Brigadier General Anthony McQueen

Brigadier General Christopher D. Schneider

Brigadier General Christopher D. Schneider received his commission an Infantry Officer from the United States Military Academy in 1994. His tactical assignments include: Rifle and Reconnaissance Platoon Leader, Headquarters and Headquarters Company Executive Officer, and Battalion Assistant S-3, 1st Infantry Division; Assistant G-3 Training Officer for XVIII Airborne Corps; Airborne Rifle Company Commander and an Airborne Headquarters and Headquarters Company Commander in 3-325 A.I.R, 82d Airborne Division; and Ranger Assistant Operations Officer, 75th Ranger Regiment. He has multiple operational/combat deployments to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

Brigadier General Schneider entered the Acquisition Corp 2005 and served in numerous assignments to include: (LTC/COL) Assignment Officer in the Human Resources Command, Alexandria, Virginia; Product Manager for Soldier Maneuver Sensors in PEO Soldier; Branch Chief for the Acquisition Branch in the Human Resources Command; Military Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition; Project Manager for Soldier Sensors and Lasers and as the Assistant Program Executive Officer (APEO) for Futures and Integration in PEO Soldier. Project Manager for the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, a Rapid Prototyping initiative in PEO Solider. He recently served as the Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology).

Brigadier General Schneider’s military education includes the Infantry Officer Basic Course, Ranger School, Air Assault School, Bradley Leader Course, Scout Platoon Leader Course, Jumpmaster Course, Armor Officer Advanced Course, Combined Arms and Services Staff School, the Army Acquisition Basic Course, U.S. Army Command & General Staff College, and the National Defense University. Brigadier General Schneider has received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the United States Military Academy, a M.B.A. from Liberty University, and a M.S. in National Resourcing and Strategy from the Eisenhower School.

His awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters, Joint Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, Army Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Afghanistan Service Medal, Iraq Service Medal, Valorous Unit and Superior Unit Award, Senior Parachutist Badge, German Parachutist Badge, Ranger Tab, Air Assault Badge, Expert Infantryman Badge, and Combat Infantryman Badge.

Brigadier General Schneider is a native of Louisville, Kentucky, and is married to COL Maria Schneider, an Army Acquisition Officer and native of Miami, Florida. They have three children: Michelle, Jacob, and Luke.

Colonel (Ret.) Art Sellers

Art Sellers is the Senior Director of Business Development for US Army, SOCOM, DoD for SparkCognition Government Systems (SGS). Art recently retired from the US Army after serving over 27 years as a career infantry officer. He spent his entire career in operational assignments, with over 12 years in the special operations community, 10 years in command billets at every level, and 5 years in combat deployments.
Originally from Keokuk, Iowa, Art graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1995, the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 2006 as well as from the Naval War College in Newport, RI in 2018. He not only brings his leadership and warfighting
reputation to SGS, but Art also provides relevant perspective from recent operational experiences, including Iraq, Afghanistan, and in response to the Russian aggression in Ukraine.
Additionally, he collaborated with private industry, Department of Defense entities, and the interagency to incorporate A.I. and machine learning into large scale operations and exercises.
Art and his wife, Susan, have been married for 26 years and have two sons, ages 21 and 19, as well as a 17-year-old daughter and reside near Fort Bragg, NC.

Colonel (Ret.) Richard Hansen

Colonel (Ret'd) Richard Hansen, Former Program Manager, Soldier Warrior, PEO Soldier, US Army
As Former Program Manager, Soldier Warrior, PEO Soldier, US Army COL (R) Hansen spent 26 years in the US Army in both the war fighting and acquisition fields. He held various command and staff positions in self-propelled, towed, and airborne artillery units and fire support elements. His research, development, and acquisition experience includes various assignments as a product,
project, or program manager in electric guns, armored vehicles, and precision guided munitions. In his last 4 years of service as the Project Manager for Soldier Warrior, he was responsible for weapons, clothing, and equipment for aviation crewmen (Air Warrior), dismounted Soldiers (Land Warrior, Ground Soldier Ensemble), and vehicle crewmen (Mounted Soldier).

