitte for almost three years. He regularly speaks at industry conference and leader events on security, intelligence, and smart technology issues.

Prior to joining Deloitte, Mike was the President and CEO of Achilles Consulting Group, where he was delivering intelligence and security solutions to Fortune 500 companies. Prior to his consulting work, Mike served as a senior policy advisory at the Defense Intelligence Agency from 2012-2015, where he worked in DIA’s Counterintelligence Program (Operations). Mike also specialized in intelligence operational activity in South and Southeast Asia.

Mike retired from the Army in 2011 after serving 21 years and reaching the rank of CW4, where he served as a Counterintelligence Agent (Technician) and Human Intelligence Warrant Officer. Mike served in numerous operational and staff positions including 1st Special Forces Group (A), 524 MI BN (Rep of Korea (multiple tours), 7th Special Forces Group (A), Support to Joint Special Operations Command, Special Agent in Charge (Ft. Irwin, CA), S2X 1/25th SBCT including deployment to Mosul, Iraq 2004-05, J2X Special Operations Command Pacific, including multiple deployments to the Philippines in support of GWOT.

Mike graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science (B.S.) in Leadership Management from Excelsior College in Albany, NY. Mike was awarded numerous awards and decoration during his military career including Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Master Parachutist Badge, and Combat Action Badge. Mike has also been awarded numerous foreign awards including Korean, Thai, Canadian, and Australian Airborne badges. Mr. Tyler M. O’Connor

Senior Consultant Strategy & Analytics, Government & Public Services Deloitte Consulting, LLP

Mr. Tyler O’Connor is a Senior Consultant in Deloitte’s Government and Public Services sector. He is a strategy and analytics consultant with an emphasis on Smart Bases. As a strategy and analytics consultant, Tyler supports cross-functional decision-making; enterprise model design; data strategies and insights; and optimization of data and decision support systems. Tyler’s clients have included the US Air Force A4-Logistics Chief Information Office Division, as well as the DoD Insider Threat Management and Analysis Center (DITMAC) inside the Defense Security Service (DSS).

Prior to joining Deloitte, Mr. O’Connor served as an infantry officer in the United States Army. During his time in the Army, Tyler served as a light infantry Platoon Leader in the 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Carson, CO, a Platoon Leader and Executive Officer in the 3d Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) at Ft. Myer, VA, and a Joint Task Force Executive Officer for the Special Operations Advisory Group (SOAG) outside of Kabul.

Mr. O’Connor has two deployments to Afghanistan, one as a combat Platoon Leader with 1-12 Infantry Regiment in Kunar Province in 2012, and one with the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in 2015-16. In his last assignment with JSOC, Tyler was responsible for a wide range of logistics and life-support operations in support of official Army and Joint operations in the Afghanistan theatre of Operations.

Mr. O’Connor holds a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Political Science degree from Arizona State University, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from George Washington University. As a military officer, Tyler was awarded the Bronze Star (2), Army Commendation and Achievement Medals (2), National Defense Service Medal, Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Parachutist Badge, and Ranger Tab. Dr. Michael E. Legatt

Chief Executive Officer and Founder ResilientGrid, Inc.

