Captain (Ret.) Edward Lundquist

Captain Edward Lundquist, U.S. Navy (Retired), is chief engagement officer of Echo Bridge LLC, in Springfield, Virginia, his own company. He served on active duty with the Navy as a surface warfare officer and public affairs officer and has a BA in Journalism from Marquette University and a master’s in journalism and public affairs from the American University. He is an IABC Fellow and an accredited business communicator. Captain Lundquist is the communications chair of the Surface Navy Association and a member of the SNA executive committee. He writes on naval, maritime, defense and security issues for international trade and professional journals.

Captain (Ret.) Ted J. Venable

Ted Venable completed over 31 years active duty in the Navy as an aviator, with assignments in the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean. His last flying assignment was as commanding officer of an FA-18 Hornet squadron, VFA-86. He compiled over 4000 flight hours and over 600 carrier arrested landings. His last active duty assignments included Operations Officer for USS America Carrier Battle Group Staff, Defense and Defense and Naval Attaché in Greece, and Chief of Staff for Enterprise Battle Group during Operation Enduring Freedom.

After retirement in 2003, Ted Venable joined the Staff of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S FOURTH Fleet in early 2005 as the Counter Illicit Trafficking Program Manager. In 2007, he also assumed the role as UAS Program Manager for this Naval Component to Southern Command. As FOURTH Fleet is the CNO-designated Theater of Innovation, he has spearheaded land-based MALE UAS deployments to El Salvador and Panama and has executed Group 1 through Group 3 UAS deployments on U.S. Navy and Military Sealift Command vessels over the past ten years. He is recognized as the subject matter expert in UAS Maritime Operations in the U.S. Southern Command Area of Responsibility.

Captain Casey Plew

Captain Casey Plew from Weaverville, CA, is a 1997 graduate of Oregon State University, where he earning a Bachelor of Science degree in History prior to his commission as an Ensign in the United States Navy through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program. In October 2009, he completed his Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies at the Naval War College while also a Gravely (formerly Halsey IIIC) “Warrior-Scholar” studying Ballistic Missile Defense plans and operations. In 2016, he earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the Naval Post Graduate School.

Captain Plew served in USS WADSWORTH (FFG 9), San Diego, CA, first as the Auxiliaries Officer prior to fleeting-up to assume duties as the Main Propulsion Assistant. He next reported to USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC 19) in Yokosuka, Japan, as Navigator and Assistant Operations Officer. His initial shore tour was at Naval Special Warfare Unit Ten, Rota, Spain assigned as the Surface Operations Officer responsible for the safe deployment of the Mark V (5) Special Operations Craft and the Special Operations 11-meters Rigid Inflatable Boats. Captain Plew reported for his third sea tour as the Weapons Officer in USS DECATUR (DDG 73) prior to fleeting-up and assumed the duties as the Combat Systems Officer. His tour culminated in the completion of Flight Test Missile Twelve (FTM-12) in which USS DECATUR became the first Destroyer to successfully search, track, and engage a ballistic target with the Standard Missile Three (SM-3).
2013 - 2016, Captain Plew had the distinct pleasure to be the Executive Officer and then Commanding Officer of Beachmaster Unit ONE – Any Beach, Any Time!

His shore tours include assignment as:
- Flag Aide and Administrative Assistant to the Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command
- Advanced Radar Requirements Section Head, Chief of Naval Operations, Surface Warfare Directorate (OPNAV N86)
- Ballistic Missile Defense Operations and Readiness Officer, Space and Naval Warfare System Center, Pacific
- Zumwalt Class Program Office (PMS500) Program Manager Representative in San Diego, CA executing the USS ZUMWALT (DDG 1000) Post-Delivery Availability
- Director, Large Surface Combatant, Program Executive Office SHIPS
From April 2019 – April 2022, Captain Plew proudly served as the Commanding Officer of Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. In September 2022, he became the Director, NavalX.
Captain Plew is a Surface Warfare Officer, holds Acquisition Professional membership, and is certified DAWIA Program Management level III.

