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Closing Remarks
4:05pm-4:15pm Thursday, January 31, 2008
Mr. Andy Anderson
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Distinguished Speaker
1:30pm-2:10am Thursday, January 31, 2008
Lieutenant General Charles Bouchard
Deputy Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
Lieutenant General Bouchard enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces in 1974 under the Officer Candidate Training Plan. He underwent pilot training, graduating in 1976 as a helicopter pilot.
Lieutenant-General Bouchard flew Tactical Helicopters throughout his career including CH136 Kiowa, OH 58/AC, AH-1S Cobra, CH135 Twin Huey and CH146 Griffon Helicopters. He served in various capacities at 427 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, Petawawa, Ontario and 403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron, Gagetown, New Brunswick, and with the US Army at Fort Hood, Texas. He commanded 444 Tactical Helicopter Squadron in Lahr, Germany. His last flying appointment was as Commander 1 Wing based at Kingston, Ontario responsible for the operations of tactical helicopters in Canada.
Lieutenant-General Bouchard has served at Air Command Headquarters as Senior Staff Officer Tactical Helicopters and Deputy Chief of Staff Personnel. He also served as a Personnel Career Officer at NDHQ.
He completed a tour of duty as Deputy Commander of the Continental US NORAD Region at Tyndall AFB, Florida. He recently served as Commander 1 Canadian Air Division, Canadian NORAD Region and Combined Forces Air Component Commander, responsible for all Canadian Air Force operations.
Lieutenant-General Bouchard is a graduate of the Canadian Forces Staff School, the Canadian Land Forces command and Staff College, the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College, the National Strategic Studies Course, the Combined Forces Air Component Commander Course, Maxwell AFB, and the Senior Executives National and International Security Program at Harvard University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Studies from the University of Manitoba. He was promoted to his present rank in July 2007. He was appointed as an officer of the Order of Military Merit in 2001, promoted to the rank of Commander within the Order in 2006. He is an officer of the United States Legion of Merit.
Lieutenant-General Bouchard assumed his current position on 2 Aug 2007.
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Keynote Speaker
3:20pm-4:00pm Thursday, January 31, 2008
Vice Admiral Nancy E. Brown
Director for Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Systems (J6)
Vice Admiral Nancy E. Brown serves as the Director, Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems (C4 Systems), The Joint Staff. She is the principal advisor to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff on all C4 systems matters within the Department of Defense.
Her service spans 32 years. Prior to her current assignment, Vice Admiral Brown was the Director of Command Control Systems, Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command and Director of Architectures and Integration, Headquarters U.S. Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. She also served as the Commander, Navy Element and Chief Information Officer for both commands.
VADM Brown is a native of Glen Cove, New York. She was raised in Marion, Illinois, and is a 1973 graduate of Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. She also attended Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, where she earned a Master of Science Degree in Communications Systems Management and the Naval War College in Newport, RI where she earned a Master of Arts Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies. She is also a graduate of the Army War College at Carlisle, PA.
She has served in a variety of command and staff positions throughout her career, including: Officer in Charge, Naval Radio and Receiving Facility Kami Seya, Japan;
Executive Officer (XO) at the Naval Communications Station in San Diego, California. In August 1993, VADM Brown assumed command of Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Cutler, Downeast, Maine. After completing her command tour, she was selected for assignment to the National Security Council staff at the White House. In July 1997, VADM Brown assumed command of the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic, a Major Shore Command, headquartered in Norfolk.
In June 1999, VADM Brown returned to the White House as the Deputy Director, White House Military Office. In October 2000, she reported to the Chief of Naval Operations as Deputy Director and Fleet Liaison, Space, Information Warfare, Command and Control (N6B). In August 2002 she assumed duties as Vice Director for Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Systems (J6), the Joint Staff. In August 2004 she deployed to Iraq becoming the first Multi-National Force-Iraq C6 Headquartered in Baghdad and returned to the Joint Staff in April 2005.
In August 2005 VADM Brown assumed the duties as J6 Director for both North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command. In August 2006 VADM Brown assumed her current duties as the Director, Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems (C4 Systems), The Joint Staff.
