
Jeff Waksman
Program Manager at the Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) Office of the Secretary of DefenseDr. Jeff Waksman is a Program Manager at the Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) where he leads Project Pele (mobile nuclear reactor) and Project TRISO (en...

Roger Waldron
President The Coalition for Common Sense in Government ProcurementRoger serves as president of the Coalition for Common Sense in Government Procurement and brings more than 25 years of high-profile government contracting ...

Traci Walker
Director of Digital Service Procurement U.S. Digital ServicesTraci is the Director of Digital Service Procurement where is dedicated to updating procurement methods to keep pace with the ever-changing technology need...
Steven Walker
CTO Lockheed MartinDr. Steven H. Walker was appointed Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on November 13, 2017. He served as the deputy director...

Bill Wall
CEO and CoFounder Accrete AI GovernmentA transformational leader with a unique background in Special Operations and Intelligence communities, combined with commercial IT, big data analytics and ...

Chris Wallace
Division Chief - Systems Delivery U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)Chris Wallace is a seasoned technology executive with over 17 years in the Federal and commercial IT space. Currently serving as the Division Chief of the...

Stephen Wallace
Chief Technology Officer Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)Stephen Wallace is chief technology officer of the Defense Information Systems Agency. He also serves as the director of DISA’s Emerging Technology Direc...

Deirdre Walsh
Executive Vice President of Strategy & Government Affairs ARKADeirdre M. Walsh is responsible for strategy and government affairs for ARKA Group. Before joining ARKA, Walsh served as vice president of Strategic Opera...

Tim Walsh
Director, Office of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Observations National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)Timothy Walsh is Director of the Office of Low Earth Orbit Observations. Tim has more than 26 years of experience in supporting NOAA satellite programs. He...

Kristina Walter
Chief, Cybersecurity Collaboration Center National Security Agency (NSA)Ms. Kristina Walter is the Director of NSA’s Cybersecurity Collaboration Center, in this role she is responsible for leading NSA’s open private sector ...

Kathryn Wang
Principal, Public Sector SandboxAQKathryn is a technology and security executive with over 20 years of experience aligning advanced innovation with national defense and cybersecurity strate...

Jennifer Warren
Spectrum Policy Governance ExpertJennifer A. Warren is Vice President, Technology Policy & Regulation in Lockheed Martin Corporation’s Government Affairs organization. In this capacity,...

Bill Washburn
Chief Program Officer Progress-MarkLogicBill Washburn is MarkLogic’s Federal Chief Program Officer (CPO) leading MarkLogic’s major federal program efforts, to include our Prime contract wins ...

Talitha Washington
Executive Director Center for Applied Data Science & Analytics, Cochair of AI Initiative Howard UniversityDr. Talitha Washington serves as the Executive Director of the Center for Applied Data Science & Analytics, the Sean McCleese Endowed Chair in Computer Sci...

Merrick Watchorn
Chief Cyber, Quantum, & Cognitive Information Services Architect. U.S. Air Force...
Dr. Betsy Weatherhead
USGS, Senior Scientist University Colorado, Senior Scientist (retired)Dr. Betsy Weatherhead is a climate scientist who has worked in the public, private and academic sectors addressing practical implications of climate change...
Dyke Weatherington
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Space, Strategic and Intelligence Systems U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)Mr. Dyke Weatherington is the Principal Director, Space, Strategic and Intelligence Systems (SSI), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition...

Nick Weir
Head of Federal Delivery YurtsDr. Nick Weir places AI capabilities directly in the hands of mission users who need it most. He is Head of Federal Delivery at Yurts, an AI platform compa...

Eric Weisel
EXEC DIR VMASC & ASSOC VP, Virginia Modeling, Analysis & Simulation Center Old Dominion University (ODU)Eric Weisel, PhD, is Associate Vice President for Applied Research at Old Dominion University and Executive Director at ODU’s Virginia Modeling, Analysis...

Martin Weiss
Director for FutureG Applied Research, and Technical Lead for Resilient and Open Commercial Solutions U.S. Department of Defense (OUSD R&E)Dr. Martin Weiss is currently the Director for FutureG Applied Research, and Technical Lead for Resilient and Open Commercial Solutions within the Office o...

Stephen Welby
Deputy Director for National Security Office of Science and Technology Policy [OSTP]Stephen Welby serves as the Deputy Director for National Security in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Mr. Welby leads an OSTP team ...

Joe Welch
Director, DEVCOM C5ISR Center U.S. ArmyMr. Joseph Welch is the Director of the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center. ...

Rory Welch
Vice President of Global Government & Satellite Services IntelsatRory Welch is the Vice President of Global Government & Satellite Services at Intelsat. He leads all business development, sales, and product management fo...

Mike Wells
Chief Innovation Officer, Operation Technology Group VectrusMichael Wells is the Chief Innovation Officer for the Operational Technology Group at Vectrus. He joined Vectrus in December 2016 from Tangible Security w...

Jennifer Wendel
Chief Information Officer U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)Jennifer Wendel was appointed Acting Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on December 4, 2023. Prior...