Mr. Chakrapani is currently the Chief of the Integration Engineering Division of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Global Information Grid (GIG) Engineering Center. The Integrating Engineering division is a focal point in the synchronization and integration of existing Command and Control (C2) applications, GIG Enterprise Services and NetOps/Information Assurance (IA) applications and services across multiple programs into a joint GIG architecture to achieve a network-centric vision. Currently, Mr. Chakrapani is leading DISA efforts in assessing evolving technologies in the area of Policy-based Enterprise Management (PBEM) and implementing a standards based approach in the areas of Network Perimeter Defense and Satellite Communications (SATCOM).

Adam Vincent, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Layer 7 Technologies’ Public Sector Team, has extensive experience designing and fielding enterprise-class security solutions for Fortune 100 companies and government clients. He is considered a trusted subject matter expert by the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) on sharing information seamlessly and securely. Mr. Vincent's primary areas of focus are information sharing across boundaries and predictive cyber threat capabilities. He has been designing and building security capabilities for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) since 2003 and has recently begun working with government cloud providers and consumers in securing their private cloud pursuits. Mr. Vincent is also working on new approaches to Dynamic Computer Network Defense (DCND) to create a more predictive and flexible cyber battle space. Mr. Vincent holds an MS in computer science with a graduate certificate in computer security & information assurance from George Washington University. He is an active blogger in the area of cyber security and security in cloud and a sought-after speaker at security industry conferences and events.

James Heath began his career working in fiber optics thirty years ago. Twenty-five years ago he was a founder of American Photonics, the first fiber optic Ethernet Company. At Nortel he was the design manager of the first commercial STM-16/OC-48 system. He also headed up the engineering design teams for ATM and Frame Relay products at Nortel and was Director of Marketing for both Carrier and Enterprise data products for Nortel from 1996 to 2001. For the last 3 years, Heath has worked as a free lance research analyst at Dittberner Associates tracking the broadband access and Switch and Router markets in over 65 countries. He has authored studies on broadband, IPTV, LTE, and Carrier Routers. Most recently at Technology-Research Institute he authored a multi-client study on Botnet defense. He developed a detailed understanding of the traffic patterns and the energy and security issues facing data networks.

Chris Poulin brings a balance of management experience and technical skills encompassing his 25 years in IT, information security, and software development to his role as chief security officer at Q1 Labs. As a key member of the company's Security Council, Poulin is responsible for the continual evolution of the QRadar family of solutions to keep pace with emerging security threats, customer needs, and industry trends, as well as evangelizing QRadar to strategic partners and customers. Prior to joining Q1 Labs in July 2009, Poulin spent eight years in the U.S. Air Force managing global intelligence networks and developing software. He left the Department of Defense to leverage his leadership and technical skills to found and build FireTower, Inc., a successful information security consulting practice, with clients that included Cisco Systems, National Geographic, Radio Shack, Symantec, Time-Warner, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and the U.S. House of Representatives.

Michelle Johnson Cobb joined Skybox Security in 2009 as Vice President, Worldwide Marketing. An experienced speaker and technology marketing leader, Ms. Cobb is passionate about connecting customers to innovative solutions. Prior to Skybox Security, Ms. Cobb held executive marketing roles in a number of security and networking companies, including McAfee, LogLogic, Tumbleweed Communications, and several startups. Ms. Cobb has led product marketing and product management teams to deliver products that protect computer systems and networks, ensure IT compliance with regulations, and improve network performance. Ms. Cobb received her MBA with high distinction from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science also from the University of Michigan.

Daniel O’Donnell is Vice President of Business Development for Network Critical, a market leader in network access devices enabling security, analysis and performance appliances to protect and manage network links. Throughout his 30 year technology career, Mr. O’Donnell has worked to advocate the use of new technology for competitive advantage and business growth.

Bob Natale is the Chief Engineer of MITRE's Joint Network Operations & Cyber Defense department, with extensive experience in information & communications technology (ICT) and software & systems engineering. He has created pioneering COTS products in real-time RDBMS, telecom OSS, and Internet management tools; has been a technical leader on numerous major communications management and service delivery projects; has played leadership roles on multiple industry standards in the IETF network operations and management area (SNMPv2c, AgentX, WinSNMP, XSDMI); serves as the US Co-chair of the TM Forum Government & Defense Community, and as the “Government Lead” for the Standards & Technology WG of the Digital Policy Management (DPM) project; and contributes to W3C, OASIS, NCOIC, and other SDOs. Bob has graduate degrees in Software Engineering, Technology Management, and Public Administration, and is currently working on a PhD in Artificial Intelligence. He has certifications in ITIL and IBM SOA Solutions Design.

Howard McDonald joined the Defense Spectrum Organization (DSO) in December 2008 after a 23 year career in private industry addressing a wide variety of challenges associated with DoD spectrum operations. Mr McDonald was the project manager for the Defense Information Systems Agency's Emerging Spectrum Technologies program for several years, addressing a wide range of topics including exploration of early concepts for supportability of adaptive/cognitive systems. He is currently DSO's team lead for Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) activities.

Lynn Grande has worked in the field of communications software for 26 years. For the past 22 years, she has been employed by General Dynamics C4 Systems as an engineering manager and software architect. Her experience includes research and development of policy solutions using DMTF Policy standards. She is also actively involved in standards development, participating in the Directory Enabled Networking working group in DMTF and she currently chairs the IEEE SCC41 P1900.5 working group defining policy standards for DSA in next generation radio efforts.

David Fritz is a Principal Communications Engineer at The MITRE Corporation and has over 25 years of experience in communications and space systems analysis for the Department of Defense. He is currently supporting the DSO in the analysis of dynamic spectrum access technologies and solutions