Colonel Anh Ha

Colonel Greg Pavlichko

Colonel Greg Pavlichko is a recent United States Army War College graduate. Before his attendance at the War College, COL Pavlichko was assigned to 7th Army Training Command, Europe, where he served as the Chief of Operations for the Joint Multinational Simulation Center at Grafenwoehr, Germany.

COL Pavlichko was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant of Armor in August 1999, after graduating as the Distinguished Military Graduate from Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His first assignment was as Platoon Leader in Hawk Company, Second Squadron, Second Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Then, as a 1st Lieutenant, he was the executive officer for Ghost Troop, Second Squadron, Second Armored Cavalry Regiment. He then attended the Armor Captains Career Course and was stationed in Vilseck, Germany.
While stationed in Vilseck, COL Pavlichko was the Chief of the Command Training Branch at the Combined Arms Training Center. He was responsible for planning, developing, and executing the Company Commander and First Sergeant Course, the Rear Detachment Commanders' course, and the US Army Europe Battalion and Brigade Pre-Command Course. COL Pavlichko's next assignment was to 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Friedberg, Germany. He was the 1-37 AR BN assistant S-3 and then Company Commander, Charlie Company 1-37 AR. As company commander, he deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Deployed initially to Rabiya, Charlie Company relocated to Ramadi.
After company command, COL Pavlichko was selected to be a Simulation Operations officer and assigned to the Directorate of Simulations at Fort Rucker, Alabama. While at Fort Rucker, he was the Aviation Training Exercise Branch Chief and the deputy Flight School XXI program manager. COL Pavlichko was responsible for Aviation Training Exercises, using a mixture of virtual and constructive simulations to enable FORSCOM to certify all aviation battalions and brigades deploying to Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Additionally, as deputy FSXXI program manager, he was responsible for managing the simulations used in flight school at Fort Rucker.
COL Pavlichko then attended the University of Central Florida, received a master's degree in Modeling and Simulations, and attended resident ILE. After ILE, he reported to the National Simulation Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. While at the NSC, he was assigned to TCM Gaming as the requirements chief. While assigned to TCM Gaming, COL Pavlichko executed multiple verification, validation, and accreditation tests of Virtual Battle Space 3. He also led teams that developed, tested, and fielded Disaster SIM, ELITE Lite, and ELITE Sharp.
His next assignment was Chief of Collective Training at the Joint Base Lewis McChord Mission Training Complex in Washington state. At the JBLM MTC, he was the lead planner for all battalion and brigade collective training events on the MTC. He designed and supported dozens of brigade-level exercises. In addition, he developed the largest LVC-IA brigade exercise at JBLM and supported multiple division-level certification exercises. COL Pavlichko was then selected to be the Chief of Operations at JMSC. During this assignment, COL Pavlichko led a team of teams that resourced and planned exercises across Europe and assisted the training of V Corps as they established themselves in Europe.
Colonel Pavlichko holds a Master of Modeling and Simulations degree from the University of Central Florida and a Master of Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College. His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with 4 OLC, the Army Commendation Medal with 3 OLC, the OIF Campaign Medal, the Combat Action Badge, and the Parachutist Badge.
COL Pavlichko and his wife, Cari, have two children, Brandon and Chase.

Colonel Marcus J. Reynolds

Col Marcus J. Reynolds assumed command of the Program Manager for Training Systems (PM TRASYS) in Orlando, Florida, on April 22, 2022. In this role, he serves as Marine Corps Systems Command’s executive agent assigned to manage acquisition and life-cycle support of Marine Corps ground training systems, devices and training support services. He has served more than a decade overseas including deployments throughout the IndoPacific area of responsibility as well as combat deployments to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan. His personal decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with one gold star, Joint Commendation Medal, Navy Commendation Medal with one gold star, Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and the Combat Action Ribbon.

