The AFCEA 40 Under Forty award is given to forty individuals ages forty or under for their significant contributions in a technical science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) field by providing innovation, thought leadership and support to their client or organizations using information technology (IT).
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AFCEA 40 Under Forty Award 2023 Winners
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Stephanie Ackman |
Joe Hawes |
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Ruby Alcaide |
Kristine Huang |
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Brandi Baumgartner |
Erik Huffman |
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Brian Becker |
Grant Jones |
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Christopher Bennett |
Alisha Kelly |
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Evie Brewer |
Richard Kernan |
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Nick Bucher |
David Knopp |
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Drew Cheneler |
Lin Li |
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Derek Coleman |
Andrew Marshall |
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Kevin Creedon |
Nicholas W. Nilan |
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Joseph Dames |
Michael Patterson |
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Kelley Dobner |
Aaron Pierce |
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Ryann Dulisse |
Randy Rogers |
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Carlos Embury |
Ian Roth |
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Amelia Fisher |
David Southerland |
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Christian Gamboa |
Daniel Sowders |
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Matthew Greenwood |
Ramon Thomas |
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Bryan Guinn |
Matthew Umphlet |
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Christopher Hassett |
Michael Weigand |
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Taylor Hathorn |
Bruce Winsemius |
AFCEA 40 Under Forty Award 2022 Winners
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Makana Anicas GAI |
Anya Kasischke Trusted Systems, Inc. |
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Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee Cornell University |
Jermone Leach CGCYBER |
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Sam Biesenbach DLT Solutions |
Adam Levandowski 15 AF/A6 |
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Andrew Bruza Trace Systems, Inc |
Alec Longarzo eSimplicity |
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Andrew Chaney DSA, Inc. |
Christina Mapa Red Hat |
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Geoff Crowe IT Coalition |
Steven McAndrews National Nuclear Security Administration |
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Hillary Dennison Naval Research Laboratory |
Jennifer Miller Defense Health Agency |
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Jennifer Dougherty Pluribus Digital |
Eoin O'Driscoll Data Systems Analysts, Inc. |
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Jennifer Glenski IntelliDyne, LLC |
Cara Odlen Deltek |
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Carlton Harris End To End Computing |
Anthony Olmo Insight Global |
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Kelly Harris ID Technologies |
Tang Pham Microsoft |
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Shevon Harris Naval Information Warfare Center- Atlantic |
Stephen Keenan Raby Jacobs |
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Elizabeth (Liz) Henderson Jacobs |
Frank Richards USAF |
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Stacy Hernandez INNOVIM |
Michael Schwabe BWI Germany |
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Ian Hooey AFLCMC/HIO |
Eleanor Sigrest Stanford University |
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Filip Hruska bunny.net |
Francesca Silva Bel DSA, Inc. |
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Stephanie Hutch Makai, LLC |
Christopher Troutman 42d Communications Squadron |
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Jithin Jagannath ANDRO Computational Solutions, LLC |
Matt Venditto iboss |
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Jillian Jarrett Booz Allen Hamilton |
Cameren Williams Jacobs |
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Kelly Jenne Apex Systems |
Ashley Wittenstrom BAH |
AFCEA 40 Under Forty Award 2021 Winners