Captain Dennis Monagle

Captain Dennis Monagle is a native of Athens, Georgia. He graduated from Indiana University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Science. He earned his Master of Science degree in Management from the University of Maryland. He was designated a Naval Aviator in May 2000. He has accumulated nearly 2000 flight hours in various Navy aircraft.
Captain Monagle’s operational tours include two tours with Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron FOURTEEN (HM-14) first as an Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) Mission Commander, and later as a Department Head and the Maintenance Officer. As ship’s company, Captain Monagle served in the Air Department as the V-2 Division Officer and as a Catapult and Arresting Gear Officer (“Shooter”) aboard USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). Captain Monagle commanded Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron FIFTEEN (HM-15) in Norfolk, VA.
Captain Monagle’s shore assignments include the MH-53E Fleet Replacement Squadron as a Flight Instructor and Evaluator. Captain Monagle has completed multiple acquisition tours with Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, first as an Assistant Program Manager for Systems Engineering (AMPSE), followed later as the H-60 Sustainment Integrated Product Team (IPT) Leader. He reported to the Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) in Fort Meade, MD to serve as Military Deputy PEO for Command and Control (C2). He led a team of Joint Service military members and DoD Civilians in modernizing C2 software systems for use by the Joint Services and Coalition Partners. He returned to NAVAIR to serve as the Deputy Program Manager for Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control System (UMCS).
Captain Monagle is DAWIA certified as a Level III Program Manager. He is designated as an Acquisition Professional, and assumed the Multi-mission Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems Program Office as the Program Manager in March of 2022.
 

Captain Gurpartap "GP" Sandhoo

GP is currently a Navy Reserve (NR) Engineering Duty Officer assigned to the Defense Innovation Unit’s space portfolio, where his focus is on operationalizing commercial space technologies for national security space. Previously he led the innovation efforts of the Tenth Fleet’s Navy Cyber Warfare Development Group’s reserve team. From 2017-2019, he led the reserve team supporting the acquisition and life cycle support of naval platforms at Naval Sea Systems Command. He also led and provided operational and technical support for the National Reconnaissance Office/Space and Naval Warfare Systems Commands’ Space Field Activity HQ reserve unit. From 2009-2012, GP was the lead of the Navy Reserve detachment under the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. GP is a member of U.S. Navy’s’ Space Cadre with expertise in space operations (VS8) and acquisition (VR2).

GP started his career in the Navy after serving as a Platoon Sergeant in 2nd Medical Battalion during operations Desert Shield and Storm. In 1992, he was commissioned as an Engineering Duty Officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve. GP holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, an M.S. in Space Systems, a D.Sc. in Aeronautics, Astronautics and Propulsion from George Washington University, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University, and a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. He is 2016-2017 Fellow of the MIT Seminar XXI.
 

Captain William Docherty

Capt Docherty joined the Royal Marines in 2014, upon completion of Officer training at the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines, he was posted to 4 SCOTS, The Highlanders on an exchange draft as a Platoon Commander of a Mechanised Infantry Platoon. During his time with the Highlanders, he deployed on Op SHADER IV in Iraq as a Team Commander and later the Company Operations Officer, training the Iraqi Border Guards and the Iraqi Commandoes in their conflict with Daesh. He was then posted to the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines as a Recruit Troop Commander, leading 249 and 265 Troop through their 32-week Commando training course. He then went on to complete a Mortar Platoon Commanders Course before taking command of 42 Commando Mortar Troop working to develop mortar tactics during exercises in the UK and Germany. He later became the lead for developing partner relationships in West Africa where he planned and delivered multiple training packages with West African partners in Nigeria, Senegal and The Gambia. After completing an Intelligence Officer Course, he was posted to 30 Commando Information Exploitation Group as the SO3 ISR, shortly afterwards deploying to Norway to complete Artic Warfare training and taking part in the NATO exercise Cold Response 22. He is currently leading the Intelligence Cell at 30 Commando as the SO2 J2

Colonel Lawrence Brad "Verde" Green

Colonel Green graduated from San Diego State University in 1997 with a Bachelor’s Degree of Liberal Arts in Sociology, Geography and Naval Science. Commissioned in 1998 via the Platoon Leader’s Course, he completed The Basic School (TBS) the following year. After TBS, he attended both Air Support Control Officers Course and Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Officers Course in 1999.