Colonel Rhett D. Thompson

COL Rhett Thompson graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in December 1996 and was commissioned an Infantry officer in the United States Army.

He has served in numerous key command positions in Mechanized, Ranger, and Airborne units and has served in staff positions in Joint Special Operations Command and Army Futures Command prior to assuming his current position as the Director of Maneuver Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate. He has multiple combat deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq.

COL Thompson is a graduate of the Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the US Army Command and General Staff College, and the US Naval War College. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Ag Economics, a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College.

COL Thompson and his wife Stacy have two children, Marshall, and Allison

Colonel Shannon Nielsen

Lieutenant Colonel David Bergmann

Lieutenant Colonel Gareth Davies

Lt Col Gareth Davies took over as SO1 Soldier Systems in Jan 2019. His main role is to deliver new Dismounted Close Combat capabilities to service across the Defence Lines of Development. He is the lead in setting up TommyWorks, a new organisation focussing on Soldier System Integration and more agile and iterative delivery of future capabilities. Career wise, he has completed 5 operational tours as an infantry commander including Iraq and Afghanistan twice and has previous experience as a Requirements Manager for the FIST programme and Chief of Staff of Soldier, Training and Special Projects team within DE&S.

Lieutenant Colonel Trond Ruud

LTC Trond S. Ruud is a native of Saint Joseph, Missouri and served with A Company 189th Ordnance Battalion under the Simultaneous Membership Program with Missouri Western State University Reserve Officer Training Corps, from 2001 to 2003.
LTC Ruud received his Commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery through the Reserve Officers Training Corps program at Missouri Western State University in 2003, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree.
His past officer assignments include: Fire Direction Officer, Platoon Leader, C-1/377th AFAR, Fort Campbell, KY; Executive Officer, HHC-2/320th FAR, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and FOB Warrior, Iraq; Fire Support Officer, Border Transition Team 4351, Zurbatiyah Port of Entry, Iraq; Targeting Officer, Operations Fires, G-3, United States Army Europe, Heidelberg, Germany; Operations Officer to The Commanding General, United States Army Europe, Heidelberg, Germany. Company Commander, USAG Baden-Wurrtemburg, Heidelberg, Germany.
LTC Ruud transitioned to the Acquisition Corps immediately following his company command and was first assigned to the 644th Contingency Contracting Team, 903rd Contracting Battalion, 409th Contracting Support BDE where he was a contracting team leader between 2012-2015. He would then serve as an Assistant Product Manager for Product Manager Ground Soldier Systems at Fort Belvoir, VA. Following his first APM assignment he was recruited and selected to go work in support of a special mission unit as a developmental APM under Product Manager Communications and Intelligence Support Systems under Special Operations Command before leaving to work as a Department of Army Systems Coordinator for Soldier Weapons in the Pentagon. LTC Ruud was assigned as the Deputy Chief of Staff to ASA(ALT), in support of the CoS, PDEP, MILDEP and AAE.
LTC Ruud has completed Command and General Staff College and the Acquisition Intermediate Qualification Course. LTC Ruud is Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act Level III trained in Program Management, and Level III in Contracting. He completed his MBA in 2012.
LTC Ruud recently completed a fellowship program under Training with Industry at Sig Sauer in Newington, New Hampshire.
LTC Ruud’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Joint Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Meritorious Unit Citation, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Combat Action Badge, Parachutist Badge, and the Air Assault Badge.
LTC Ruud has two children, Carter (18 years) and Nolan (9 years).