Dr. Michael E. Legatt is the CEO and founder of ResilientGrid, Inc., whose mission is to grow resilient infrastructures by optimizing the human side of the infrastructure management. Dr. Legatt has been a programmer for over 20 years, and worked in the energy, financial, medical, neuroscience research and educational sectors. He has a Ph.D. in Clinical Health Psychology/Neuropsychology, a Ph.D. in Energy Systems Engineering, and is a Certified Performance Technologist. As an amateur (ham) radio operator, he received a commendation for providing emergency communications during the 2003 blackout in the northeastern United States, which sparked his interest in the psychology of critical infrastructure management. He works to build systems designed to provide operators with needed information, optimizing for perception, speed, comprehension, and stress management. He also works at the organizational level to support the growth of high reliability organizational culture in critical infrastructure. Prior to founding ResilientGrid, Dr. Legatt spent ten years as the principal human factors engineer for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), where his development of the Macomber Map® has been helping ERCOT operators for over ten years, and Southwest Power Pool operators for over three years, to maintain situational awareness in a variety of grid conditions, in training, simulations, and real-time operations, including region's top records of wind integration (62% SPP, 54% ERCOT). Dr. Legatt also works in several other areas of organizational resiliency, including organizational culture, collaboration in emergency situations, and the role of creativity and anticipatory resiliency/antifragility in reducing organizational costs and risks. For one client, through a variety of organizational changes, he supported their moving from a bottom 10th percentile to top ten “Best Places to Work” culture in under two years. He has built the roadmaps for, and facilitated several organizations’ transformations towards improved organizational culture. Michael has presented at several industry and government events around the roles of organizational culture and the needs to focus on human-computer interaction within complex sociotechnical systems, and has contributed to several articles, research projects, and books on the subject. Dr. Legatt also works on the behavioral aspects of end-user electric use, researching electric vehicle to grid integration, behavioral aspects of conservation and consumer awareness in grid management, and the cybersecurity, behavioral, and reliability issues that arise with integration of new technologies across layers of the grid. He was the principal investigator on a collaborative research project between ERCOT, University of Texas at Austin, EV-TEC and Pecan Street Project, studying the integration of electric vehicle charging and driver behavioral patterns with the bulk electric system. This research project studied the viability of EVs to intelligently charge in a distributed fashion and provide ancillary services, enhancing grid stability and resiliency. Dr. Margaret Loper

Chief Scientist, Information & Communications Laboratory, Georgia Tech Research Institute

Associate Director, Georgia Tech Institute for Information Security and Privacy

Chief Technology Officer, Georgia Tech Center for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies

Dr. Margaret Loper is the Chief Scientist for the Information & Communications Laboratory at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, an Associate Director for the Georgia Tech Institute for Information Security and Privacy, and the Chief Technology Officer for the Georgia Tech Center for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies (CDAIT). She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Central Florida, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University. Margaret has worked in Modeling and Simulation for more than 30 years, specifically focused on parallel and distributed systems. She is a founding member of the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) and received service awards for her work with the Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) and High Level Architecture (HLA) standards and the DIS/SISO transition. Her research contributions are in the areas of temporal synchronization, simulation testing, and simulation communication protocols. Margaret has taught simulation courses for both academic and professional education for more than 10 years. She is a founding member of Georgia Tech’s Professional Masters in Applied Systems Engineering (PMASE) degree program, where she teaches the core M&S course. Margaret started the M&S professional education certificate through the GT School of Professional Education, and has taught hundreds of students since it started in 2007. In 2015, she published a book on modeling and simulation in the systems engineering life cycle.

Since 2010, Margaret has been focused on technology strategy, starting strategic initiatives on Big Data & Analytics, Internet of Things, and Smart Cities. Her current research is focused on gray zone warfare in urban environments, computational trust algorithms for machine-to-machine systems, and situational awareness in smart cities and megacities. Ms. Wendy L. Wise

Director, Software Engineering Honeywell

Ms. Wendy Wise is the Director of Software Engineering at Honeywell. Based in Atlanta, she provides thought leadership and technical direction to an innovative team of builders and makers. She is a tech geek and early adopter and is thrilled that her role at Honeywell allows her to flourish in both areas.

Wendy has written articles, published podcasts and videos on Augmented and Virtual Realities for O’Reilly Media and her book on beginning Swift programming, Anyone Can Create an App, was published in 2017 by Manning Publications. She is always learning and challenging herself, especially in trying to balance her love of triathlons with her love of good bourbon and craft beer. She has been married for 19 years and has one adorable dog.

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Mr. Albert Crews

Honeywell Building Technologies Global Director of Offer Management and Strategy Connected Building

Mr. Albert Crews is a visionary leader with a record of achievement in strategy, innovation, product/service management, technology and business development, and product operations. He frequently collaborates with C-level leaders and key stakeholders to drive innovation. Albert has an entrepreneurial spirit and relationship building skills with a special talent for transitioning strategy into action and achievement. His diverse experience spans from technology manufacture, service provider to enterprise consulting firms within the global IoT, Software, Analytics, Communications, and Technology sectors.

Albert currently serves as Director of Offer Management and Strategy, Connected Building, Honeywell Building Technology. He is responsible for the “Internet of Things (IoT)” new growth software portfolio. He leads strategy, product planning and marketing for Building IoT solutions across multiple product team, engineering, and other functions, and working with partners globally.