In September 1999 he reported to Marine Air Support Squadron 1 (MASS-1), qualifying in all positions in the Direct Air Support Center (DASC); while serving as a Platoon Commander, Air Support Liaison Team OIC, LNO, Air Contingency MAGTF (ACM) OIC, multiple CONUS and OCONUS deployments Det OIC and as Weapons and Tactics Training Program (WTTP) OIC. In 2000 he was promoted to First Lieutenant, then completed Winter Mountain Warfare Course at the Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, California in 2001.

In 2002 he was promoted to Captain and later that year reported to the 26 MEU (SOC) as the Marine Air Control Group (MACG) Detachment OIC. During the deployment he participated in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF-1) with Joint Special Operations Task Force-North (JSOTF-N) in Mosul, Iraq and later as part of Joint Task Force Liberia. Upon returning from the MEU in 2003, he returned to MASS-1 to serve as the DASC Commander until June 2004.

From 2004-07 he served at Air Schools (C Co.), Marine Corps Communications and Electronics School (MCCES) in Twenty-nine Palms as the Air Support Training Section OIC and later as the C Co. Deputy Director, OpsO and XO. From 2005-07 he also led both the MCCES Bn and Marine Corps Base Shooting Teams as OIC and trained with 3d Battalion, 4th Marines Scout Snipers in long range marksmanship. In 2006, he graduated from the WTI Course.

In 2007 he attended the UAS Mission Commander (MC) Course and was assigned to the VMU-2 Nightowls; deploying twice to OIF as an MC for the RQ-2 Pioneer, RQ-7B Shadow and ScanEagle UASs. Promoted to Major in 2008, he served in VMU-2 as the Fleet NATOPS Evaluator, Squadron WTI, Operations Officer and Executive Officer.

Assigned to MAWTS-1 from 2010-13, he stood up the UAS Specialist billet in the Aviation Development, Tactics & Evaluation (ADT&E) Dept, served as the UAS Division Head and transitioned to the 7315 Unmanned Aircraft Commander (UAC) MOS on the Marine Corps' first 7315 officer MOS transition board. Major Green led the transition of the UAS Div from the C3 Dept to the TACAIR Dept, due evolving UAS fires integration and terminal guidance operations. He also attended and assessed the USAF’s MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Officers Course, which became the foundation for the Marine Corps’ 7315 MOS school training pipeline.

In 2013-14, Major Green attended the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, serving as the Class President and earning his Master’s Degree in Military Studies. Upon graduation, he reported to the Pentagon to serve in the Aviation Hallway as a UAS Requirements officer and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 2014. In 2015 he checked into Marine Aircraft Group-14, serving as the Department of Safety and Standardization OIC, then became VMU-2’s XO.

Lieutenant Colonel Green took command of VMU-2 in 2016. Under his charge, the Nightowls transitioned T/M/S from RQ-7B Shadow to RQ-21A Blackjack, deployed multiple RQ-21A dets to Operations ODYSSEY LIGHTNING in Sirte, Libya with the MEUs and to INHERANT RESOLVE in Mosul, Iraq with MARSOC ISO CJSOTF-OIR. VMU-2 earned the VMU Squadron of the Year for 2015 and 2016. The squadron completed the Army’s Cold Weather Operations Course (CWOC) at Ft. McCoy, Wisconsin and were the first VMU to deploy for training in Norway.

From 2018-19 he attended the Army War College, graduating with honors and earning his Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies. He reported to Headquarters, European Command, serving as the J35X Special Operations Branch (SOB) Chief from 2019-21. During his tenure, the SOB ran EUCOM’s SOF sensitive activities and operations and presidentially directed missions. He was promoted to Colonel in 2020.

As of August 2021, Colonel Green was assigned to Headquarters Marine Corps, Aviation as the UAS Branch Head.

Colonel Green accumulated over 1900 flight hours and is also a Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC). His personal awards include Joint and Meritorious Service Medals, Navy Commendation Medals, one with Combat “V,” a Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal and the Combat Action Ribbon, winner of the Holcomb Trophy Medal and multiple military and civilian shooting match medals and trophie.