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Amanda Arnold SIXGEN |
Katie Keegan Citrix |
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Jennifer Bonner RIVA Solutions Inc. |
Adam Koros PEO, Digital Enterprise Services |
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Dr. Bow-Nan Cheng MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
Lt Col Emmanuel Matos, USAF Mission Assurance Branch, HQ ACC/A60I |
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Tommy Chiu Stantec Consulting, Ltd |
Dr. Brian Mazanec GAO and Missouri State University |
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TSgt Joseph Craig, USAF HQ USAFE AFAFRICA A6 |
Maretta Morovitz The MITRE Corporation |
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Shawn Cressman Diligent Consulting, Inc. |
Bryant Noel Fearless |
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TSgt Brian Duenas, USAF 747th Communications Squadron |
Dr. Douglas Orellana ManTech |
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Dave Fries Praxis Engineering Technologies, LLC |
Kasey Ortoski Jacobs Technology |
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Capt Courtney Gallagher, USAF Task Force - Pacific |
Aleksey Panasyuk Air Force Research Laboratory |
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John Goodson CTI |
David Peterson Axiologic Solutions |
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Dr. Patrick Grames Rohde und Schwarz Deutschland |
Chris Reichert Hexagon US Federal |
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Janelle Green MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
SMSgt Wade Ritz, USAF 692nd Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Group |
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Capt Jonathan Harbin, USA US Army 303D BN |
Alberto Rodriguez SIXGEN |
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Andrew Howard Huntington Ingalls Industries |
Dr. Sarah Ruiz U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
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Luke Howe Government Tactical Solutions |
Dr. Danny Sava Jacobs Technology |
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Erik Hunstad SIXGEN |
Anishi Scott Navy Information Warfare Center, Atlantic |
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David Seth Hunter MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
Heath Starr SAIC |
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Marqus Hutchinson Intelligent Waves, LLC |
Marc Steining T-Rex Solutions, LLC |
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Caitlin Johnson Input Staffing, LLC |
Andres Virgen Jacobs Technology |
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Ali Kavianpour Red River |
Chris Wilkinson DLT Solutions |
AFCEA 40 Under Forty Award 2020 Winners
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Zain Ahmed CenturyLink |
Dr. Kerianne Hobbs Air Force Research Laboratory |
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William Alderson IntePros Federal |
Therese Holland Publicis Sapient |
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Sean Boucek Booz Allen Hamilton |
Jennifer Hoover NCI Information Systems, Inc. |
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MSgt Robert D Brooks Jr USAF 52nd Communications Squadron, USAF |
Matthew Kasberg Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, LLC |
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Michael Chahinian Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) contractor |
Maj Brian Kerg USMC United States Marine Corps |
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Ryan Connell DCMA |
Nicole King USSOCOM |
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Toumani Dalmida Jacobs |
Brandon Lester SRC Technologies |
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Melissa DeLuca US Air Force AFLCMC, Hanscom AFB |
Dr. Edlyn Levine The MITRE Corporation |
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Andrew Diedrick USSOCOM |
Rachel Anne Irvine Link Department of the Navy, OPNAV N2N6 |
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Krystin Fakalata Macalogic |
PhD Lisa Lucia Aptima, Inc. |
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Kevin Fay General Services Administration |
TSgt Courtney Maikowski USAF HQ USAFE-AFAFRICA A6/C |
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Ruben Gavilan NexThreat LLC |
Dr. Miriam Marwick Institute of Defense Analyses |
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Jason W. Glavich U.S. Marine Corps |
Dr. Raoul Ouedraogo MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
