2026 GovCon Executive Leadership Summit | Potomac Officers Club
WHAT
Keynote Speakers
Speakers
Yusuf Abdul-Salaam
CEO
Xpect Solutions
Michael Buscher
President of U.S. Operations
Heven AeroTech
Chris Crowder
EVP of GovCon
Unanet
Frank Flaherty
Vice President, Chief Engineer, Mission Integrated Command and Control (MIC2)
Lockheed Martin
Heather Gerczak
Chief Administrative Officer
Integral Federal
Lisa Henke
VP of Sensor and Defense Mission Systems
LeoLabs
Peder Jungck
Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer
BAE Systems
Chad Kim
CEO
Bcore
Michael LaRouche
CEO
Serco Inc.
Collin Lee
Chief Innovation Officer
OMNI
Andy Maner
Advisory Partner
NewSpring Capital
Stephanie Mango
President
CGI Federal
LTG (Ret) Kevin McLaughlin
CEO
C Speed
Paul McQuillan
Chief Growth & Strategy Officer
OMNI
Megan Milam
SVP, Government Relations
Anduril Industries
Mark Peters
CEO
MITRE
Kevin Plexico
SVP, Information Solutions
Deltek
Julian Setian
CEO
SOSi
Mike Shortsleeve
Vice President, DoD Strategic Development
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
Parag Thakker
CEO
OMNI
Amaha Tsegaye
COO
Xpect Solutions
Robert Turner
Vice President of Government
Strider Technologies
Richard VanderMeulen
VP Space & Satellite Broadband
Viasat
Tom Vecchiolla
President and CEO
QinetiQ Inc
Josh Wilson
CEO
LMI
Otis Winkler
Vice President, Corporate Development & National Security Programs
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
Agenda
| 7:00am | 8:00am | Networking Reception |
| 8:00am | 8:15am | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 8:15am | 8:40am | Opening Keynote: Joseph Larson & Paul McQuillan (Introducer) |
| 8:40am | 9:00am | Morning Keynote: Thiyagu Ramasamy & Andy Maner (Introducer) |
| 9:00am | 9:20am | Mid-Morning Keynote: Greg Little & Heather Gerczak (Introducer) |
| 9:20am | 9:30am | Networking Break |
| 9:30am | 10:30am | Leading the Shift: CEOs at the Crossroads of Innovation and Integration- Kevin Plexico (Moderator), Tom Vecchiolla (Panelist), Stephanie Mango (Panelist), Parag Thakker (Panelist), Julian Setian (Panelist) |
| 10:30am | 11:00am | Networking Break |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel A: New at the Top: Powering the Next Phase of Growth- Chris Crowder (Moderator), Michael LaRouche (Panelist), Josh Wilson (Panelist), Mark Peters (Panelist), Michael Buscher (Panelist) |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel B: Digital Warfighters: The New Power Players in Defense Tech - Andy Maner (Moderator), Yusuf Abdul-Salaam (Panelist), Chad Kim (Panelist), Kevin McLaughlin (Panelist), Robert Turner (Panelist) |
| 12:00pm | 1:00pm | Networking Lunch |
| 1:00pm | 2:00pm | Panel A: Golden Dome: Shaping Integrated Defense Through Collaborative Innovation- Collin Lee (Moderator), Peder Jungck (Panelist), Richard Vander Meulen (Panelist), Lisa Henke (Panelist), and Frank Flaherty (Panelist) |
| 1:00pm | 2:00pm | Panel B: Achieving Acquisition Reform: Navigating the New Rules of Winning- Greg Little (Panelist), Mike Shortsleeve (Panelist), Otis Winkler (Panelist), Megan Milam (Panelist) and Heather Gerczak (Moderator) |
| 2:10pm | 2:30pm | Afternoon Keynote: Keith Strier & Amaha Tsegaye (Introducer) |
| 2:30pm | 2:40pm | Closing Comments |