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Luncheon Speaker
11:30am-1:00pm Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Rear Admiral Elizabeth A. Hight
Vice Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
Rear Admiral Elizabeth A. Hight is the Vice Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). She helps lead a worldwide organization of more than 6,600 military and civilian personnel responsible for planning, developing, and providing interoperable, global net-centric solutions that serve the needs of the President, Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, the combatant commanders, and other Department of Defense (DoD) components.
Prior to that assignment, Rear Adm. Hight was DISA’s Principal Director for Operations and Deputy Commander, Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations from 2006 to 2007. As Principal Director, she was responsible for providing command, control, communications, computer and intelligence support to the nation’s warfighters. As Deputy Commander, JTF-GNO, Rear Adm. Hight was responsible to United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) for directing the operation and defense of the Global Information Grid (GIG).
Rear Adm. Hight graduated Magna Cum Laude from Huntingdon College in 1974 and joined the Navy in March 1977. Her first duty station was Naval Communications Area Master Station Western Pacific, Guam where she was the High-Frequency Receiver Site Division Officer. In 1979, she reported to Naval Air Station Pensacola where she established the command’s first Human Resources Office, followed by two years as the base Public Affairs Officer. In 1984, Rear Adm. Hight reported to the CNO staff (OP-094) as the Program Sponsor for the Ultra High Frequency Satellite Communications Program. In July 1986, she reported to the U.S. Space Command Directorate of Plans (J5) as a plank-owner, and in February 1988, she was selected to serve as a member of the USSPACECOM Commander-in-Chief’s Group. In July 1989, Rear Adm. Hight reported to Director, Communications Security Material Systems as Executive Officer. In July 1991, she was assigned to the Program Executive Officer for Space, Communications and Sensors (PMW-146) where she served as the Assistant Program Manager for Operations.
In May 1993, Rear Adm. Hight reported to the Fleet Surveillance Support Command as Commanding Officer. In March 1995, she reported to the Bureau of Naval Personnel as the Assistant Branch Head, Fleet Support Assignments Office. Upon completion of that tour in July 1997, she transferred to the Joint Staff/J6 where she served as the Chief, Current Operations Division and then as the Executive Assistant to the Director, C4 Systems. In June 2000, Rear Adm. Hight reported as the U.S. Space Command Liaison Officer to the U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany.
In July 2001, Rear Adm. Hight reported for duty as Commanding Officer, Naval Computer and Tele-communications Area Master Station Atlantic and Program Manager for Mid-Atlantic Region Information Technology. In June 2002, she reported to OPNAV 6/7 where she was the Director, Net-Centric Warfare.
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Keynote Speaker
1:10pm-1:50pm Tuesday, January 29, 2008
SES Ronald C. Jost
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3, Space and Spectrum
DASD C3/Spectrum/Space
Ronald C. Jost is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3, Space and Spectrum in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration. Prior to assuming this position in 2004, Dr. Jost was the Principal Deputy for the DASD, and the Director for Wireless.
Prior to his appointment to the Senior Executive Service with the Department of Defense, Dr. Jost was a Corporate Vice President with Motorola. After 26 years with Motorola, he retired in 2002. During his tenure at Motorola, he served as the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) Group General Manager and as Chief Architect for Motorola infrastructures. While at Motorola, he managed various divisions engaged in CDMA multibillion dollar infrastructure systems development and business areas. During this time period, he was also the Chief Architect for all infrastructure activities. In addition, he was responsible for the advanced technology, the high available computing environment, and the company's program management center of excellence.
Dr. Jost also served as the Vice-President, Chief Architect and Engineer for the Motorola Space and Systems Technology Group, and the Chief Engineer and Systems Manager for the IRIDIUM Program.
Prior to joining Motorola, Dr. Jost worked for E-Systems (Garland Division) as the Managing Director for Advanced Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence Systems on classified tactical and strategic intelligence processing, communications, networking, data processing, and war simulations systems.
Before joining E-Systems, Dr. Jost worked for Motorola Government Electronics. In this position, he was responsible for developing tactical communications systems and satellite payloads.
Dr. Jost graduated from Bradley University with a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering. He later earned a M.S. and a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University. He has been awarded multiple engineering awards including the Motorola Distinguished Engineering Award.
