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DISA THEATER SCHEDULE

DISA senior leaders, program managers, and other representatives are scheduled to present briefings, moderate and participate in panels. Please make note of the theater each session is scheduled to occur at, and refer to the AFCEA TechNet Cyber floor plan for theater locations.

Theater 1 Theater 2

Topic
Mind the Gap: Minimizing CSSP and DCO through Technology


Panelists

Darrell Fountain 
Chief, Cyber Security Services Provider, DISA

U.S. Navy
Capt. Aaron Littlejohn
Commander, DISA Joint Operations Center (DJOC) 

U.S. Army
Col. Kevin MacNeil
Director of Operations, JFHQ-DODIN

Topic:
Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC)

 

 

Briefer
Ryan McArthur
Program Manager, Hosting and Compute Center, DISA


 

 Theater 3 Theater 6 

Topic:
Data Management Best Practices Panel

 

Moderator
Caroline Kuharske
Acting Director, Office of the Chief Data Officer, DISA

 

 

Topic
NATO International Live-Fire Cyber Event: Locked Shields 2023


Panel Chair

Jennifer Augustine,
Director, Office of Strategic Outreach and Talent Acquisition, DISA

 

Panelists:
U.S. Army
Maj. William Keber
Mission Assurance Cyber Plans Officer, DISA

 

Dr. Scott Fleming
Dean, College of Business, Humanities, and Social Sciences,
West Virginia University Institute of Technology

 

Noah King

IT Specialist, DISA

 

U.S. Army
Sgt. Jake Savant
Network Defense Analyst, DISA

 

Jake McFee

DISA Locked Shields Graduate Student Intern, Marshall University

 

Emma Pearson
DISA Locked Shields Student Intern, Marshall University

 
Theater 1 Theater 2

Topic
Filling the Gaps in Cybersecurity Communication

 

Briefer
Mark Nibert,
Cybersecurity Specialist, DISA

Topic

The Future of Department of Defense Collaboration – Exploring Defense Enterprise Office Solution (DEOS) Panel


Moderator/Chair

Carissa Landymore
Program Director, DEOS, DISA

 

Panelists
Jessop McCrea,
Chief Engineer, DEOS, DISA

 
Constance Genne (GDIT contractor) 
Senior Program Manager, DISA and Enterprise Services


Nick Giard (Microsoft contractor)
Principal Program Manager, DISA

 Theater 3

Panel
Emerging Technology Initiatives

 

Moderator
Steve Wallace
Chief Technology Officer and Director, Emerging Technology Directorate, DISA

 

Panelists
Bill Grenzer
Technical Director, Emerging Technology Directorate, DISA
 
Eric Mellot
Senior Technical Strategist, DISA

Deepak Seth,
Technical Lead, Emerging Technologies Directorate, DISA
 
Kamran Rahman
Senior NG/5G Lead, Emerging Technology Directorate, DISA
  


Theater 1

Topic
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Modernization

 

 Briefer
Donald Parker
Branch Chief and Program Manager, Public Key Infrastructure, DISA


Theater 1 Theater 2

Topic
Thunderdome

Briefer: 
Christopher Pymm
Portfolio Manager, Thunderdome
Division Chief, Cyber Directorate, DISA

Panel:
Applying Data Science Techniques
for Cybersecurity Operations

Moderator:
Caroline Kuharske
Acting Director, Office of the Chief Data Officer, DISA

Panelists:
Tolulope M. Popoola
Technical Director, JFHQ-DODIN

Phillip Chan
Senior Data Scientist, Office of the Chief Data Officer, DISA

Steve Fernandez
Data Scientist, Office of the Chief Data Officer, DISA

 Theater 3

Topics
Stratus

Briefers
Faith Perry
Information Technology Specialist, Hosting and Compute Center (HaCC), DISA

Kimberly Lingafelt
Stratus Program Manager, HaCC, DISA


Theater 1 Theater 2

Topic:
DISA Support to Ukraine After Russian Invasion

Briefer:
U.S. Army
Col. Diane E. Klein
Commander, DISA Europe

AND

Panel Topic:
The Five Eyes Alliance (FVEY) discussion

Panelists:
Royal Navy
CDR Amy Alexander
U.K. Liaison Officer, DISA 

Australian Defence Force 
Lt. Col. Adrian Trappett 
SO1 Cyber and Information Warfare, Defense Security Operations Center,  DISA 

Canadian Armed Forces 
Maj. Axel Sundquist 
Strategic National Leadership Office Canadian Military Exchange Officer, DISA

Topic
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Battle Management - Joint
(EMBM-J)

Briefer
U.S. Air Force
Col. Andre Johnson
Director, Joint Spectrum Center, DISA

 Theater 3
 

Panel
Small Business Elevator Pitch
"You have 90 seconds -
Are you Soaring Upwards
or Crashing to the Basement"

Moderator
Brenda Leanord
Associate Director, Office of Small Business Programs, DISA

Panelists
Carlen Capenos
Director, Office of Small Business Programs, DISA

Jessica Bathon-Logsdon 
Small Business Professional, DISA

Aja Sydnor 
Small Business Professional, DISA

Susanna Wiedmann
Procurement Analyst, DISA


Theater 1 Theater 2

Topic:
Vulcan

Briefers:
Dave Lago
Vulcan Program Manager,
Hosting and Compute Center (HaCC), DISA
 
Alexander McFarland
Cloud Engineer, HaCC, DISA

Panel:
Perimeter Defense 

Moderator:
David Richardson
Deputy Division Chief, Perimeter Defense, DISA

Panelists:
Duncan Carter
Chief, Demilitarized Zone Protection Branch, DISA

Thuy Che
Program Manager Enterprise Email Security Gateway & Zero Day Network Defense

U.S. Army
Maj. John Elco
Chief, Boundry, J34 Defensive Cyber Operations, DISA

Elmer Gordon
Program Manager, Cloud Based Internet Isolation (CBII), DISA

Malachi Outen
Chief Internet Protection Branch, Cyber Directorate, ID5 Perimeter Defense Division, DISA

Dr. Ryan Smith
Chief Engineer, ID5 Perimeter Defense Division, DISA

 

 Theater 3
 Panel:
Security Information
Event Management in the Cloud:
A Modern Approach to Cyber Defense

Theater 1 Theater 2

Panel:
Performance Monitoring +

Moderator:
Raju H. Shah
Director, Enterprise Engineering Directorate, DISA

Topic:
Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM)

Briefer:
John Baase
Program Manager, ICAM, DISA

Theater 3

Topic:
Containers as a Service (CaaS)

Briefer:
Shauna Martin
Virtualization Branch Chief, Host and Computing Center, DISA