Lieutnant Colonel Arthur Dawe

Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Dawe joined the Army in 2001, commissioning into the Scots Guards. Initially posted to London on ceremonial duties, he then served as a Platoon Commander in the Guards Training Division, Catterick. Further postings included Poland, Canada and Germany where he was an Armoured Infantry Platoon and Company Commander. He worked in Joint Capabilities in the MoD during SDSR15 and is experienced in several other key Staff appointment roles, both in the MoD and in the Field Army. He has completed multiple tours of duty in Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan and overseas short-term training tasks (STTT).

Major General Martin F. Klein

Major General Martin F. Klein assumed command of the 75th Innovation Command, headquartered in Houston, TX, on 7 August 2021. General Klein was born in Richmond, Virginia. He entered the U.S. Army upon graduation from Lenoir Rhyne University in 1991 and was commissioned in the Infantry.

Prior to his current assignment, General Klein served as Director, Army G-3/5/7, Strategic Operations, the Pentagon, from 2020 to 2021; Commanding General, Deployment Support Command in Birmingham, Alabama and Deputy Commander for Operations for the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois from 2017-2020; Commander, Army Support Activity- Fort Dix and Deputy Commander, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey from 2016-2017; Executive Officer to the Chief of Army Reserve and Commanding General of the United States Army Reserve, the Pentagon, from 2014-2016.

Other assignments include Reserve Component Analyst, Army G-8, Plans Analysis and Evaluation Directorate, the Pentagon; Chief of Operational Assessments, J-5 (Strategy) United States Forces-Iraq, supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn; Manning Analyst, Army G-1, the Pentagon; Chief, Training Branch, Plans Analysis and Evaluation, Office of the Chief of Army Reserve; Executive Officer, Georgetown Army ROTC, Washington, District of Columbia; Executive Assistant to the Director of Logistics (J-4), the Joint Staff; Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General, 1st Corps Supporting Command (ABN), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Commander, HQ/A Company, 407th Forward Supporting Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. General Klein served in multiple staff and leadership positions in the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and the 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York.

General Klein is a graduate of the Infantry Officer Basic Course; the Quartermaster Officer Transition Course and the Combined Officer Advanced Course; the Operations Research Systems Analyst Military Application Course; the Command and General Staff College and the Army War College. He holds a Bachelor's of Business Administration from Lenoir Rhyne University, North Carolina; a Master's of Business Administration from Webster University, Missouri; and a Master's of Strategic Studies from the Army War College.

Personal awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit (2), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (6), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Commendation Medal (2), Army Achievement Medal (4), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Iraqi Campaign Medal (2), Humanitarian Service Medal (2), Ranger Tab, Senior Parachutist Badge, Rigger Badge, and the Joint and Army Staff Identification Badges. Foreign awards include the Venezuelan Basic Parachutist and Thai Parachutist Badges.

Major Magnus Hallberg

Infantry officer, the career consists of a mix of different positions within infantry and Mechanized battalions.
Graduated from Staff collage 2002 and completed Battalion Commander Course 2003, since 2004 at Land Warfare Centre development department.
Test and trial manager on Swedish soldier modernization, PM/ReqM on Combat clothing and PPE.
A member of LCG DSS since 2004, Deputy Chairman 2012-18, Chairman 2019---
Involved in the NORDEFCO project on Nordic Combat Uniform as leader of the User Working Group.

Mr Christopher Woodburn

Mr. Woodburn was commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in 1987 and graduated from The Basic School and the Infantry Officers Course in 1988. As an infantry officer, he held the billets of Rifle Platoon Commander, Heavy Machine Gun Platoon Commander, 81mm Mortar Platoon Commander, Company Commander, Battalion Logistics Officer, Battalion Operations Officer, and Battalion Executive Officer. He also served as the Deputy, Current Operations and Future Operations Officer at the Marine Expeditionary Force level. Mr. Woodburn’s combat deployments include OPERATION DESERT SHIELD/STORM and two tours to OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM.
Mr. Woodburn also served as a training company commander at the School of Infantry and commanding officer for a Marine Corps Recruiting Station. He is certified in Program Management from a tour at Marine Corps Systems Command and earned a Master’s Degree in Military Studies from the Marine Corps Command and Staff College in 2003. He completed his military career as a lieutenant colonel while serving as the Infantry Combat Equipment and Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad Capabilities Integration Officer, Ground Combat Element – Fires and Maneuver, Capabilities Development Directorate at Quantico, VA.
Upon retirement in 2013, Mr. Woodburn joined the U.S. civil service and continues to work at the Capabilities Development Directorate. He worked initially as the requirements officer for Marine Corps small arms and combat optics and now supervises capabilities development for the infantry and reconnaissance communities as the Deputy for the Maneuver Branch.