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Distinguished Speaker
2:15pm-2:55pm Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Major General William T. Lord
Commander, Air Force Cyberspace Command (Provisional)
Maj. Gen. William T. Lord is Commander, Air Force Cyberspace Command (Provisional), Barksdale Air Force Base, La. He is responsible for establishing cyberspace as a domain in and through which the Air Force flies and fights, to deliver sovereign options for defense of the United States. In his current duty, he is creating the Air Force major air command for organization, training and equipping of combat forces to operate in cyberspace.
General Lord is a 1977 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. He holds a bachelor's degree in biological and life sciences, and master's degrees in business administration and national resource strategy. General Lord held various duties with tours in Europe, U.S. Central Command and the White House. He has had multiple staff assignments, including two major air commands as Director of Communications and Information Systems. General Lord has commanded at the detachment, squadron, group, wing and joint levels.
Prior to his current position, General Lord was Director, Cyberspace Transformation and Strategy, Secretary of the Air Force Office of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
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Keynote Breakfast Speaker
7:30am-8:30am Wednesday, January 30, 2008
The Honorable Dale W. Meyerrose
Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer
Mr. Dale W. Meyerrose is the first Associate Director of National Intelligence. He was appointed to this position by President George W. Bush on December 21, 2005. Mr. Meyerrose serves as the Chief Information Officer for the United States Intelligence Community.
Mr. Meyerrose manages activities relating to the information technology infrastructure and enterprise requirements of the Intelligence Community. He has procurement approval authority over all information technology items related to the enterprise architectures of all Intelligence Community components. Mr. Meyerrose directs and manages all information technology-related procurement for the Intelligence Community and ensures that all expenditures for information technology and research and development activities are consistent with the Intelligence Community enterprise architecture.
Mr. Meyerrose came to this position after over thirty years of military service, culminating with his retirement from the United States Air Force as a Major General in November 2005. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, he entered the United States Air Force in 1975 after graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. Mr. Meyerrose received a Master of Business Administration degree, from the University of Utah in 1978. He graduated from the National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington D.C. in 1992. He attended the Senior Information Warfare Applications and Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Courses, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. He also attended the Program for National and International Security, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the U.S. Navy Executive Business Course, Haas School of Business, University of California – Berkeley, at the Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey, California.
His career highlights include service as a director and Chief Information Officer in three Air Force major air commands and three unified combatant commands, a deployed Joint Task Force Director of Communications in Southwest Asia, and a commander of two major Air Force communications units. Mr. Meyerrose, a master parachutist, earned the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, two Legions of Merit, two Defense Meritorious Service Medals, and six Meritorious Service Medals.
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Distinguished Speaker
9:00am-9:40am Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Lieutenant General Michael W. Peterson
Chief of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force
Lt. Gen. Michael W. Peterson is Chief of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. Lt. Gen. Peterson leads four directorates and four field operating agencies, consisting of 1,600 personnel, in managing a C4ISR portfolio valued at $17 billion. He integrates Air Force warfighting and mission support capabilities to shorten the kill chain and decision cycle by networking space, air and terrestrial assets. Additionally, he shapes doctrine, strategy, and policy for all communications and information activities while driving standards governance, innovation, and architectures for information systems and personnel.
General Peterson entered the Air Force in 1974 as a distinguished graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi ROTC program. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1974 and a Master's degree in telecommunications management from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1983. He is a 1992 graduate of the Air War College at Maxwell AFB, AL.
General Peterson directed Air Force communications supporting the air war over Serbia and no-fly zone operations over southern Iraq. He has served in multiple staff assignments, including two major air commands as Director of Communications and Information Systems, and recently as the air component representative to U.S. Strategic Command. General Peterson has commanded at the squadron, group and wing levels, including the 81st Training Wing at Keesler AFB, Miss.
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Keynote Honors Luncheon Speaker
11:30am-1:00pm Thursday, January 31, 2008
General Victor E. Renuart Jr.
Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command
The general entered the Air Force in 1971 following graduation from Indiana University. He was commissioned through the Officer Training School in 1972. He has commanded a NATO support group and two fighter wings. He served as Commander of the 76th Fighter Squadron during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and supported Operation Deny Flight as Director of Plans for the NATO Combined Air Operations Center at Headquarters 5th Allied Tactical Air Force. In addition, he commanded Joint Task Force-Southwest Asia and 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force-Southwest Asia, responsible for control of Operation Southern Watch. The general has served as the U.S. Central Command Director of Operations, wherein he oversaw the planning and execution of all joint and allied combat, humanitarian assistance and reconstruction operations for operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. He also served as Vice Commander, Pacific Air Forces, where he was responsible for Air Force and Air Component Command activities for the Commander, U.S. Pacific Command. The general has flown combat missions in operations Desert Storm, Deny Flight, Northern Watch and Southern Watch.
Prior to assuming his current position, General Renuart was the Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C. He served as the principal immediate office adviser to the Secretary in all matters pertaining to the department.
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Opening Remarks
1:00pm-1:10pm Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Mr. Kent R. Schneider
President and CEO AFCEA International
Kent Schneider, a 26-year veteran of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, comes to AFCEA from Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Information Technology sector, where he served as vice president of business development. In this role, he worked as a partner in the division’s alliance initiatives and represented the sector on the company’s Strategic Business Council.
Schneider brings to AFCEA the wealth of experience he gained while working for the military in information technology while it was evolving. Specifically, his involvement in information systems includes designing, integrating and managing areas related to U.S. Defense Department command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (C4I) systems.
After retiring from the Army in 1994, Schneider became the director of C4I Initiatives at Litton PRC. His earlier positions at the company include defense systems director of Advanced Programs; general manager of Maritime and Ground Systems; vice president and general manager of C3I Systems; senior vice president and general manager, Defense Systems sector; and president of the Defense Systems division.
As a member of AFCEA, Schneider has offered his time and talents as chairman of the association’s Budget and Finance Committee and as a member of executive and technical committees. He also has co-chaired the Strategic Development Committee since its inception seven years ago. From AFCEA Schneider has received the Meritorious Service, Chairman’s Superior Performance and Educational Foundation Distinguished Service to Education awards and was named AFCEAN of the Year for 2004. He also has been recognized by Federal Computer Week magazine as one of the top 100 executives with the greatest influence on the information systems community.
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Distinguished Speaker
3:35pm-4:15pm Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Brigadier General John E. Seward
Deputy Commanding General for Operations
Brigadier General John E. Seward assumed his duties as the Deputy Commanding General for Operations, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command on Aug. 6, 2007. His previous assignment was as the Commanding General, 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command at Fort Shafter, Hawaii.
Brigadier General Seward is a 1980 graduate of the ROTC program at the University of Missouri-Columbia with a degree in Recreation and Parks Administration. He was commissioned as an Air Defense Artillery Officer. He holds a Master of Business Administration in Aviation Business from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a Master of Science degree in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.
His command experience includes Commander, B Battery, 1st Battalion, 3rd Air Defense Artillery, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); Deputy Commander, 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Germany, OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH, Saudi Arabia and OPERATION JOINT ENDEAVOR, Bosnia; Commander, 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 4th Air Defense Artillery; Commander, 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Kuwait and OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq; and Commandant, United States Army Sergeants Major Academy, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Additional assignments include Platoon Leader and Battalion S-3 Air, 1st Battalion, 60th Infantry and Executive Officer, Combat Support Company, 4th Battalion, 327th Infantry both with the 172nd Light Infantry Brigade, Fort Richardson, Alaska; Battalion Maintenance, and Assistant Operations Officer, 1st Battalion, 3rd Air Defense Artillery and Assistant Division Air Defense Officer, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery both with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; Assistant Professor of Military Science, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis.; Southeast Asia Desk Officer, J6, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii; Battalion Operations Officer, 1st Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; Inspector General, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; and Director of Training and Doctrine, U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center and School, Fort Bliss, Texas.
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Distinguished Speaker
1:30pm-2:10pm Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Lieutenant General William L. Shelton
Commander, 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic-Space), Air Force Space Command, and the Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space, U.S. Strategic Command
Lt. Gen. William L. Shelton is Commander, 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic-Space), Air Force Space Command, and the Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space (JFCC SPACE), U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. As the U.S. Air Force’s operational space component to USSTRATCOM, General Shelton leads over 20,500 personnel responsible for providing missile warning, space superiority, space situational awareness, satellite operations, space launch and range operations. As Commander, JFCC SPACE, he directs all assigned and attached USSTRATCOM space forces providing tailored, responsive, local and global space effects in support of National, USSTRATCOM, and combatant commander objectives.
