Speakers
Dwight Agriel
Lead Cybersecurity Architect Honeywell
Maria Aguirre
Director, Community Relations Port Houston
Arnie Tyler
President and Founder MerLion Advisory Group
Scott Beatty, PhD
CEO MarineLabs
Sharon Beemer
Independent Board Member BWC Terminals
Capt Kate Higgins-Bloom
Captain of the Port & Sector Commander U.S. Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bayr
Jonathan Breen
Director of Engineering Carbon Ridge
Jim Bunsey
Senior Manager, Business Management Propane Education & Research Council (PERC)
William Busey
Vice President, Technical Sales NORBIT Subsea
Kenneth Christopher, D.P.A
Professor and Academic Director
National University
Kevin M. Clement
Director
Port of the Future Conference
Kyle Collins
Director of Business Development DSWi
Michael Complita
Principal in Charge Vice President Strategic Expansion Elliott Bay Design Group
Jonathan W. Cook
CEO Navergy Infrastructure Partners LLC
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
Martin Curtin
President and CEO Curtin Maritime Corp.
Kevin A. Damoa
Founder and CEO
Glid Technologies
Thomas Damsgaard
Head of the Americas BIMCO
April Danos
Vice President
OD Grant Solutions, LLC
Shaun Davison
Chief Development Officer Galveston LNG Bunker Port
Wilfred de Gannes
Wilfred de Gannes Chairman and CEO Shipbuilding and Repair Development Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd
Jeffrey DeCoux
Chairman
Autonomy Institute
Jeff DeCoux
PresidentThe Autonomy Institute
Rohith Devanathan
Partner DLA Piper LLP (US)
Tim Dipetropolo
President & COO Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG)
Dr. Joe Direnzo III
Director of Research Partnerships
U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center
Geoff Douglass
CEO and Co-Founder Mythos AI
William P. Doyle
Chief Executive Officer Dredging Contractors of America
Mark Dupuis
Co-Founder/Chief Customer Offficer BASE
Christian Ford
Partner DLA Piper LLP (US)
Julio R. Gonzalez
CEO Sentinel Resilience Group
Gustavo Grande
Chief Strategy Officer Port Miami
Natascha A. Gutermuth
Lead Program Manager
Biometrics Program Office
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Capitán de Altura Manuel Fernando Gutiérrez Gallardo
Coordinator General of Ports and Merchant Marine
Gobierno de México
Robert Hawn
Vice President, Maritime Affairs
WGMA
Kevin Hebert
National Account Manager Capacity Trucks
Chad E. Hensley
Vice President HK Dredging LLC
Alfred Henson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Marine Transportation Texas Southern University
Brian P. Hill
DirectorWest Gulf Gateway U.S. Maritime Administration
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
Josh Ley
Global Capability Head for Electrified Systems Ricardo
Tricia Lucas
President
Armada Growth Partners
Carleen Lydon Walker
CEO SeaTrain Technology
Sabina Malnis
CIP Secretariat Organization of American States
Soma Maroju
Head of Data Services BMT
Stephen P. Metruck
Executive Director
Port of Seattle
Sanjay Mukhi
Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer Deployable Energy
André Murphy
CAPT, USCG (Retired) Co-Founder and Principal Cybersecurity Officer Captain and Commander
Nawaf Nazir
Staff Research Scientist Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL)
Ray Newby
Waterways Program Coordinator Maritime Division Texas Department of Transportation
Shawn Newman
Chief Intelligence Officer, CISO Armada Growth Partners
C.N. “Nick” Parham
Chief, Office of Maritime Cybersecurity Policy U.S. Coast Guard
Ambassador (ret) Michael Pelletier
Founding Executive Director Aspire Endowed Institute for Global Engagement
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
Chris Ransom
National Account Manager – AutoGas AmeriGas
Jean-Paul Rodrigue, PhD
Author and Professor
Department of Maritime Business Administration
Texas A&M – Galveston
Leslie Ruta
DIrector of Planning Port of Corpus Christi
Tim Scarbrough
Director of MaritimeRicardo
Michael P. Scherer
Chief Technology Officer Chance Maritime Technologies
Yvonne Rita Setser
Program Manager, Maritime Division Texas Department of Transportation
Greg Sisson
Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer CI-Discern
Kelly Skiba
Regional Sales Manager – Electrification U.S. Energy®
Quentin Smith
Director for New Business in Energy and Commodities Veson Nautical
Curtis D. Spencer
CEO IMS Worldwide Inc and Bloodhound Tracking Device, Inc.
David St. Pierre
David St. Pierre Director of Public Safety & Security SeaPort Manatee
John Stauffer
Associate Vice Chancellor, Maritime San Jacinto College
Daniel Strosnider
Vice President, Energy and Environment for North America RICARDO
Darwin Telemaque
Chief Executive Officer
Antigua Port Authority
Felipe Tello
Commercial Lead, Crude Oil & Feedstock Logistics Motiva Enterprises
Paal Eric Thorsen
Strategic Marketing and Customer Relations Director DNV
Savyashachi (Savi) Thumkur
Chief Operating Officer Honeywell Process Automation
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
Carl Walters
Sales Director, Port Services Americas Konecranes
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