Mr David Ahmad

Mr. David Ahmad is the Product Manager for Small Caliber Ammunition responsible for life cycle management of direct fire small caliber ammunition from 5.56mm to .50 Caliber for the Army, other services and agencies under the Single Manager for Conventional Ammunition mission. He oversees efforts in the modernization of the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant while maintaining production.
Prior to becoming the PdM SCA, he served as the Systems of Systems Integration Manager for the Directorate of Integration, JPEO A&A focusing on supply chain risk. Earlier leadership roles included Future Weapons Division Chief for Individual Weapons, and Product Director for Heavy Machine Guns.
 

Mr Eric Shields

Mr. Eric Shields is a Senior Battery Advisor in the Industrial Base Policy office in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He formerly held the position of Department of Navy’s Deputy Director for Operational Energy and has led operational energy and lithium battery safety efforts for the Navy and Marine Corps at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock. Mr. Shields has experience with lithium battery safety and performance, expeditionary renewable energy systems, hybrid and microgrid systems, and human energy behaviors. Mr. Shields holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland.

Mr Jason Regnier

Mr. Jason Regnier has 30+ years of Army R&D and Acquisition. After completing a BSEE at UT Knoxville, and an MSEE at the George Washington University, he began his federal career at Fort Belvoir in Countermine and Night Vision. In 2003 he moved to PEO Soldier to work systems engineering, international and the Nett Warrior program as the Deputy Product Manager in 2007. In 2018 he was selected to be the Technical Director for the IVAS program.

Mr Mark Richter

Mr Matthew R. Moeller

Mr Michael T. McCarthy

Mr. Michael T. McCarthy is a Department of the Army Civilian currently serving as the Deputy Director of the Close Combat Lethality Task Force, one of five Secretary of Defense Cross Functional Teams. Prior to his current assignment, Mike served as the Chief of Future Operations and Requirements Integration. His prior included serving as the Plans Officer to the Commanding General of for the Army Futures Command Task Force and as the Deputy to the Commanding General of the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. From 2009 to 2016, Mr. McCarthy led the U.S. Army’s “Connecting Soldiers to Digital Applications” project for assessing the military utility of mobile technologies across the Army. Mr. McCarthy served various command and staff positions in the United States, Germany, and Korea following his commission into the Field Artillery upon graduation from the Virginia Military Institute. Mr. McCarthy is a graduate of the US Army Command and General Staff College receiving a Master of Arts in Operations, Tactics, and Training. He is a 2015 graduate of the Air War College, earning a Master of Arts in National Security Studies and Theory from The U.S. Air War College Grand Strategy curriculum. Mr. McCarthy is a 2016 graduate of the prestigious Defense Senior Leader Development Program.

