2024 Presenters

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Jonathan P. Miller 

Executive Assistant Commissioner, Air and Marine Operations
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

IRANGA KAHANGAMA

Assistant Secretary for Cyber, Infrastructure, Risk, and Resilience
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

JEFFREY L. RADGOWSKI, PE

Deputy Assistant Commandant for Intelligence
U.S. Coast Guard


CAPTAIN ANDREW MEYERS

Chief, Office of Port and Facility Compliance
U.S. Coast Guard

CAPTAIN MATT WALDRON

Deputy Director
National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO)

KERRY L. THOMAS

Director, Preparedness Grants Division
Grant Programs Directorate
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
Federal Emergency Management Agency


Captain David E. O’Connell

Sector Commander, Sector Maryland – National Capital Region
U.S. Coast Guard

Sonya Anderson 

MView Senior Program Manager
Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center (MCAC)
Maryland State Police (MSP)

JAY BERMAN

Assistant Director, Homeland Security and Justice Issues
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)


Karl Birgir Björnsson 

CEO and Co-Founder
Hefring Marine

BILL BURKET

Director, Maritime Incident Response Team and Emergency Operations
Port of Virginia

CHARLES BLACKMORE – CISSP, C|EH, CIPP/US, C|CISO

Marine Transportation System Specialist (Cyber)
Office of Port & Facility Compliance
Domestic Ports Division (CG-FAC-1)
U.S. Coast Guard


JUSTIN BROWN

Radiological and Nuclear Program Specialist
Mobile Detection Deployment Program
Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

MAX BOBYS

Vice President
HudsonCyber

Curtis Cannizzaro 

Executive Director
Merchants Exchange, Columbia River


Ronald E. Carpenter 

Chief Warrant Officer Five (Ret.), U.S. Navy
President, Ullman Dynamics USA

COLE CHRISTENSEN

Business Development
SAFE Boats International

DUANE DAVIS

Port Security Grant Program Section Chief
FEMA


APRIL DANOS

Vice President
OD Grant Solutions, LLC

REAR ADMIRAL JOE “DIGGER” DIGUARDO (U.S. NAVY RET)

Senior Director, Government Strategy and Development
Ocean Power Technologies

MICHEL DIONNE

Director, Business Development
Geointelligence
MDA Geospatial Services, Inc.


Fred Dolbow

Port Security/Recovery Specialist
Sector Maryland-National Capitol Region
U.S. Coast Guard

Mark Dubina

Vice President, Security
Port Tampa Bay

MIKE EDGERTON, CSYP, CPP, CISM

Manager, Port Security
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey


LCDR Quinton L. DuBose

Chief, Maritime Cyber Readiness Branch
Coast Guard Cyber Command
U.S. Coast Guard

CHRISTOPHER M. HICKEY

Principal
Hickey Maritime Intelligence Consulting

ALEX HOOVER

Science and Technology Dept. Head
National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office


Keith Hubble

Principal Engineer
TMS Group USA

F. Scott Humphrey 

Executive Director
Marine Exchange of the San Francisco Bay Region

LCDR Tim Jones 

Securing the Cities Program, Maritime Specialists
Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
U.S. Department of Homeland Security


GEORGE LANE

Director Chemical Security
Emergency Response Technology

Lyston Lea 

Senior Advisor
Global Foresight Strategies

 Nadav Libhaber 

Director of Partnerships
Windward


Michael T. Lundsgaard

Director Offshore Wind
Dominion Energy Virginia

Stephen Lyman

Executive Director
Maritime Association of the Port of NY/NJ

DEREK MUELLER

Cybersecurity Advisor, State Coordinator
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency


Scott Porta

President
Porta Products

Shawn Ricketts 

Principal Technical Advisor, Disruptive Security Technology Team, Emerging Threats & Technology
National Security Directorate
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

JOHN ROWAN

General Manager and FSO
Tioga Marine Terminal, Delaware River Stevedores


HENRY RUSSELL

Director of Maritime Security
SSA Marine

TODD SALUS

Vice President
Ocean Craft Marine

 Gary Scheibe 

Chair
Houston Ship Channel Security District


DREW J.H. SCHNEIDER

Assistant Director of Security
Port of Long Beach, CA

TOSIA SHALL

Senior Solution Engineer, Public Safety
Esri

CHUCK STOFFER

Director, Sales & Business Development
UHU Technologies LLC


LAURIE THOMAS

Maritime Security Coordinator
The University of Findlay
National Maritime Security Advisory Committee

QUERON “Q” THOMPSON

Division Manager, UAS & Emerging Entrants Security
Federal Aviation Administration

Matt Tripp

CCTV Operations Manager
Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center (MCAC)


SCOTT VANVALKENBURG

Director of Rave Federal Products and Services
Motorola Solutions

KENNETH WASHINGTON

Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Port Tampa Bay

NIGEL WATKINS

Naval Architect, Marine Engineer
VITA Power


CARL WALTER

Director, Homeland Security Solutions
Esri

Captain Steve White 

Executive Director
Marine Exchange of Alaska

Brian Wilson

Deputy Director, Global Maritime Operational Threat Response Coordination Center
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security