Prior to his assignment at Honeywell, Mr. Crews held roles of increasing responsibility in engineering, marketing and solution development at AT&T. He most recently served as the Senior Director of Global Product Marketing and Development for Digital Life where he built a global cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) ecosystem for IoT enabled Connected Home, Business, Car, Health, and Cities.

Albert holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Christian Brothers University in Memphis, TN, a Master’s of Arts Degree in Executive Management from Christian Brothers University in Memphis, TN and an Executive Masters of Business Administration from Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, GA. Albert has published several industry white papers and has served as an industry spokesperson both domestically and internationally at the Institute for International Research (IIR), EuroForum, International Engineering Consortium (IEC), All Optical Networks Conference, National Fiber Optic Engineering Conference (NFOEC/OFC), and North American Network Operators’s Group (NANOG) conferences.

Albert is passionate about global initiatives, strategy, and entrepreneurial mindsets. He has collaborated on some incredible initiatives with amazing teams, resulting in a legacy of leadership success built on a foundation of innovation.

Mr. Crews was born in Memphis, TN, and currently resides in Atlanta, GA. Ms. Grace Simrall

Chief of Civic Innovation and Technology Louisville Metro Government

Ms. Grace Simrall was named Chief of Civic Innovation and Technology for Louisville Metro Government in August 2016. She is responsible for advising the Mayor and leading the city’s Smart City initiative, transforming the resident experience of digital government, and facilitating co-creation of breakthrough civic innovations. Prior to this role, Ms. Simrall served as Executive Director of Innovation at Care Innovations, a joint venture between Intel and GE Healthcare, where she was responsible for the company’s innovation and analytics initiatives. In 2010, she founded iGlass Analytics, a startup focused on delivering data management and analytics solutions in the healthcare technology space.

Ms. Simrall earned a bachelor’s degree in the geophysical sciences from the University of Chicago and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Louisville’s Speed School of Engineering.

Mr. Justin Bean

Director of Smart Spaces and Video Intelligence Marketing Hitachi Vantara

Mr. Justin Bean is the Director of Smart Spaces and Video Intelligence Marketing at Hitachi Vantara, which brings Internet of Things (IoT) solutions to market with the mission of social innovation. Justin has worked with Silicon Valley startups and fortune 500s that are applying IoT and other disruptive technologies to improve our lives and cities. He has worked in the US, Japan and South Africa on projects that include smart cities, smart parking, electric vehicles, renewable energy, machine learning and 3D printing. He was the recipient of the THINK Prize in from renowned innovation and design firm IDEO for their Financial Empowerment Challenge. He also served in Americorps NCCC with a focus on empowering disadvantaged communities, holds an MBA in sustainable management, and resides in San Francisco, California. .

MG Maria R. Gervais

Deputy Commanding General Combined Arms Center - Training

Major General Maria R. Gervais received her Regular Army commission in 1987 as a Distinguished Military Graduate of the Lander College Reserve Officer Training Corps program in Greenwood, South Carolina, and was assigned to the Chemical Branch. Her professional military education includes: Chemical Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Command and General Staff College, and U.S. Army War College where she received a Master of Military Strategic Studies. She earned a Master of Arts in Human Resources from Webster University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Lander College. MG Gervais has served in a variety of command and staff assignments at every level including: Brigade Chemical Officer and Headquarters Executive Officer, 17th Field Artillery Brigade, Augsburg, Germany; Platoon Leader and Executive Officer, 11th Chemical Company, Nelligen, Germany; Battalion Chemical Officer, 1st Battalion, 227 Aviation Regiment (ATTACK), 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Division NBC Element Director, Division Headquarters and Headquarters’ Company Commander, and Brigade Chemical Officer, 101st Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Joint Chiefs of Staff J5 intern, Pentagon, Policy and Strategy Directorate, Weapons Technology Control Division and Systems Integrator for Smoke and Decon Systems, Headquarters Department of the Army, G3, DAMO-FDB; Executive Officer to the III Corps G3, Fort Hood, Texas; Operations Officer, 2nd Chemical Battalion, 13th Corps Support Command; Logistical Planner and Chief of Operations, 21st Theater Support Command (TSC), Kaiserslautern, Germany; Battalion Commander, 82nd Chemical Battalion and Chief of Staff, United States Army Chemical School and Maneuver Support Center, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Commander, United States Army Environmental Command, Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland; Chief of Staff, Iraq Train and Advise Mission (ITAM) Director, Baghdad, Iraq; Division Chief for Full Dimension Protection, HQDA G-8, Pentagon; Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Cadet Command and Fort Knox, Fort Knox, Kentucky, and the 28th Chief of Chemical and the Commandant of the U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear School. Her awards and decorations include: four Legions of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, seven Meritorious Service Medals, two Joint Service Commendation medals, six Army Commendation Medals, two Army Achievement Medals, Iraqi Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, two National Defense Service Medals, Southwest Asia Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Army Service Ribbon, two Overseas Service Ribbons, Kuwait Liberation Medal, Saudi Arabia Kuwait Liberation Medal, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Joint Staff Identification Badge, Army Staff Identification Badge, and the Joint Meritorious Unit Award. Mr. Ed Blayney