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MSgt Darius A. Harper, USAF 325thCommunications Squadron |
Dr. Michael Owen MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
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Jamie Hill The MITRE Corporation |
Maj Gilberto Perez, USAF 505thCommunications Squadron |
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Matt Reeves Steampunk, Inc. |
JD, MBA, MGM David Talenfeld Botanisol Analytics, Inc. |
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First Lieutenant Brandon Russell, USAF United States Air Force |
Dr. Charles Thomas Jr. Clear Cloud |
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MSgt Jason Silvers, USAF United States Air Force |
Erica Thompson USSOCOM |
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SMSgt Malik Skeete Sr USAF United States Air Force |
Quynh Tran Raytheon |
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Nathan Swab Sentar, Inc. |
Jason Yakencheck IBM |
AFCEA 40 Under Forty Award 2019 Winners
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Shaun Bierweiler Cloudera |
Alexander Bores Palantir Technologies |
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Michael Borohovski Tinfoil Security, Inc. |
Hillary Boyce IntellecTechs |
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Ainsley Braun Tinfoil Security, Inc. |
Nicolas Chadwick USSOCOM |
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Meredith Drennan MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
Lee-Anne Edwards OneInaMil, LLC |
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SSgt Tajah Goins, USAF 86th Airlift Wing |
Robert Hoffman USSOCOM/Jacobs |
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Brandon T. Jones WAEPA |
Zachary Kaminski Jacobs |
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Kristine Kilgore IT Coalition |
Clifford Kim NetImpact Strategies |
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SMSgt Brandon Lambert, USAF 24 Air Force Headquarters |
Matthias Lenz BWI GmbH |
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Raphaela Lorsbach BWI GmbH |
Robert Ludwig Cisco |
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Brad Mascho NCI Information Systems, Inc. |
Jacquie McKinney TrussWorks |
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Mark McLarnon CyberPoint International, LLC |
Dr. Jennifer Miller U.S. Air Force |
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Anu Myne MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
MAJ Uchenna Njoku, USA The Joint Staff |
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SSgt Jacqueline L. Pablo, USAF U.S. Air Force |
Darryl Peek Salesforce |
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LT Jonathan Puing, USCG U.S. Coast Guard |
Adam Rison Dev Technology Group |
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Joe Rohner Booz Allen Hamilton |
Curtis Ruck OMNI Technologies |
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James Soliday DLT Solutions |
Matt Steenman L3 Technologies |
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Sam Stollar Octo Consulting Group |
Dr. Alexander Stolyarov MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
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Juan Toves Ardent Defense Services |
Dr. Mark Veillette MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
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MSgt John Walker, USAF U.S. Air Force |
Lilian Werning BWI GmbH |
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Carolyn Winters CACI Inc. |
Ryan Winters USSOCOM/Jacobs |
AFCEA 40 Under Forty Award 2018 Winners
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Major Joshua Aultman, USAF Commander |
IT1 Ermine Bulls, USN |
| Perry Chaffee VP of Strategy WWPass Lexington-Concord Chapter |
Alex Chin Co-Founder, President, and CTO Anthem Engineering Central Maryland Chapter |
| Chris DeMay Founder & CTO HawkEye 360 Northern Virginia Chapter |
Ben Denton, Ph.D Technical Director, Cybersecurity DESE Research, Inc. Huntsville Chapter |
| Christina Epstein Technical Staff, ISR Systems and Architectures MIT Lincoln Laboratory Lexington-Concord Chapter |
Greg Fitzgerald |
| Jason Frye
Computer Engineer |
Dan Gabriel CEO AM LLC Northern Virginia Chapter |
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Jason Garcia |
Jay Garcia
Veterans Program Team Lead |
| Rebekah Getz Sr. Engineer EWA Government Systems Washington D.C. Chapter |
Stephen Gillotte
President & CEO |
| Blake Hall Founder & CEO ID.me Northern Virginia Chapter |
Ryan J. Hayes President Inflow Alamo Chapter |
