Speakers
Dwight Agriel
Lead Cybersecurity Architect Honeywell
Arnie Tyler
President and Founder MerLion Advisory Group
Scott Beatty, PhD
CEO MarineLabs
Capt Kate Higgins-Bloom
Captain of the Port & Sector Commander U.S. Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bayr
Jim Bunsey
Senior Manager, Business Management Propane Education & Research Council (PERC)
Kenneth Christopher, D.P.A
Professor and Academic Director
National University
Kevin M. Clement
Director
Port of the Future Conference
Mark Condon
Senior Account Executive
Kale Info Solutions
Robert Crane
Program Executive for Public Sector Engagements Energy Security and PNT
The Institute for Homeland Security
David Cummins
Executive Director, President and CEO
Blue Sky Maritime Coalition
Kevin A. Damoa
Founder and CEO
Glid Technologies
Thomas Damsgaard
Head of the Americas BIMCO
April Danos
Vice President
OD Grant Solutions, LLC
Wilfred de Gannes
Wilfred de Gannes Chairman and CEO Shipbuilding and Repair Development Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd
Jeffrey DeCoux
Chairman
Autonomy Institute
Dr. Joe Direnzo III
Director of Research Partnerships
U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center
William P. Doyle
Chief Executive Officer Dredging Contractors of America
Mark Dupuis
Co-Founder/Chief Customer Offficer BASE
Javier Franco
Maritime Lawyer and Research Professor
Universidad del Externado, Colombia
Julio R. Gonzalez
CEO Sentinel Resilience Group
Natascha A. Gutermuth
Lead Program Manager
Biometrics Program Office
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Ms. Charlie Harrison
Marine Engineer and Downstream Market Specialist FuelTrax
Robert Hawn
Vice President, Maritime Affairs
WGMA
Chad E. Hensley
Vice President HK Dredging LLC
Geir-Eilif Kalhagen
Director of Maritime Texas Dept. of Transportation
CAPT Gajanan Karanjikar
Senior Consultant, FMC International LLC President, All India Maritime Pilots’ Association (AIMPA)
Miles Keeney-Ritchie
Founder and CEO Aloft Systems
MG Jason Kelly
Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Izzy Khawaja
Co-Founder and COO A&I Strategic Solutions
Margaret A. Kidd
Program Director/Instructional Associate Professor, Supply Chain & Logistics
University of Houston
Vesa Koivumaa
Head of Growth
Wartsila Voyage
Mark Lester
Information Security Manager South Caroline Ports Authority
Tricia Lucas
President
Armada Growth Partners
Carleen Lydon Walker
CEO SeaTrain Technology
Soma Maroju
Head of Data Services BMT
Stephen P. Metruck
Executive Director
Port of Seattle
André Murphy
CAPT, USCG (Retired) Co-Founder and Principal Cybersecurity Officer Captain and Commander
Nawaf Nazir
Staff Research Scientist Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL)
Shawn Newman
Chief Intelligence Officer, CISO Armada Growth Partners
C.N. “Nick” Parham
Chief, Office of Maritime Cybersecurity Policy U.S. Coast Guard
Tucker Perkins
President and CEO
Propane Education & Research Council
Jeff Podgorski
Vice President Regional Sales Americas Konecranes
Marco Poisler
Chief Operating Officer Global Energy & Capital ProjectsUTC Overseas, Inc.
Berto Ponce
Co-Founder and CEO AI Strategic Solutions
Joseph C. Powell
Director of Security
Port Pascagoula
Michael Proulx
Regional Director of Business Development and Ecosystems REGENT
Col. Randall Pugh, USMC (ret.)
Vice Provost, Warfare Studies
Director, Naval Warfare Studies Institute
Naval Postgraduate School
Steve Putnam
Managing Director PEI TECH LLC
Jean-Paul Rodrigue, PhD
Author and Professor
Department of Maritime Business Administration
Texas A&M – Galveston
Hady Salloum, PhD
Professor
University of Houston
Tim Scarborough
Director of MaritimeRicardo
Michael P. Scherer
Chief Technology Officer Chance Maritime Technologies
Greg Sisson
Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer CI-Discern
Kelly Skiba
Regional Sales Manager – Electrification U.S. Energy®
David St. Pierre
David St. Pierre Director of Public Safety & Security SeaPort Manatee
John Stauffer
Associate Vice Chancellor, Maritime San Jacinto College
Darwin Telemaque
Chief Executive Officer
Antigua Port Authority
Paal Eric Thorsen
Strategic Marketing and Customer Relations Director DNV
Sharmila Tilwalli
Client Partner IBM Consulting
Kevin J. Traver
Head of Ports, Private Networks Boldyn Networks
Elliott Vera
Americas Technology Project Manager
Shell Shipping and Maritime
Suresh Vijayakumar
Global Business Development Manager Honeywell Process Solutions
Andrew J. Von Ah
Director, Physical Infrastructure
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
David Walker
Vice President
ABS
RADM James Watson
USCG,(Ret.), Author
Chris Wolski
Founder and CEO
Applied Security Convergence
(ASC)
Dan Yuska
Director
Office of Environment and Innovation
U.S. Maritime Administration
Tony Zhao
Senior Project Engineer Shell US