Innovation Project Manager, Office of Performance Improvement and Innovation, Louisville Metro Government

Mr. Ed Blayney (@edblayney) is an Innovation Project Manager in the Office of Performance Improvement and Innovation (@opi2lou) for Louisville Metro Government (KY) and a 2016 Route 50 Navigator Award recipient. His projects focus on Smart Cities, Smart Mobility, digital inclusion, and civic tech. Before joining Louisville Metro, he served as an infantry officer in US Army and completed his graduate studies at the School of Government at UNC-Chapel Hill.

COL Clinton W. Cox

Fort Benning Garrison Commander

COL Cox was born in Nuremburg, Germany and raised at numerous Army installations. He graduated from Longwood University in 1996 and received his commission in the Infantry. His first assignment was as a Rifle Platoon Leader, Company XO and Battalion Motor Officer in 1-18 IN, 1st Infantry Division at Schweinfurt, Germany, deploying in support of Operations in Bosnia and Macedonia. In 1999, he graduated from the Armor Captain's Career Course and was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division (AASLT) at Fort Campbell, KY, where he served as the Division's Assault Command Post OIC. In 2001-2004, he was reassigned to 3rd Brigade and served as the Brigade Battle Captain and Commander, Alpha Company 3-187 IN during the start of combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq in support of the Global War on Terrorism. After redeploying from Iraq he was selected to organize and assume command of the Army's Experimental Force Company at Fort Benning, GA. After this command, he attended the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. From 2006-2011, he returned to the 101st Airborne Division as a Major with duty in the G3 current operations and as the CJTF-101 Joint Operations Center Chief during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF). He then deployed to Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and assumed duties as the S3, and later XO for 2-502 IN, 2nd BCT, 101st. In 2009 he assumed duties as the Operations Officer for 2nd BCT "STRIKE" preparing the BCT and then deploying to southern Afghanistan, as part of the 2010-11 surge to defeat the insurgency in Kandahar Province. From 2011-2013, COL Cox commanded 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd BCT, 101st and deployed to OEF where he advised and assisted the 3rd Brigade, 203rd Afghan National Army. In 2014, COL Cox attended the National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington DC. Following Senior Service College graduation, COL Cox was assigned to the Joint Staff, J3 Operations Directorate, where he served in the J35 Joint Operations Division Global Force Management (JOD- GFM). COL Cox's awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal (3 OLC), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (2 OLC), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal (6 OLC), the Combat Infantryman Badge, Expert Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, Pathfinder Badge, Air-Assault Badge and Ranger Tab. His military education includes the Infantry Basic, Armor Advanced Course, and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He holds a Master of Science Degree in National Security and Resource Strategy.

Dr. Marco M. Carvalho

Florida Institute of Technology College of Engineering and Science Harris Institute for Assured Information

Dr. Marco M. Carvalho is a Professor in Computer Sciences at the Florida Institute of Technology, in Melbourne, FL/USA. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Brasilia, where he also completed his M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in dynamic systems. Dr. Carvalho also holds a M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of West Florida and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Tulane University, with specialization in Machine Learning and Data Mining.

Before joining Florida Tech, Dr. Carvalho served as a Research Scientist at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC), where he led research teams in areas including knowledge elicitation and modeling, distributed intelligent systems, tactical communication systems, and human-automation teamwork for cyber operations and defense. During his tenure at IHMC Dr. Carvalho has also led research efforts sponsored by the DoE and DoD on the security of smart buildings, and environmental sensor networks.

