WEST Innovation Showcase


The Innovation Showcase provides the opportunity to demonstrate cutting-edge solutions to government representatives and potential industry partners. Located in the Innovation Theater (Booth 1251), the showcase provides a platform for the broad exposure to government, military, and industry attendees. Solutions will be presented in the Innovation Showcase on all three days of WEST. Presenters will have 20 minutes to brief and field Q&A.

Presentation Schedule

Tuesday: January 28, 2025

9:40 AM – 10:00 AM

"Integrated Respirator Information System"

Joe Early
Senior Director, R&D Solutions
MetroStar

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10:10 AM – 10:30 AM

"Building Brilliant Machines"

Zac Staples
CEO and Founder
Fathom5

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10:40 AM – 11:00 AM

"Building an AI-enabled Foundation for Electronic Warfare Collection, Process and Exploitation"

J David “TUBA” Britt
Vice President, Defense Technology & Innovation
ManTech

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11:10 AM – 11:30 AM

"Revolutionizing Naval Operations with Generative AI"

Rick Taylor
Senior Solutions Engineer
Cloudera

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11:40 AM – 12:00 PM

"The Impact of Holographic Visualization on Military Operations"

Russ Baker
Co-Founder and Vice President
Avalon Holographics

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12:10 AM – 12:30 PM

"5G Secure Wireless with Post Quantum Cryptography"

Ron Malenfant
Head of 5G Strategy and Architecture - Sales CTO
Ciena

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12:40 PM – 1:00 PM

"The Future and Innovation of Navy Base Communications: Merging Industry Best Practices and Technologies with Navy Culture"

Dominic Bonaduce
Senior Product Strategy Manager
Verizon

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1:10 AM – 1:30 PM

"Build Winning Sales Plans for the Department of Navy"

John Slye
Senior Advisory Research Analyst
Deltek

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1:40 PM – 2:00 PM

"Modernizing Defensive Cyber Operations – the AI Imperative"

Zachary Vaughn
Director, Federal Security Engineering
Vectra AI

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2:10 PM – 2:30 PM

"The ABCs of Software Supply Chain Security: Starting with XZ and Finding the Y"

Connor Wynveen
Solutions Engineer
Chainguard

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2:40 PM – 3:00 PM

"The Multi-Domain Data and Information Sharing Conundrum - Building an Effective and Secure Data Information Sharing Architecture to Provide Collaborative Mission Execution”

Jim Cosby
Chief Technology Officer
NetApp

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3:10 PM – 3:30 PM

"Bridging the Data Divide: Advancing Mission Readiness and Cyber Resilience in Maritime Operations through Strategic Data Management"

Derek Gleich
Manager, Solutions Engineering
Cribl

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3:40 PM – 4:00 PM

"Automation, AI, and Scalability: A New Era in DoD Cyber Risk Management"

Brian Recore
Cybersecurity Solutions Engineer
Merlin Cyber

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4:10 PM – 4:30 PM

"Revolutionizing the Intelligence Cycle Through Innovation"

Vincent Nguyen
Business Development and Enablement Manager
Starboard Maritime Intelligence

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Wednesday: January 29, 2025

9:40 AM – 10:00 AM

"Traditional Software Composition Analysis (SCA) is Not Enough: Protecting Mission-Critical Software"

Andy Earle
Fortify Security Solutions Architect
MFGS, Inc.

Bryan Whyte, CISSP
Director, Solutions Engineering
Sonatype

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10:10 AM – 10:30 AM

"Utilizing AI to Unlock Data Essential to Mission Success"

Marlin McFate
Federal CTO
Cohesity

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10:40 AM – 11:00 AM

"Ocean Wave-Powered Underwater Charging"

Priscilla Prem
Founder and CEO
Pittsburgh Coastal Energy

Theophilus Human
Chief Strategy Officer
Pittsburgh Coastal Energy

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11:10 AM – 11:30 AM

"Transitioning to Wi-Fi 6e & 7"

Rick Macchio
Consulting Systems Engineer
CommScope

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11:40 AM – 12:00 PM

"Buzzwords Meet the Battlespace: How AI/ML, Network Centric Warfare and Contested Logistics Come Together at the Data Level"

RADM Christian “Boris” Becker, USN (Ret.)
Founder and President
Silvergate Consulting

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12:10 AM – 12:30 AM

"A Comparative Study of RF Power Meters for Digitally Modulated Signals in Military Applications"

Russell Buttriss
Applications Engineer
Bird Technologies

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12:40 AM – 1:00 PM

"Generative AI for the Cyber Warfighter"

Andres Giraldo
Deputy Director, Product Development
SealingTech

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1:10 AM – 1:30 AM

[Details Pending]

1:40 PM – 2:00 PM

"Driving Mission Readiness: Empower Federal Missions with Trusted AI"

Justin Swansburg
VP, Applied AI and Technical Field Leads
DataRobot

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2:10 PM – 2:30 PM

"Internships Are One Great Idea, So What Other Innovative Ideas Can We Explore?"

Teresa Duvall
Faculty Lecturer
ODU School of Cybersecurity

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3:30 PM – 3:50 PM

"Boosting Tactical Network Performance and Cyber Resilience with a Modern Approach to Testing"

Cade Nelson
Sales Engineer
Apposite Technologies

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4:00 PM – 4:20 PM

"Risks to AI Adoption for US Sea Services"

Parth Vakil
Vice President, Global Field Engineering
HiddenLayer

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4:30 PM – 4:50 PM

"Deploying Containers and VMs in Kubernetes for Future-Ready Naval Operations"

Greg McPhee
Federal Solutions Architect
Veeam

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Thursday: January 30, 2025

9:40 AM – 10:00 AM

"IRONCLAD: Integrated Resilient Operations for Naval Cloud and AI Deployment"

Nikhil Shenoy
CEO
Colvin Run Networks Inc.

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10:10 AM – 10:30 AM

"SAP and UiPath, Better Together: Navigating Innovation in Navy ERP Modernization"

Jonathan Moak
Vice President, Federal
UiPath

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10:40 AM – 11:00 AM

"Treating Platform as a Product for Resilient Delivery of Software to the Warfighter"

Hannah Hunt
Distinguished Technical Fellow
MetroStar

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11:10 AM – 11:30 AM

"Achieve Mission Efficiency in the Software Supply Chain at the Speed of the Battle"

John Savio
Executive Director, Public Sector and Defense
Black Duck Software

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