Commander Aidan Riley

Commander Riley joined the Navy in 2002 and has served in both front line and second line assignments with Merlin Helicopter Force.

As Merlin Capability Manager 2015-17, he helped deliver Merlin HM Mk2 into service and reach FOC, delivering to performance, cost and time. A return to flying saw him assume Senior Observer of both 829 NAS and 824 NAS.

His last job was in MoD with Finance and Military Capability. The portfolio majored on Shipbuilding, Aviation and Carrier Enabled Power Projection.
 

Commander Antonio Mourinha

Commander António Mateus Anjinho Mourinha is a Portuguese Navy officer currently serving as Director for the Portuguese Maritime Operational Experimentation Centre and the first Portuguese Free Technology Zone at Troia and Setubal Bay. He is also Innovation Adviser to the Chief of Portuguese Naval Staff.
Commander Mourinha was born in Elvas, Portugal, in 1972. He joined the Portuguese Navy by entering the Naval Academy in 1990, having completed his degree in Naval Military Sciences in 1995.
He is a Navigation Officer by trade, getting his specialization in 2003. In his naval training CDR António Mourinha completed several other courses mainly related to MSO, like the Royal Navy’s “British Sea Fisheries Officers Enforcement Course” (2008) or the U.S. Coast Guard “Advanced Boarding Officers Course” (2009).
In his tours at sea, from 1995 to 2005, he embarked in several naval units namely, FS “Honório Barreto”, Sail Training Ship “Creoula”, FF “Cte. Hermenegildo Capelo”, FF “Cte. João Belo” and in USS “Nashville”, as Staff Officer for the mission “Africa Partnership Station 2009”, off the west coast of Africa.
Commander Mourinha got also three commands at sea: he was the first commander of the FPB “Oríon” from 2001 to 2002, later, between March 2005 and August 2006, he commanded the patrol vessel “Cuanza”, and later, from 2013 to 2015 he commanded the FS “João Roby”.
Ashore Commander António Mourinha served at the Patrol Boat Squadron between 2007 and 2010, being the head of the Maritime Enforcement Office. During this first commission ashore, he keep embarking often as sea rider for maritime enforcement training of the fleet assets.
After, he served at the Fleet Command Staff, from 2010 to 2013, as head of Subsurface and Maritime Enforcement Section of the Operations Division, being responsible for the constabulary operations of the fleet. At the Fleet Command he was also leading the operational experimentation of Maritime Unmanned Systems and the planning of the related exercises of the REPMUS series.
Later Commander António Mourinha served at the Portuguese Naval Staff, as Head of Concept, Development & Experimentation Section, being responsible for developing concepts of employment, operational requirements and related operational experimentation. He was also the secretary of the Portuguese Navy Maritime Unmanned Systems (MUS) working group. In this duty he was the Portuguese Navy representative in the NATO Joint Capability Group on Unmanned Air Systems, in the NATO Maritime Tactical Unmanned Air Systems Working Group (being the secretary) and in the NATO MUS Initiative Steering Board.
In his last appointment he served at the Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM) as Planner of Operation Sea Guardian and subject matter expert for Maritime Security and Maritime Unmanned Systems (MUS) being involved in the development of the new NATO MUS Exercise Dynamic Messenger
His main hobby is spearfishing, being international judge for the World Underwater Confederation, he participated in several International Championships.
António is married and has two children.
 