At Florida Tech, Dr. Carvalho serves as the Executive Director of the Harris Institute for Assured Information (HIAI), where he leads a number of research efforts on the interactions of humans and autonomous systems for missions critical and cyber operations. He also leads a number of efforts sponsored by the DoD and DHS S&T on Cyber Command and Control, and Federated cybersecurity.

Dr. Carvalho currently servers Dean of the College of Engineering and Science, at Florida Tech, leading the academic and research initiatives of and Engineering and Science programs at the Florida Institute of Technology. Dr. Carvalho can be contacted at [email protected]. Dr. Gisele Bennett

Senior Vice President for Research, and Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Florida Institute of Technology

Member, Army Science Board

Dr. Gisele Bennett is Senior Vice President for Research, and Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Florida Institute of Technology. Dr. Bennett is an internationally respected optics researcher, with more than 22 years of research experience with 17 years in research administration.

Dr. Bennett also serves as a Regents’ Researcher for the University System of Georgia, holds the Glenn Robinson Chair in Electro-Optics, and is a professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She formerly led a research lab with over $45 million in research funding. At Georgia Tech, Bennett specialized in fostering research collaborations for faculty and staff leading to sponsored research projects.

Dr. Bennett has a strong research funding record from industry, federal, and Department of Defense sources. She has over 130 publications in books or book chapters, refereed journals, technical reports and workshops.

Dr. Bennett is also a member of the Army Science Board. She is a Fellow in the Optical Society (OSA) and International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). She holds officer positions in OSA and IEEE and serves in a variety of professional activities involving optical engineering research. She has been a topical editor and is currently a feature editor for Applied Optics and is a visiting lecturer for SPIE and OSA.

Dr. Bennett has served as a research proposal reviewer for the National Institute of Health and National Science Foundation and a reviewer for numerous referred journals. She is one of the first 10 Fellows chosen for Georgia Tech’s University Leadership program. In 2017, she won the Progress and Service Award for Sustained Impact in Administration from the Georgia Tech Research Corporation. Dr. David W. Pittman

Director, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center Vicksburg, Mississippi

Director of R&D and Chief Scientist, US Army Corps of Engineers

Dr. David W. Pittman became the Director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), headquartered in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in March 2017. As Director, he manages one of the most diverse research organizations in the world – seven laboratories located in four states, with more than 2,100 employees, $1.2 billion in facilities, and a $1 billion annual program. The center’s research and development supports the Department of Defense and other agencies in military and civilian projects. Principal mission areas include military engineering, geospatial research and engineering, civil works and water resources, and environmental quality and installations. Research is conducted in many diverse areas, including airfields and pavements, compliance and conservation, environmental impacts, environmental quality, facilities engineering, flood control, geotechnical engineering and geosciences, geospatial data, hydropower, installation restoration, information technology, mapping, materials, mobility, navigation, oceanography, protective structures, recreation, regulatory functions, structural engineering, sustainment engineering, topography, and winter climatic conditions. Dr. Pittman is also the Director of Research and Development and Chief Scientist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In that role, he is responsible for creating policy and performing strategic planning, direction and oversight of R&D for the Corps’ Military and Civil Works programs and for the Warfighter. He advise the Chief of Engineers on matters of science and technology and sets conditions for success in all S&T conducted in the Corps. Prior to his assuming his current position, Dr. Pittman served as the ERDC Deputy Director from April 2015 to March 2017. Mr. Ryan Leary

Solutions Architect NVIDIA

Ryan Leary is a solutions architect specializing in speech and natural language processing at NVIDIA. Prior to joining NVIDIA, Ryan was the Chief Technology Officer of Qntfy, a technology solutions provider bridging data science and human behavior. He has contributed machine learning and distributed computing expertise spanning many fields and projects, across private and Government customers. Ryan was chiefly responsible for the design of Qntfy's streaming analytics processing platform providing near real-time analysis of massive quantities of data. Prior to joining Qntfy, he worked as a Research Scientist at BBN Technologies in their Speech, Language, and Multimedia department. He has demonstrated expertise in the end-to-end architecting of advanced software pipelines for purposes of large-scale machine learning in production environments. He has published research in peer-reviewed venues on machine learning techniques tailored for scalability and performance as well as natural language processing for mental health applications. Previously, Ryan worked as a Computer Security Analyst with the U.S. Government where he architected secure communications solutions for senior U.S. leadership. He was later recognized by the government for the impact of this work. Mr. Leary earned a M.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University, and a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Ms. Caitlin Durkovich

