2026 Army Summit | Potomac Officers Club
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The 11th annual edition of Potomac Officers Club’s Army Summit comes at a watershed moment for the largest Department of War component. With the Army Transformation Initiative kicking off last year and new geopolitical conflicts in Iran and elsewhere threatening to bubble over, the conversations here matter more than ever. The event will help the industrial base understand how to meet the needs of the newly revitalized Army with riveting keynote speeches, dynamic panel discussions and essential GovCon networking opportunities.
Six months into the rollout of Secretary Hegseth’s Acquisition Transformation Strategy, participants will gain new insight into crucial topics like the development of unmanned systems, the acceleration of commercial solutions and the expansion of AI usage (through efforts like GenAI.mil, among others). Sessions will also explore how industry can help the Army achieve an interconnected battlefield with wireless spectrum, open ecosystems and other trailblazing technologies.
Keynote Speakers
Hon. Marc E. Andersen
Assistant Secretary of the Army, Financial Management and Comptroller
U.S. Army
LTG Robert Collins
Principal Military Deputy to the ASA (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology) and Director, Army Acquisition Corps
U.S. Department of the Army
MG David Hall
Deputy Commanding General, Army National Guard
U.S. Army Transformation and Training Command
LTG Jeth Rey
Deputy Chief of Staff, DCS, G-6
U.S. Army
Katie Thompson
Deputy Executive Director, U.S. Army Contracting Command–Aberdeen Proving Ground
U.S. Army
Dr. Jeff Waksman
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment
U.S. Army
Speakers
COL (Ret.) Joel Babbitt
VP, Army & SOCOM Programs,Former PEO, Special Operations Forces – Warrior Systems, USSOCOM
Seekr
Clif Basnight
VP, Mission Technology Adoption
Marconi
Rocio (Rosie) Bauer
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Data, Engineering & Software)
U.S. Department of the Army
Emmanuel Belostrino
Head of Global Crude & Geopolitical Market Data
Kpler
Robert Braun
CTO
XVIII Airborne Corps
Kenyatta "KC" Clark
Business Development Director, Mission Critical Networks
Ericsson
Brandon Daniels
CEO
Exiger
Chip Daniels
Executive Program Director, GDA
Exiger
John Dillard
Director, DoW 5G Strategy & Solutions
AT&T
Randy Dragon
VP, Business Development, Defense Market
LMI
Heather Edwards
Program Manager for FutureG
Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW R&E)
Justin Fessler
VP, Public Sector
LogicMonitor
Tim Foerster
Senior Vice President
SAIC
Dr. John Franklin
Principal Engineer
US ARMY DEVCOM C5ISR Center
Tony Garcia
Director of Munitions Technologies for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Science and Technology
Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW R&E)
BG Anthony Gibbs
Capability Program Executive for Mission Autonomy
U.S. Army
Brian Kesecker
Executive Director, US Government Business & Strategy
Kpler
Dan Kunze
RVP, DoW Sales
Exiger
Dr. Alexis Lasselle Ross
Strategic Advisor on Defense Acquisition, the DOD Customer, and the US Industrial Base
Apex Defense Strategies
Mike Longoria
US Army Global Mission Director
ServiceNow
Mike McCalip
Vice President, Government Programs and Strategy
Carahsoft
Robert Monto
PM Robotic Control & Integration, CPE Mission Autonomy
U.S. Army
Hon. Patrick Murphy
32nd Army Under Secretary, Hilco Global Geopolitical Unit
Hilco Global
CW4 Reginald Oliver
Chief Digital Transformation Officer, Capability Program Executive Aviation
U.S. Army
CW5 Shawn Petermann
Command Chief Warrant Officer
U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command
Paul Puckett
CTO
Clarity Innovations
Michael Schwartz
Chief Engineer and Systems Engineering Division Chief
U.S. Army
COL Alan Stephens
PM Integrated Enterprise Network
U.S. Department of the Army
Dr. Tucker Swindell
Chief, Terrestrial Communications Division US ARMY DEVCOM C5ISR Center
U.S. Army
Dennis Teefy
Project Manager, C2 Apps, Capability Program Executive Command and Control Information Network (CPE C2IN)
U.S. Army
Mike Tomlinson
Vice President, Army Aviation, Missiles, and Fires
SAIC
Jason Wallace
Senior Director of Strategy
Cubic DTECH Mission Solutions
Dr. Nick Weir
VP Mission Engineering
Legion Intelligence
Bill Wilshire
Chief Delivery Officer
Summit 7 Systems
Robert Yon
Vice President, Operational Sensing & Logistics Visibility
LMI
Rich Zaremba
Chief Customer Officer
SAP NS2
Martin Zybura
Acting Deputy for Acquisition & Systems Management (DASM)
U.S. Army
Agenda
| 7:00am | 8:00am | Networking Reception |
| 8:00am | 8:10am | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 8:10am | 8:35am | Opening Keynote: LTG Robert Collins and Randy Dragon (Introducer) |
| 8:35am | 9:00am | Morning Keynote: Katie Thompson and COL (Ret.) Joel Babbitt (Introducer) |
| 9:00am | 9:25am | Morning Fireside Chat: Hon. Marc Andersen and Brandon Daniels (Moderator) |
| 9:25am | 9:50am | Networking Break |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel A: From Pilot to Production: Accelerating Commercial Capabilities at Scale: Robert Yon (Moderator), Emmanuel Belostrino, BG Anthony Gibbs, Dr. Alexis Lasselle Ross, and Dennis Teefy |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel B: Tech Stack After Next: Whatu2019s Still Needed to Enable a Hyperconnected Battlefield: Mike McCalip (Moderator), Robert Monto, Clif Basnight, Michael Schwartz, and Dr. John Franklin. |
| 10:50am | 11:00am | Break |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel A: Emerging Technologies at Scale: Reconfigurable Air Defense and Cost-Effective Fires: Mike Tomlinson (Moderator), CW4 Reggie Oliver, Tony Garcia and Martin "Marty" Zybura |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel B: Future of the Tactical Edge: Jason Wallace (Moderator), Rich Zaremba, Rocio (Rosie) Bauer, Robert Braun and CW5 Shawn Petermann |
| 12:00pm | 1:30pm | Networking Lunch |
| 12:15pm | 1:15pm | Lunch Panel: Winning the Next Decade: Building the Architecture of Modern Military Advantage: Dan Kunze (Moderator), Justin Fessler, Paul Puckett, Hon. Patrick Murphy, Mike Longoria, and Bill Wilshire |
| 1:30pm | 2:30pm | Panel A: From Data to Decision: How AI is Transforming the Army Today: COL (Ret.) Joel Babbitt, CW4 Reginald Oliver, Chip Daniels and Dr. Nick Weir. |
| 1:30pm | 2:30pm | Panel B: Continuous Modernization Incorporating Wireless Spectrum, SD-WAN, Open Ecosystems, and Cybersecurity: Kenyatta "KC" Clark (Moderator), COL Alan Stephens, Dr. Tucker Swindell, Heather Edwards and John Dillard |
| 2:30pm | 2:35pm | Break |
| 2:35pm | 3:10pm | Afternoon Keynote: LTG Jeth Rey and Clif Basnight (Introducer) |
| 3:10pm | 3:45pm | Mid-Afternoon Keynote: Dr. Jeff Waksman and Brian Kesecker (Introducer) |
| 3:45pm | 4:15pm | Closing Keynote: MG David Hall and Tim Foerster (Introducer) |
| 4:15pm | 4:20pm | Closing Comments |