Dr Wellesley Pereira

Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Arsenault

Lieutenant-Colonel Dan Arsenault was born and raised in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 2001. After graduating with a Political Science degree from the Royal Military College of Canada, he attended Air Navigator training in Winnipeg. He began his flying career with the Pathfinders of 405 Maritime Patrol Squadron, followed by postings to Maritime Proving and Evaluation Unit and as Executive Assistant to the 14 Wing Commander.
In 2015, he had the privilege to serve on secondment as the Staff Officer to the Minister of Veterans Affairs, followed by two years in Chief of Military Personnel as a Career Manager, Directorate Coordinator, and Staff Officer Transition Services.
He gladly returned to Greenwood and flying operations in 2018 as the Deputy Commanding Officer of 404 Long Range Patrol and Training Squadron and, for a short time, the Block IV Aurora Implementation Lead. In 2021, he attended the Joint Command and Staff Program at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, Ontario.
LCol Arsenault has had the opportunity to deploy in multiple capacities: as a Tactical Navigator during Op MOBILE; as a Strategy Division Planner attached to the 609th Air Operations Center in Doha, Qatar; and as the Chief Air Coordination Element at Combined Maritime Forces Headquarters in Manama, Bahrain.
He is a graduate of the Canadian Army Command and Staff College and the Canadian Forces College. He holds a Master of Arts in Human Security and Peacebuilding from Royal Roads University and a Master of Defence Studies from the Royal Military College.
 

Major General Gregory Gagnon

Major General Gagnon is the Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Intelligence, U.S. Space Force. In this capacity, he serves as the Senior Intelligence Officer to the Chief of Space Operations and is responsible to the Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Space Operations for intelligence policy, oversight, and guidance of Space Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. He exercises overall responsibility for the Space Force Intelligence Community Element, which is the 18th member of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Additionally, he serves as the Chief, Service Cryptologic Component with delegated authorities from the Director of the National Security Agency.

Mr Andrew Campbell

Andrew S. Campbell is the Director, Air Operations, National Air Security Operations (NASO), Air and Marine Operations (AMO), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). AMO’s mission is to safeguard our nation by anticipating and confronting security threats through our aviation and maritime law enforcement expertise, innovative capabilities, and partnerships at the border and beyond. AMO has approximately 1,800 federal agents and mission support personnel, 240 aircraft, and 300 marine vessels operating throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. We conduct our mission in the air and maritime environments at and beyond the border and within the nation's interior.
Director Campbell is a U.S. Navy veteran with over 30 years of military and federal law enforcement service. In his current role, he is responsible for providing oversight for all domestic and international operations requiring the use of AMO national strategic assets, including long-range P-3 maritime patrol aircraft, Predator B unmanned aircraft systems, and Mongoose technical collection-equipped aircraft.
Director Campbell began his law enforcement career with the former U.S. Customs Service as a P-3 pilot prior to the formation of the Department of Homeland Security. In November 2002, Director Campbell reported to Surveillance Support Branch West in Corpus Christi, Texas, and served as a P-3 Mission Commander for five years before being reassigned to AMO Headquarters as a NASO staff officer.
After serving on the NASO staff for two years, Director Campbell was assigned to Training, Safety, and Standards as Director, Safety and Risk Management. During his time in this role, AMO saw a decrease in its 10-year cumulative accident rate from 4.52 accidents per 100,000 flight hours ending Fiscal Year 2009, down to 3.5 ending in Fiscal Year 2012. Director Campbell completed his duties at AMO Headquarters, assigned to Operations and NASO as the Mongoose Program Manager, before transferring to National Air Security Operations Center–Albuquerque to serve as DAMO. Within this position, he was responsible for AMO’s Mongoose program which conducts operations with international, federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.
Prior to his time with the former U.S. Customs Service and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Director Campbell was a commercial airline pilot with Comair Airlines. In the U.S. Navy, he was a P-3 Instructor Pilot, a P-3 Mission Commander, an EP-3 Electronic Warfare Aircraft Commander, and a maintenance check pilot. Director Campbell’s service included a sea tour with Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron Two, a permanently forward deployed unit in Rota, Spain, and a shore tour with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC. He was awarded three Air Medals and two Navy Achievement Medals.
Director Campbell holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Oklahoma.

Mr Elmer Roman

Elmer Roman serves as the Director of Mission Integration (MI) for Mission Capabilities (MC) in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E). In this role, Mr. Roman directs MI in developing mission-based inputs for the requirements process, improves Joint Force capability integration and experimentation, and informs development and maturation of joint warfighting concepts and operational plans. He is focused on bringing together the technical infrastructure and expertise for mission engineering analysis, including the data, modeling and simulation, and training, to evaluate and address end-to-end mission-based capability gaps to guide key enterprise technology investment decisions.