Mr Robert J. Wolfinger

Mr Ryan McLean

Continuous Delivery – the future of Information Dominance. Continuous Delivery is Ryan's "why." As a developer by trade, Ryan builds and leads national security software organizations so the US wins the next fight.
His DevOps adventures span the users of Defense R&D and Test, Air Force Combat Search and Rescue, and the US Citizenship and Immigration Service enterprise (and some ethical hacking).
As TAK Product Center Director, Ryan leads a pipe-hitting team of passionate technologists that empowers more than 3,000 developers to deliver a family of open-source, networked geospatial platforms to over 350,000 military, federal, civilian, and international users. TAK is the technical baseline for 18 US Government Programs of Record, and it is a key component of every combat theater, each National Special Security Event, and many wildland fire responses.
As the USSOCOM PEO-SOF Digital Applications Chief Engineer, Ryan drives the technical vision and execution of a large software and data portfolio delivering Special Operations-peculiar digital capabilities to SOF users across the globe.
In both roles, the pursuit of Continuous Delivery is the means to an end – to empower the user.
Ryan is an experienced leader in building organizations around culture, process, and tools. He is a computer engineer by degree, a software engineer by trade, and loves to delight users. Ryan is a Combat Veteran and a Major in the Air Force Reserve.
Ryan's hobbies include carpentry and yardwork, but he also relentlessly muses about new tech startup concepts and is always "almost done" with another tech tutorial. Ryan keeps it real in Indiana.

Mr Serge Côte

Serge Côte is a graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering. Serge also obtained a Master of Science in Project Management from the Université du Québec. Following his service as a Combat System Engineering Officer in the Royal Canadian Navy, Serge moved to industry where he filled different product development and management roles in navigation simulators and e-learning projects. In 2009, Serge returned to Public Service with the Department of National Defence as a project manager in the Materiel Group. He has been leading the Soldier Operational Clothing and Equipment Modernisation Initiative since 2020.

Mr Seth Spoenlein

Mr. Seth Spoenlein serves as the Assistant Director, Systems Integration Portfolio within the Engineering and Systems Integration Directorate (ESI) under the U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM); Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland.

In this capacity, Mr. Spoenlein supports the ESI Directorate within the C5ISR Center. He provides strategic guidance for the S&T community with an emphasis on integration of technologies. In his role supporting the C5ISR Center, he assists the ESI Director in providing the strategy for the organization in Soldier-centered design, evaluating C5ISR systems in lab and field environments and a unified C5ISR Prototype Integration Facility.

Mr. Spoenlein previously served as the Senior Scientific Technical Manager, Integrated Networks, Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate (S&TCD), supporting both the Network-Cross Functional Team (N-CFT) and the C5ISR Center and Associate Director, Office of Science & Technology within DEVCOM C5ISR Center as the Directorates’ Chief Engineer forming the organization’s strategic technical vision and responsible for planning the Directorates’ S&T investments. In addition, Mr. Spoenlein led the establishment and guidance of cooperative partnerships with other U.S. defense services, international defense partners, and research laboratories.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Spoenlein has held various technical and leadership positions in the areas of satellite communications, terrestrial networking, Systems Engineering, and Modeling & Simulations that resulted in changes to the Army and Joint Network. Additionally, Mr. Spoenlein served as a government advisor to the Army Science Board for four consecutive years.

Mr. Spoenlein is a graduate from Lehigh University and Stevens Institute of Technology. He holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering and M.E. in Systems Engineering. He is a member of the Army Acquisition Corps and is a graduate of the APG Senior Leader COHORT program in 2017.

His awards include the Department of the Army – Dr. Wilbur Payne Memorial Award – For Excellence in Analysis, 2016; the U.S. Army Achievement and Commanders Medals for Civilian Service 2018, 2009; and CERDEC Employee of the Year awards in 2006, 2009, and 2017.

Ms Paula Latorre

Ms. Paula Latorre is the Tactical Power Branch Chief working for the Power Division at DEVCOM C5ISR. She received her Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering and her Masters in Systems Engineering from Stevens Institute of technology. Ms. Latorre has worked in the Power and Energy community for 15 years and has 5 patents on cathode material for lithium rechargeable batteries. Paula Latorre continues to support her branch to provide innovative portable power and energy solutions for the warfighter to improve system runtime, situational awareness, and overall tactical overmatch amongst our adversaries.

Senior Representative (Name Withheld for Security Reasons)