General Shelton entered the Air Force in 1976 as a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. He has served in various assignments, including research and development testing, space operations and staff work. The general has commanded at the squadron, group and wing levels, and served on the staffs at major command headquarters, Air Force headquarters and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Prior to assuming his current position, General Shelton was the Director of Plans and Policy (J5), USSTRATCOM, at Offutt AFB, Neb.
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Keynote Breakfast Speaker
7:30am-8:30am Thursday, January 31, 2008
Lieutenant General Jeffrey A. Sorenson
U.S. Army Chief Information Officer / G6
Lieutenant General Jeffrey A. Sorenson is the Department of the Army Staff’s Chief Information Officer/G-6. As the Chief Information Officer (CIO), he has the principal responsibility for the Army's information management (IM) functions, and is responsible for setting the strategic direction, determining objectives, and supervising the Department of the Army's command, control, communications, and computers (C4) and information technology (IT) functions. He reports to the Secretary of the Army and provides the Chief of Staff of the Army staff support. Prior to this position, he was the Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology).
Upon his graduation from the United States Military Academy, Major General (P) Sorenson was commissioned as a second lieutenant in Field Artillery, serving in tactical units at III Corps Artillery and in Germany. In addition to a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy, Major General (P) Sorenson earned an MBA from Northwestern University, majoring in finance, accounting and decision sciences. He is a graduate of the Program Manager and Executive Program Managers Courses at the Defense System Management College; the Armed Forces Staff College; and the Army War College. He is also a registered Certified Public Accountant in the State of Illinois.
Following his transfer into the Military Intelligence Corps, he served as the Division Artillery Intelligence Officer and completed several assignments at the division staff and operational level. He has over 20 years of acquisition experience as a certified U.S. Army Material Acquisition Manager. His acquisition assignments include: Director, Program Control (Joint Tactical Fusion Program Office); Course Director for the Executive Program Managers Course (Defense Systems Management College); Director, Science and Technology Integration (Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Development); Product Manager for Ground Based Common Sensor-Light (GBCS-L) TEAMMATE TRACKWOLF programs; Project Manager for Night Vision/Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition; Director, Acquisition Directorate (Office of the Director of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications, and Computers); Senior Military Assistant for the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; and the Program Executive Officer for Tactical Missiles.
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Distinguished Speaker
9:00am-9:40am Thursday, January 31, 2008
Vice Admiral H. Denby Starling II
Command of Naval Network Warfare Command
Vice Admiral H. Denby Starling II assumed command of Naval Network Warfare Command on June 15, 2007. He is responsible for operating, maintaining and defending Navy networks, and conducting information operations and space operations. Overseeing a global force of more than 14,000, he is also the functional Component Commander to U.S. Strategic Command for space, information operations and network operations.
Vice Adm. Starling is a native of Virginia Beach, Va. and was commissioned through the University of Virginia NROTC program in 1974. He was designated a Naval Flight Officer in March 1975, and a Naval Aviator in March 1983. At sea, Vice Adm. Starling flew the A-6 Intruder with the Black Falcons of VA-85, the Golden Intruders of VA-128 as an instructor, and the Milestones of VA-196 as a department head. Additionally, he served as the commissioning executive officer of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
Ashore, Vice Adm. Starling served on the staff of Medium Attack Tactical Electronic Warfare Wing, Pacific, and as a student at the Naval War College, where he graduated with Highest Distinction. His first flag assignment was to NATO in Northwood, U.K., as the Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations, Intelligence and Exercises, for the Commander-in-Chief East Atlantic/Commander Allied Naval Forces Northern Europe.
Vice Admiral Starling commanded VA-145 aboard USS Ranger (CV 61) during Operation Desert Storm, USS Shreveport (LPD 12), USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) and Carrier Group 8 as George Washington Carrier Strike Group. Most recently, he served as Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic.
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