2025 Navy Summit | Potomac Officers Club
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The 2025 Navy Summit is a premier gathering of naval and maritime leaders to address the most critical challenges and opportunities facing the U.S. Navy. This exclusive event brings together top-tier Navy experts to explore innovative solutions, forge strategic partnerships and shape the future of naval operations. Attendees will gain invaluable insights into the latest advancements in technology, policy and strategy as we collectively work to ensure a secure future and a ready naval force.
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Keynote Speakers
Jane Rathbun
CIO
U.S. Department of the Navy
VADM Brad Skillman
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Integration of Capabilities and Resources, N8, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
U.S. Navy
Vice Adm. Karl Thomas
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare, N2N6 / Director of Naval Intelligence
U.S. Navy
Speakers
Mark Andress
Global Vice President
Oracle Government Defense & Intelligence
Jennifer Bisceglie
Founder and Executive Vice Chair
Interos.ai
David Britt
Vice President, Technology and Innovation Defense Sector
MANTECH
Theresa Campobasso
Senior Vice President, Government Success
Exiger
CDR Jeremiah Daley
Military Director, PACFLT N9WAR
U.S. Navy
Justin Fanelli
Chief Technology Officer
U.S. Department of the Navy
Mark Fedeli
Director of Business Development
Seekr
Tim Foerster
Senior Vice President
SAIC
Michael Frank
Deputy CTO
U.S. Department of the Navy
Chris Fraser
Senior Vice President for Delivery and Implementations
Exiger Government Solutions
Rebecca Gassler
Deputy Director, Project Overmatch
U.S. Department of the Navy
Christina Hicks
Director, Navy Information Warfare Strategy
MANTECH
CAPT Grady Hill
Program Manager, Advanced Undersea Systems (PMS 394)
U.S. Navy
Louis Koplin
Program Executive Officer for Digital and Enterprise Services
U.S. Department of the Navy
Edmond Kuqo
RAISE Technical Warrant Holder (TWH) AI/LLM | DevSecOps | Cybersecurity | Cloud
U.S. Department of the Navy
CAPT Matt Lewis
Program Manager, Unmanned Maritime Systems (PMS 406)
U.S. Navy
Bryan Lopez
Director of Emerging Technologies, Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer
U.S. Department of the Navy
Joel MacRitchie
Deputy Program Manager, PMS 406, PEO Unmanned and Small Combatants
U.S. Navy
Nelson Mills
CEO
VATN Systems
Richard Okrasinski
Director of C4I, Commander, Submarine Forces Atlantic
U.S. Navy
Jeffrey Proudfoot
Executive Director, PEO Digital
U.S. Department of the Navy
LCDR Patrick Rawlinson
Undersea Warfare Projects Officer
Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
Robert Salvia
VP of Federal Operations
Fortress Information Security of Fortress Security
Lt. Artem Sherbinin
Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Surface Navy
U.S. Navy
RADM (Ret.) Doug Small
President
DWS Strategies, LLC
Scott St. Pierre
Director, Enterprise Networks and Cybersecurity
U.S. Navy
Barbara Supplee
EVP Navy Business Group
SAIC
David Voelker
Zero Trust Architecture Lead
U.S. Department of the Navy
Stuart Wagner
Chief Data and AI Officer
U.S. Department of the Navy
Kathryn Wang
Principal, Public Sector
SandboxAQ
Alex Whitworth
Director, Core Cyber
Carahsoft
Rich Zaremba
Chief Customer Officer
SAP NS2
Agenda
| 7:00am | 8:00am | Networking Reception |
| 8:00am | 8:10am | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 8:10am | 8:45am | Opening Keynote: Vice Adm. Karl Thomas and Barbara Supplee (Introducer) |
| 8:45am | 9:20am | Morning Fireside Chat |
| 9:20am | 9:50am | Networking Break |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel A: Consolidating the Digital Frontier: Modernizing Navy IT for a Unified Ecosystem: Mark Andress (Moderator), Scott St.Pierre (Panelist), Jeffrey Proudfoot (Panelist) |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel B: Optimizing Navy Decision-Making with GenAI: Balancing Human Insight with AI Precision: Mark Fedeli (Moderator), Justin Fanelli (Panelist), Chris Fraser (Panelist), Rebecca Gassler (Panelist), Doug Small (Panelist), and Stuart Wagner (Panelist) |
| 10:50am | 11:00am | Break |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel A: Opportunities and Challenges in Delivering UXV to the Navy: Barbara Supplee (Moderator), CAPT Grady Hill (Panelist), CAPT Matt Lewis (Panelist), Nelson Mills( Panelist), Patrick Rawlinson (Panelist), and Robert Salvia (Panelist) |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel B: Zero Trust and Beyond: Securing the Navy's Information Environment: Alex Whitworth (Moderator), Michael Frank (Panelist), Louis Koplin (Panelist), David Voelker (Panelist), and Kathryn Wang (Panelist) |
| 12:00pm | 1:30pm | Networking Lunch |
| 12:15pm | 1:15pm | Lunch Panel: Supporting the Shield: Navyu2019s Role in the Golden Dome Architecture- Tim Foerster (Panelist) |
| 1:30pm | 2:30pm | Panel A: Accelerating Naval Capabilities: Partnering with Industry for Speed to Fleet: Rich Zaremba (Moderator), David Britt (panelist), Louis Koplin (Panelist), Edmond Kuqo (Panelist), Joel MacRitchie (Panelist), and Richard Okrasinski (Panelist) |
| 1:30pm | 2:30pm | Panel B: Emerging Technologies and Enterprise Services for Information Superiority: CAPT Bryan Lopez (Moderator), Jennifer Bisceglie (Panelist), Lt. Artem Sherbinin (Panelist), and CDR Jeremiah Daley (Panelist) |
| 2:30pm | 3:00pm | Networking Break |
| 3:00pm | 3:35pm | Afternoon Keynote: VADM Brad Skillman and Christina Hicks (Introducer) |
| 3:35pm | 4:10pm | Closing Fireside Chat: Jane Rathbun and Mark Fedeli (Moderator) |
| 4:10pm | 4:25pm | Closing Comments |