Prior to assuming his current duties, Mr. Roman served as Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, and Secretary of Public Safety of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. He was also the Homeland Security Advisor to the Governor of Puerto Rico. Mr. Roman’s experience includes serving as Director of the Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) Program within OUSD(R&E), for which he directed the planning and transition of new capabilities to the Joint Forces and National Security Agencies. He served as Oversight Executive for International Cooperation and Asymmetric Warfare programs, implementing Department of Defense efforts in security cooperation, humanitarian assistance and disaster management, fighting transnational organized crime, and capacity building for allied countries. From 2005 to 2010, Mr. Roman served in a diplomatic assignment as Regional Director of the Office of Naval Research Global at the United States Embassy in Santiago, Chile.

Mr. Roman joined the Senior Executive Service in August 2020 and is a Captain (O-6) in the U.S. Navy Reserve for which he serves as the Diving, Heavy Lift and Salvage Mentor Group Lead following three successful tours as a Commanding Officer. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1991 to 1997. He made his transition to the Navy Reserve as an Engineering Duty Officer leading heavy lift salvage support missions worldwide including heavy lift operations of destroyers USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) and USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) after collisions in 2017. Mr. Roman served in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2009.

Mr. Roman’s awards include U.S. Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Medals (two awards), U.S. Navy Meritorious Service Medals (two awards), and the Chilean Armed Forces Military Star for his work during response to a category 8.8 earthquake in 2010 amongst others. He is a recipient of the U.S. Navy League’s Rear Admiral William S. Parsons Award for Scientific and Technical Progress, the General Carl A. Spaatz Award, the STEM Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Luminary Award, a Department of State Meritorious Honor Award, and a NASA Technical Achievement Commendation.

Mr. Roman holds a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus and a master of science in systems engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He graduated from the USMC Recruit Depot in Parris Island, the USMC Officer Candidates School, the U.S. Navy Senior Engineering Duty Officer School, and the Federal Executive Institute of the Office of Personnel Management.

Mr Guy Thomas

Guy Thomas, inventor of satellite AIS, spent 35 years in signals intelligence, leading surveillance missions and systems development in the US Navy, US Air Force, and at Johns Hopkins APL.

He led reconnaissance operations in aircraft, cruisers, and submarines, spending a year+ in hostile waters, and 2,000+ hours in unfriendly airspace in reconnaissance aircraft. Quadruple qualified, he was also one of the Navy’s first space cadre.

He led the mission systems acceptance tests of both the Navy’s EP-3E and the USAF RC-135W, Rivet Joint Block III, and was allowed to wear both USN and USAF wings, a unique honor.

He also served as the US’s Science & Technology Advisor for Maritime Domain Awareness from 2003 to 2012.
 

Mr Jeremy Mucha

Mr. Mucha currently serves as the Technical Director, National Communication Systems, aligned under the Commander, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR), and located at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Chantilly, Virginia. As the Technical Director in the NRO Communications Systems Directorate, he directs strategic planning and technical execution of the acquisition roadmap for the NRO’s information technology and transport infrastructure in support of the satellite reconnaissance mission. Additionally, he serves as the senior naval civilian and advocate at the NRO for naval requirements across a wide range of space capabilities. Mr. Mucha was promoted to this Senior Level position in August 2019.
Mr. Mucha began his federal career in 2002, at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego. During this assignment, he worked as a systems engineer on several SATCOM terminal programs and also as a test and evaluation engineer on the Wideband Global SATCOM payload interoperability and characterization test team. Mr. Mucha’s next assignment was as a project manager and systems engineer in PMW/PMA 170 within PEO C4I. He led a team to develop and field the Global Broadcast System Split Internet Protocol project and also served as the Lead Engineer for the Commercial Broadband SATCOM Program.
In 2008, Mr. Mucha’s first CAP assignment was as the Assistant Program Manager – Engineering for PMW/PMA 170. He led the satellite communication, tactical communication, and GPS navigation divisions in establishing consistent and rigorous engineering processes. Mr. Mucha’s next CAP assignment was to establish the role of APM - Engineering for Air Integration in PMW 750.In this capacity, he was responsible for guiding the engineering efforts of TacMobile,TBMCS, JADOCS, and aircraft integration programs.
In 2015, Mr. Mucha established the Key Leadership Position of Assistant Program Executive Officer - Engineering within the MIDS Program Office and led a staff of over 90 engineers. He led a period of rapid growth for the MIDS JTRS program, including the integration of the CMN-4 terminal on multiple new aircraft types. Mr. Mucha was asked to spearhead NAVWAR 5.0’s innovation initiatives in 2017 in support of high velocity learning and rapid prototyping.