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Dr. Andrew Heo |
Derek Hess |
| James Hornage
Chief Architect |
Dr. Tim Junio Co-Founder & CEO Qadium San Francisco Chapter |
| Dr. Ala' Khalifeh
Electrical & Communication Eng. Department Head |
Ryan Lewis Deputy Director, CosmiQ Works Vice President, In-Q-Tel Northern Virginia Chapter |
| Brent Lillard CEO GovSmart Northern Virginia Chapter |
Dr. Pedro Machado |
| Dr. Solange Massa Postdoctoral Research Fellow Stanford University Argentina Chapter |
Marcus Neal
Enterprise Architect |
| Dr. Francisco Nina Rente CEO/Head of Business Dognaedis/Prosegur Cybersecurity Division Portugal Chapter |
Tom Northardt, Ph.D. Senior Electrical Engineer MIKEL Inc. Lexington-Concord Chapter |
| TSgt Bradley H. Pike II, USAF Section Chief, Network Operations 50th Communications Squadron Rocky Mountain Chapter |
Dr. Benjamin Poole Department Head The MITRE Corporation Lexington-Concord Chapter |
| Daniel Pressel Sr. Principal, Solutions Architect CSRA Northern Virginia Chapter |
SSgt Cesar Salilican, USAFSupervisor, Wing Executive Communications |
| Robert Sanchious CEO SHR Consulting Group Northern Virginia Chapter |
MSgt Brandy L. Silvers, USAF Flight Chief, Aviation Resource Management System Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Montgomery Chapter |
| 1Lt Jacob Singleton, USAF PM, Center for Rapid Innovation Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate Albuquerque Chapter |
Abdul Subhani President and CEO Centex Technologies Phantom Corps Chapter |
| Dr. Vivek Taneja
Co-Founder/President |
Steven Turner Director of Technology Chesapeake Technology International Rocky Mountain Chapter |
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LCDR Jonathan White, USCG SeaWatch Product Lead |
George Zoulias Founder & CEO Perfecta Northern Virginia Chapter |
AFCEA 40 Under Forty Award 2017 Winners
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Austin Adams |
Brent Ahlers Client Director Gartner Dayton - Wright Chapter |
| Eric Anderson Director of Business Development Rigil Corporation Northern Virginia Chapter |
Dr. Joao Annes Manager Quidgest Portugal Chapter |
| CPT Christopher Apsey, USA Deputy Director, Cyber Technical College U.S. Army Cyber School Augusta - Fort Gordon Chapter |
Clinton Austin
U.S. Special Operations Command |
| Jason Becerra
Federal Sales |
Christopher Bock Senior Staff Engineer |
| Dr. Francesca D'Arcangelo Technical Staff, Homeland Protection Systems MIT Lincoln Laboratory Lexington - Concord Chapter |
Jeff Engle
Vice President, Government Sector |
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Jonathan Evans |
Christopher Dean Fairley Jr. Student Resource Coordinator Miller - Motte College Delta Education Corporation North Carolina Chapter |
| Dr. Emily Fenn
Technical Staff |
Alyssa Feola Cyber Security Engineer USAF/AFLCMC Lexington - Concord Chapter |
| Dr. Vijay Gadepally Technical Staff MIT Lincoln Laboratory Lexington - Concord |
Matthew Goertz
Segment Lead Solution Design & Transition |
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Brian Harrell |
Daniel Heupel Software Developer |
| MSgt Shamar Jones, USAF NCOIC, Authorized Service Interruptions Manager Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) - Pacific Hawaii Chapter |
SSgt Nathaniel Juarez, USAF NCOIC, Cyber Operations Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Turkey Kaiserslautern Chapter |
| Greg Kamigawachi President and CEO Phoenix Operations Group Central Maryland |
Ashley Kee
CEO |
| Alex Kreilein
Managing Partner |
Nicholas Little Founder/CEO |
| Jordan Loeb CTO Frontier, Inc. Belvoir Chapter |
Jessica McCain Senior Cyber Threat Analyst United States Strategic Command Greater Omaha Chapter |
| Christopher McGrath Sr. Project Manager Highlight Technologies Northern Virginia Chapter |
Jesse Nielsen Managing Partner Synertex Northern Virginia Chapter |
| MSgt Brianna Oberg, USAF
Project Integraton Manager |
Robert Riley, Jr.
Senior Electronics Engineer |
| Paul Sanchez President and CEO Government Tactical Solutions, LLC Northern Virginia Chapter |
Daniel Schulman |
| Rob Smith Incident Response and Threat Intelligence Analyst PriceWaterhouseCoopers UK London Chapter |
Timothy Sorbera
Software Engineer |
| Cait von Schnetlage, MBA
CEO |
Rebecca Unetic
Director of Strategy |
| Dan Walters
Principal Digital/Microelectronics Hardware Engineer |
Roy White President and CEO Diverse Concepts, Inc. Central Maryland Chapter |
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Lisa Wiswell |
MSgt Carlton Young, USAF Superintendent, Network Control Center |