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SMART PROC 2022 Speakers 
Added and updated as confirmed

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Mr. Rhys de Callier

Vice President

Strategy & Portfolio Management

QuidelOrtho, Inc.

The Future of Public Health Emergency Response

COL James Andy Nuce

Commander

USAMMDA

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USAMRDC: The Future Battlefield Capabilities

The Honorable Jessica Fitzwater

Frederick County Executive 

SPGC23 Keynote Kickoff

Mr. Louis Jasper

Project Manager: Warfighter Brain Health PMO

USAMMDA

From Brainstorming to the Battlefield: Overcoming the Valley of Death

Mr. David O. Christ

Associate Director

OSBP

ARL, DEVCOM

Defense Offices of Small Business Programs: Your Resource to Understand the Future Requirements, and Opportunities

Mr. Paul Michaels, eJD

Director

ORTA/Medical Technology Transfer

USAMRDC

SBIR/STTR, Tech Transfer and CRADA's:  Collaborating with the Military for Future Capabilities

Dr. Anthony Josey

OSDBU

Department of State

Civilian Agencies Small Business Opportunities

Mr. Leonardo San Roman

Manager

Procurement Assistance Division, OSDBU

U.S. DOT

Transportation & Infrastructure: Supporting Resilience and Sustainability

Mr. Bryan Shuy

Chief of Staff for Representative Andy Harris

Maryland’s 1st District

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Keynote Session: Thursday

Ms. Diane Dunshee

Senior Acquisition Executive and Senior Team Lead

NSA

Ft. Meade

Keynote Session: Thursday

COL Mark G. Hartell

Military Deputy Director

CDMRP

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USAMRDC: The Future Battlefield Capabilities

Ms. Jasmine Stewart

President

Goldbelt Frontier 

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Operational Medicine: from Medical Logistics, Staffing and Casualty Care, understanding the unique challenges for Defense Health and Military Treatment Facilities

Ms. Debra Abruzzese

ACC-APG Mission Operations Director

Aberdeen Proving Ground

ACC

Team APG - Protection and Capabilities for the Future Battlefield

Mr. Matthew Quinn

Science Director

TATRC

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Federal IT & Data Modernization

Mr. Scott Jackson

Director

Small Business Programs

NSA

Defense Intelligence Community

Mr. Emery Csulak

CMMC CCP, CISSP, PMP

vCISO & Director of Cyber Compliance

Boston Government Services (Former Chief Data Officer, US Department of Energy) 

Cybersecurity: Federal Efforts to Strengthen Critical Infrastructure and Security Programs

Dr. Jason Roos

COO

Administration of Preparedness Response, US Department of Health and Human Services

H-CORE

The Future of Public Health Emergency Response

Mr. Josh Israel

Chief Engineer

JPEO-CBRND

Team APG - Protection and Capabilities for the Future Battlefield

Ms. Lisa Swoboda

Senior Director

Office of Military and Federal Affairs

Maryland Department of Commerce

SPGC23 Keynote Kickoff

Ms. Kathy Zolman

Chief of Consortium Operations

MTEC & MCDC

From Brainstorming to the Battlefield: Overcoming the Valley of Death

Ms. Irma Alvarez-Alexander

Deputy Director

OSBP (NAVAIR)

Naval Air Systems Command – HQ

Defense Offices of Small Business Programs: Your Resource to Understand the Future Requirements, and Opportunities

Mr. J.R. Myers

Project Manager

SBIR

USAMRDC

SBIR/STTR, Tech Transfer and CRADA's:  Collaborating with the Military for Future Capabilities

Ms. Kweilin Hollis

Deputy Director

OSDBU

DHS

Civilian Agencies Small Business Opportunities

Ms. Denise Benjamin-Sirmons, Esq.

Director

Director, Procurement

EPA

Transportation & Infrastructure: Supporting Resilience and Sustainability

Ms. Kimberly Buehler, SES

Director

Army OSBP

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Keynote Session: Thursday

Ms. Thea Hofgesang

Senior Contracting Official and Director

U.S. Army Medical Research

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USAMRDC: The Future Battlefield Capabilities

Mr. Ian Griffith, PMP

 Chief

Military Branch,  Programs & Project Management Division

USACE, Baltimore District

Mid-Atlantic Federal and Military Construction

Ms. Cassandra Martin

Director

OSBP

DHA

Operational Medicine: from Medical Logistics, Staffing and Casualty Care, understanding the unique challenges for Defense Health and Military Treatment Facilities

Mr. Karl Kappra

Principal Deputy of Strategic Partnerships

ARL, DEVCOM

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Team APG - Protection and Capabilities for the Future Battlefield

Mr. Ricky Clark

NITAAC Deputy Director and Associate Director

Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations

NIH

Federal IT & Data Modernization

Ms. Kimberly Dávila

Director

Small Business Programs

DIA

Defense Intelligence Community

Mr. Jeremy S. Scholtes

Principal (Attorney)