Director, Toffler Associates

Ms. Caitlin Durkovich is a Director at Toffler Associates, a strategic consulting and advisory firm that architects better futures for public and private sector clients around the globe with an unwavering commitment to be the catalyst for change. A recognized expert in critical infrastructure security and resilience, including cybersecurity, Caitlin helps public and private sector clients navigate the complex operational challenges posed by an increasingly interconnected and interdependent global economy. Over the course of nearly two decades of developing physical and cyber risk management approaches, Caitlin has successfully advanced public-private partnerships that drive thought leadership, influence policy, and evolve industry practices to manage security and operational risks. Caitlin served nearly eight years in the Obama Administration, including four years as Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection with the Department of Homeland Security. She led the mission to protect critical infrastructure and redefined public-private risk management for emerging issues like complex mass attacks, electric grid security, cybersecurity, GPS resilience, and climate adaptation planning. Her experience also includes leading homeland security projects with several government agencies while at Booz Allen Hamilton and pioneering early warning cyber intelligence at iDefense (acquired by Verisign). Caitlin earned a B.A. in public policy studies from the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University and a certificate in business strategy from The Aspen Institute. Lester Martinez-Lopez, M.D., M.P.H.

Major General (Retired), U.S. Army

Dr. Lester Martinez-Lopez is the President of Martinez Medical Consulting, LLC, a firm that provides consulting services in the health care industry. Since 2015 he has served as the President of the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium, an organization that fosters research and development collaboration between the U.S. Army, industry, and academia. Previously he was the Chief Medical Officer at Brandon Regional Hospital in Brandon, Florida. There he provided leadership in optimizing medical staff performance and participation in quality, efficiency, and patient safety initiatives for a 407 bed hospital. In 2006, he was the Senior Vice-President & Administrator of the Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital in Houston, Texas where he directed a 332 licensed-bed acute care teaching hospital. In 2005, Dr Martinez-Lopez retired from the U.S. Army with the permanent rank of Major General as the first Hispanic to head the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command at Fort Detrick, Maryland. His responsibilities included directing the Army’s worldwide medical research, acquisition, and logistics program. He oversaw a vast research portfolio that included cancer, trauma, infectious diseases, biodefense, chemical defense, nutrition, environmental health, aviation medicine, and telemedicine research. In addition he directed the premier national biological and chemical defense laboratories and research program and led the development of the National Biodefense Campus at Fort Detrick, MD. Prior to these duties he was the Commanding General of the Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine at Edgewood, Maryland. In this assignment he directed a worldwide public health organization, responsible for preventive medicine, health promotion and wellness, global medical surveillance, occupational and environmental health, and health risk communication. During his previous military career he was the commander of three distinct hospitals, he oversaw the military health support during Hurricane Mitch in Central America, and served as the Chief Medical Officer of the United Nation’s Mission in Haiti. Dr. Martinez-Lopez was born in Puerto Rico. In 1978, he graduated from the School of Medicine in the University of Puerto Rico and later on completed his Master in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Family Practice and the American Board of Preventive Medicine. His awards include the U.S. Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with Three Oak Clusters, The Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Army’s Meritorious Service Medal with three oak clusters, the Senior Flight Surgeon Badge, the U.S. Surgeon General’s Medal, and the Woodrow Wilson Award for Distinguished Government Service from Johns Hopkins University. In addition he has a Doctor in Education (Honoris Causa) degree from the Caribbean University in Puerto Rico. He is a member of multiple professional organizations as well as a member and former member of multiple professional organization boards to include the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, the Puerto Rico Consortium for Clinical Investigation, and the Army Science Board.