Mr Lawrence Fink

Mr. Larry Fink is a native of Dallas Texas and graduated from
Indiana Wesleyan University with his bachelors of science in
Business Management. Mr. Fink’s experience consists of
leadership roles with command and control (C2) systems,
tactical communication, persistent collection technologies,
cyber defense, networked intelligence, surveillance,
reconnaissance (ISR) systems and information systems
security/information assurance.
As a NSWC Crane leader since 2011, Mr. Fink has held
several previous leadership positions: Deputy Assistant
Program Manager (DAPM) for International CREW- PMS-408,
Branch Manager for the Systems Engineering & Cognitive
Technologies within the Spectrum Warfare Department,
Branch Manager for the Advanced Sensors Branch within the
Special Warfare & Expeditionary Systems Department, and acting Division Manager for the
Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems Division.
Prior to taking the helm of the Expeditionary C3I & Cyber Division in October of 2019, Mr.
Fink served as the Deputy Division Manager for the Command Control Communications
Computers and Cyber Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Integration
Division, responsible for ensuring and providing multi-domain technical leadership and full
life-cycle systems engineering, design, integration, and logistics support to Special Warfare
and Expeditionary customers and systems.
Mr. Fink is a United States Navy veteran, and successfully owned and operated an
Information Technology Services Company serving the local community for over 10 years
before coming into federal service in 2008. He and his wife Valerie have been residents of
Greene County IN for over 25 years, and have worked with or at NSWC Crane since 1992.
In 2019, Mr. Fink was selected as the Division Manager for the Expeditionary Command,
Control, Communications, Intelligence and Cyber Division (C3I & Cyber) within the Special
Warfare & Expeditionary Systems Department.
In 2014, Mr. Fink was selected as the Deputy Division Manager for the Command, Control
Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Division
(C5ISR) within the Special Warfare & Expeditionary Systems Department.
In 2013, Mr. Fink was selected as the acting Division Manager for the Surveillance and
Reconnaissance Systems Division (SRSD) within the Special Warfare & Expeditionary
Systems Department.

Mr Lee Stuart

Mr. Lee Stuart manages Maritime Domain Awareness for United States Fleet Forces Command within the Maritime Operation Center, and serves as the Program Director for US Naval Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping (NCAGS). Graduating Maine Maritime Academy in 1994, Lee has worked within the commercial maritime industry with a focus on marine transportation, port and terminal operations before transitioning to USFF in 2009. Mr. Stuart represents CNO/USFF at various NCAGS treaty obligations to include NSWG, PACIOSWG, and SIANC-NCS. Additionally he represents USNAVNORTH/USFF at the MDA Executive Steering Committee, Maritime Security Regime Round Table, and at Theater Security Cooperation efforts globally.

Mr Matan Peled

Matan was an officer in the Israeli navy for eight years before co-founding Windward with Ami Daniel, whom he met while serving in the navy. Matan previously managed the company’s product team, and currently runs the sales operations in the US. Over the last 10 years, he has helped grow the company across four continents and become a world leader in the field of maritime insights. Matan holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management from IDC Herzliya University.

Mr Philip L. Hoffman

Philip is leading efforts to expand the use of UMS for deep ocean exploration at NOAA. He also serves as the NOAA R&D lead under the Commercial Engagement Through Ocean Technologies (CENOTE) Act of 2018; coordinates joint R&D and operations with the U.S Navy and is NOAA’s R&D liaison to other federal agencies conducting UMS work, especially those activities taking place in the Gulf of Mexico. Philip sits in NOAA UMS Operations Center in Gulfport, MS. Prior federal service includes leading NOAA’s Cooperative Institutes Program, work in NOAA Fisheries and with the U.S Army Corps of Engineers.