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Cybersecurity: Federal Efforts to Strengthen Critical Infrastructure and Security Programs; and Contracting with Maryland

Ms. Pamela Minor

Maryland Apex Accelerator




Civilian Agencies Small Business Opportunities

Mr. Jeff Thomas

Acting Director for Science and Technology (S&T) Integration

DEVCOM

Team APG - Protection and Capabilities for the Future Battlefield

Ms. Arveice Washington

Deputy Director

OSBP

Department of the Navy

SPGC23 Keynote Kickoff

Mr. Pete Hunter

Associate Director

OSBP

MEDCOM

Defense Offices of Small Business Programs: Your Resource to Understand the Future Requirements, and Opportunities; and Operational Medicine: from Medical Logistics, Staffing and Casualty Care, understanding the unique challenges for Defense Health and Military Treatment Facilities

Mr. John Niziolek

Chief

Contracting Group 1,  KO/AO

USAMMRA

Defense Offices of Small Business Programs: Your Resource to Understand the Future Requirements, and Opportunities

Mr. Robert Charles

Chief Medical Law

USAMRDC

SBIR/STTR, Tech Transfer and CRADA's:  Collaborating with the Military for Future Capabilities

Dr. Anuja Sonalker

CEO

STEER Tech, LLC

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Transportation & Infrastructure: Supporting Resilience and Sustainability

Mr. Richard Griffin

Director

City of Frederick Office of Economic Development

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Contracting with Maryland

Ms. Dawn Rosarius, SES

Principal Assistant for Acquisition

USAMRDC

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Keynote Session: Thursday; and USAMRDC: The Future Battlefield Capabilities

Dr. Valerie DiVito

Civilian Deputy Director

MOMRP

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USAMRDC: The Future Battlefield Capabilities

Mr. Isaac Karto

Division Director Construction Services Division within the Office of Acquisition

Construction Services Division within the Office of Acquisition

GSA

Mid-Atlantic Federal and Military Construction

Mr. Darin Callahan

Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command

Detachment Fort Detrick 

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Operational Medicine: from Medical Logistics, Staffing and Casualty Care, understanding the unique challenges for Defense Health and Military Treatment Facilities

Ms. Amber Blake

Assistant Director

OSBP-APG

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Team APG - Protection and Capabilities for the Future Battlefield

Dr. Jim Fraley

Director & Assistant Professor Cybersecurity Education Programs

Wilmington University, Delaware

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Defense Intelligence Community

Ms. Carlen Capenos

Director

OSBP

DISA

Defense Intelligence Community

Mr. Phil Jones

Salas O'Brien

Director of Business Development

Mid-Atlantic Federal and Military Construction

Mr. Robert Carullo

Executive Director

SMART

SPGC23 Keynote Kickoff; and Keynote Session

Mr. Jerome Maultsby

Assistant Director

OSBP

MEDCOM

From Brainstorming to the Battlefield: Overcoming the Valley of Death

Ms. Pamela Brunson

Small Business Specialist

OSBP

NGB

Defense Offices of Small Business Programs: Your Resource to Understand the Future Requirements and Opportunities

Mr. John Warden

CEO

Hememics, LLC

SBIR/STTR, Tech Transfer and CRADA's:  Collaborating with the Military for Future Capabilities

Ms. Beth Woodring

Director of Attraction and Finance

Frederick County Office of Economic Development

Civilian Agencies Small Business Opportunities

Ms. Jo-Lynn Davis

Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

U.S. Department of Commerce 

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Transportation & Infrastructure: Supporting Resilience and Sustainability

Mr. Mike Myers

Associate Director of Procurement

Office of State Procurement

Department of General Services

Contracting with Maryland

Mr. Darryl Colvin, SES

Joint Program Executive Officer for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense 

Aberdeen Proving Ground 

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Keynote Session: Thursday

MAJ Elaine Por

Military Deputy Director

CCCRP

USAMRDC: The Future Battlefield Capabilities

Ms. Joey Harmon

Small/Diversity Business Liaison

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

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Operational Medicine: from Medical Logistics, Staffing and Casualty Care, understanding the unique challenges for Defense Health and Military Treatment Facilities

Ms. Joan Michel

Profile Partners, LLC

Team APG - Protection and Capabilities for the Future Battlefield

Mr. Shaun Poulton

Chief Operating Officer

Edgewater Federal Solutions

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Federal IT & Data Modernization

Dr. Ruby Crenshaw-Lawrence

Director

OSBP

DCSA

Defense Intelligence Community

Mr. Robert Hanley

Vice President

Cyber Solutions/Engineering

Sabre Systems, Inc.

Cybersecurity: Federal Efforts to Strengthen Critical Infrastructure and Security Programs

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