Ms. Mary Crannell

President and Founder, Idea Sciences

Ms. Mary Crannell is president and founder of Idea Sciences, a sixteen-year-old company that helps leaders map strategy, leverage talent and transform organizational culture. Mary’s organizational systems background coupled with her global work experience provide a robust backdrop for creating human and information systems that support the strategic goals of an organization. Idea Sciences offers "decision assurance" to enterprises -- government, non-governmental organizations, and commercial. Ms. Crannell serves as the Vice Chair on the Arlington County Information Technology Advisory Commission (ITAC) and is a member of the Kogod School of Business, Information Technology Executive Council, American University. In addition, she serves on the U.S. Army Science Board. Ms. Crannell is an adjunct professor at The George Washington University, and holds a M.A.T. from Colgate University and a B.A. from Eisenhower College of Rochester Institute of Technology. Mr. Rick Berg

Tesko Consulting

Rick is a highly accomplished, hands-on executive with over 30 years of experience who has provided strategic and operational leadership on a wide range of marketing and customer engagement strategy projects. His clients have included The Coca-Cola Company, Lockheed Martin, The Woodruff Arts Center, Northrup Grumman, Cox Automotive, Intercontinental Hotels and other leading Fortune 500 companies.

At the Woodruff Arts Center, he developed an innovative Engagement Strategy using the logic theory concept of Modus Ponens to prioritize activities so that they are strategic responses to macro societal trends such as ‘Mobile as a Gateway’ & ‘The Age of Impatience’.

At Coca-Cola, he helped to develop a Global Digital Landscape and mapped over 2,400 digital assets to 10 macro digital trends which allowed Coke to reallocate over $1.1bn in annual spend to emerging areas such as Social, eCommerce and Analytics.

Rick helped to develop a market-entry strategy for Cox Communications for a vehicle subscription service that will allow to consumers not just buy or lease a car or truck, but allows them to ‘FlexDrive’ their choice from a vehicle fleet on a weekly basis.

In this day of collaboration, Rick stood-up a Partner organization within a consulting company that screened over 350 companies for complementary skill sets and helped to sell over 150 successful projects with a core group of Partners.

On a personal note, after beating Stage-4 cancer, he recently completed a 4,600 solo bicycle ride across the USA over 218 days to see over 300 friends & family – a project he called RickToPortland (details on FB). He has served on the Boards of the American Cancer Society, Resource Systems Group and Theatrical Outfit. He can be reached at [email protected]

Ms. Debra Lam

Managing Director, Smart Cities and Inclusive Innovation Georgia Tech

Ms. Debra Lam is the Managing Director of Smart Cities and Inclusive innovation for Georgia Tech, and has a mandate to drive smart communities and urban innovation work across the university and beyond. Prior to this, she served as Pittsburgh's first ever Chief of Innovation & Performance where she oversaw all technology, sustainability, performance and innovation functions of city government. She crafted the city's first strategic plan for innovation, Inclusive Innovation Roadmap. Prior to that, she was a management consultant at a global engineering and design firm. She has been the recipient of various awards, including one of the top 50 Women in Technology nationally. She has worked and lived in New York, the United Kingdom, China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and University of California, Berkeley Mr. Jordan Gillis

Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army Installations, Energy and Environment

Mr. Jordan Gillis was appointed as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment (ASA IE&E) and became the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment (ASA IE&E) on 16 October 2017. He is the primary advisor to the Secretary of the Army and Chief of Staff of the Army on all Army matters related to Installation policy, oversight and coordination of energy security and management. He is also responsible for policy and oversight of sustainability and environmental initiatives; resource management including design, military construction, operations and maintenance; Base Realignment And Closure (BRAC); privatization of Army family housing, lodging, real estate, utilities; and the Army’s installations Safety and Occupational Health (SOH) programs.

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Gillis was a Director in the Energy Practice at ScottMadden, a general management consulting firm. His consulting experience focused on work for electric utility clients across North America in areas such as mergers and acquisition integration, business plan development, operational assessments, organization design and staffing, and implementation of departmental and corporate strategy.

Mr. Gillis served as a field artillery officer in the U.S. Army at posts including Fort Stewart, GA and Ar Ramadi, IZ. His awards include the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Army Commendation Medal, and Army Achievement Medal (7th award). Mr. Gillis earned a B.A. from Duke University and an M.B.A. from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School.

A native of Atlanta, Mr. Gillis served on the board of Georgia Public Broadcasting and, as an Eagle Scout, was an active scouting volunteer.