2026 Digital Transformation Summit | Potomac Officers Club
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No matter what part of the government you’re looking at — federal civilian, military, executive branch — modernization of technology systems is an ongoing concern and top priority. Outdated legacy programs and applications have long been an impediment for mission speed. But the officials featured at our 2026 Digital Transformation Summit are trying to change that. These high-ranking, impact-driven individuals are setting the government up to not just catch up to commercial industry but to harness its tools and form long-lasting partnerships that will ensure the U.S. has the capabilities to best its near-peers on the global stage.
At the event, you’ll get to hear exclusive plans for next-generation evolutions in AI, cyber, user experience, enterprise IT and more, with plenty of opportunities for networking with peers and speakers alike.
Keynote Speakers
Speakers
Wade Allen
Director of Sales Federal Growth Strategy
Valiantys Federal
Matt Bogan
Director of Business Transformation Services
SAP NS2
Andrea Brandon
Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Budget, Finance, Grants and Acquisition
U.S. Department of the Interior
Dr. Ann Carbonell
Principal Technical Advisor
Digital Transformation Center (DTC) powered by UDRI
Anil Chaudhry
Senior Advisor, HASS COE
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
Che de bruin
Director – Client Experience
Tyler Technologies
Brent George
Strategic SAP SOLEX Sales Executive
Tricentis
Ralph Gonzalez
U.S. Federal Sales Leader
AMD
Rob Gordon
CTO
OMNI
Blake Harvey
President
Red Team Consulting
Daniel Hettema
Director of Digital Engineering, Modeling & Simulation (DEM&S)
Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW R&E)
David Hinchman
Federal Senior Executive - Cybersecurity and IT Modernization
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Nichole Hyter
Program & Financial Control Directorate
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) / CFO (OUSD(C))
Joe Imwalle
VP, National Security
MTSI
Col. Scott Klempner
Deputy Program Executive Officer (DPEO), Space Combat Power
Space Systems Command
Louis Koplin
Program Executive Officer for Digital and Enterprise Services
U.S. Department of the Navy
Amanda Kreminski
Senior Technology & Cloud Transformation Executive
Guidehouse
Daniel Lewis
Director, National Security
Guidehouse
Robert Longo
SVP Capture and BD, Enterprise Systems & Solutions BU
SMX
Col. Jonathan McCall
Deputy Director for Space, ABMS CFT
U.S. Space Force
Elisabeth Messenger
Director of the Office of Labor-Management Standards
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
Tracy Mills
Distinguished Chief Technologist, Federal Systems Integrators
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
Dan Morgan
Chief Product & Technology Officer
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
Chris Nichols
Program Manager, EIDS
Defense Health Agency (DHA)
Blair Parsons
Sr. Program Director: AI & IT
CACI
David Raley
Chief Digital Business Officer
Marine Corps Community Services
Elizabeth Sadler
Program Manager, Air Force Justice Information System (AFJIS)
U.S. Air Force
Jason Saldana
Vice President of Strategic Development
MTSI
Gregory Touhill
SEI, Director, CERT Division
Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Justin Ubert
Director, Cyber Protection
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
Landon Van Dyke
Chief Technology Officer and Technology Senior Advisor
U.S. Department of State
Rob Wilkinson
CTO
Oddball
Mik Wimbrow
General Manager, DOW
Microsoft Federal
Agenda
| 7:00am | 8:00am | Networking Breakfast |
| 8:00am | 8:10am | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 8:10am | 8:50am | Opening Keynote: Pavan Pidugu and Joe Imwalle (Introducer) |
| 8:50am | 9:50am | Exhibitor Showcase |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel A: Transforming Government at Scale: How Agencies Use Advanced Technology to Tackle Complex Challenges | Amanda Kreminski (Moderator), Matt Bogan, David Raley, Louis Koplin and Dr. Justin Ubert. |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel B: Operationalizing AI-Enabled Innovation at Speed in Mission-Critical Environments | Blair Parsons (Moderator) Tracy Mills, Ralph Gonzalez, Nichole Hyter, Mik Wimbrow and Landon Van Dyke. |
| 10:50am | 11:00am | Break |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel A: Mission Engineering at Scale: The Digital Backbone of Defense Modernization | Jason Saldana (Moderator), Dr. Ann Carbonell, Daniel Hettema, Col. Scott Klempner, Rob Wilkinson and Chris Nichols |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel B: Operationalizing AI in High-Security Federal Environments | Wade Allen (Moderator), Gregory Touhill, Col. Jonathan McCall and Rob Gordon |
| 12:00pm | 12:50pm | Networking Lunch |
| 12:05pm | 12:45pm | Lunch Panel: Grow, Sell, or Stall: The Business of Digital Transformation in an AI-Driven Market | Blake Harvey (Moderator) Daniel Lewis and Robert Longo. |
| 12:50pm | 1:50pm | Panel A: From Policy to Practice: Driving Digital Transformation and Responsible AI Across the Federal Enterprise | Brent George (Moderator), Andrea Brandon, Anil Chaudhry, and David Hinchman |
| 12:50pm | 1:50pm | Panel B: From Backlogs to Better Outcomes: How Modern Case Management, Data, and AI Power Mission Delivery | Che de Bruin (Moderator), Elisabeth Messenger, Elizabeth Sadler and Dan Morgan. |
| 1:50pm | 2:00pm | Break |
| 2:00pm | 2:35pm | Closing Keynote: Hon. Kirsten Davies and Amanda Kreminski (Introducer) |
| 2:35pm | 2:40pm | Closing Comments |