Mr Sean Trevethan

Sean Trevethan is a former Royal Navy Commander and a graduate of the UK’s Advance Command and Staff Course. He has seen service in the Arabian Gulf as part of several Carrier Strike Groups, in Afghanistan within Joint Force Support and more recently as the Royal Navy’s Fleet Robotics Officer. In his role as Fleet Robotics Officer he was charged with cohering the future capability development of all Unmanned Systems within the Royal Navy, with the specific challenge of accelerating capability into service, rising to the challenge of delivering this across the full DOTMILPFI Spectrum. He also served as the Co-Chair of the NATO Maritime Unmanned Systems Initiative – developing new technologies with allies.

He was the UK Exercise Director for REP 19 in Portugal where the UK contributed a full Maritime Operations Centre and the UK and US led NATO’s largest Operational Experimentation Exercise with conventional and Unmanned Assets – developing tacdev at pace, exploiting several systems such as armed USVs for the first time. In the UK he led 2 Amphibious Operational Experimentation Exercises (Autonomous Advance Force 1.0 and 2.0 respectively), again blending cutting edge technologies with conventional force elements to deliver an enhanced operational effect. Trevethan took up his latest post as the Secretary for the NATO Naval Armaments Group in 2020 where he is charged with coordinating the efforts of 1100 Maritime SME’s, both Military and Civilian to develop capability cooperatively and produce technical standards that are key to NATO interoperability moving forward.

The Maritime Capability focus areas of NATO involve a Digital Transformation to enhance situational awareness, exploiting new systems and sensors augmented by AI. A fresh look at high end warfare including innovative techniques for Anti-Submarine Warfare and Surface Force Protection.

When out the office, Sean is a father to 3 beautiful children who make sure he is up to date with the latest trends on tik tok! In order to keep up with his children he has to undergo an intense ‘fitness’ regime for his health and sanity.

Rear Admiral Mike Studeman

Rear Admiral Mike Studeman assumed command of the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) and became Director of the National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO) in August 2022. He is also a principal advisor to the Director of National Intelligence as National Intelligence Manager–Maritime.

He served most recently as the Director of Intelligence (J2) at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Honolulu (2019-22) and the Director of Intelligence (J2) at U.S. Southern Command, Miami (2017-19). He previously commanded the Joint Intelligence Operations Center, U.S. Cyber Command, Fort Meade, Maryland, and Hopper Information Services Center, Suitland, Maryland.

At sea, Studeman served as air intelligence officer for Attack Squadron Three Five (VA-35) Black Panthers onboard USS Saratoga (CV 60) during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He was also assistant staff intelligence office for U.S. 7th Fleet onboard USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and assistant chief of staff for intelligence (N2) with Carrier Strike Group Eight onboard USS Eisenhower (CVN 69) in support of Operation Enduring Freedom deployments.

Ashore, Studeman led analytic divisions at the Fleet Ocean Surveillance Facility, Rota, Spain, in support of Balkan operations. He was also the first Director of PACOM’s China Red Team at the Joint Intelligence Operations Center, Hawaii; the first Senior Intelligence Officer for China at the Office of Naval Intelligence; and the first Director of the Commander’s Initiative Group at U.S. Fleet Forces Command.

Washington tours include Special Assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations and Director of the Strategic Actions Group, Special Assistant to the Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Presidential Appointment as a White House Fellow, Director of Navy Unmanned Airborne Systems, Director of Navy Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance concepts, strategic issues lead for the Navy’s Quadrennial Defense Review Team, and Special Assistant to the Chief of Intelligence of the Department of Homeland Security.

Rear Adm. Michael Studeman is the son of a career naval officer and a 1988 graduate of the College of William and Mary. He is a distinguished graduate of the Naval Postgraduate School, a distinguished graduate of the National War College, and an honors graduate in Mandarin Chinese from the Defense Language Institute.