UNCLASSIFIED PROGRAM

Thomas McDermott is the Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Cyber, Infrastructure, Risk and Resilience Policy at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). He advises senior department officials and oversees the development of policy positions related to the full range of cyber, technology, infrastructure, and resilience issues.

Mr. McDermott has served in a variety of roles at DHS, including an assignment as Deputy Director for Strategy at the National Cybersecuritiy and Communication Integrations Center (NCCIC). His tenure includes acting as Deputy Associate General Counsel and as the Assistant General Counsel for Infrastructure Programs, where he oversaw the provision of legal advice in connection with the Department's programmatic efforts to protect U.S. critical infrastructure, including in the areas of cybersecurity and voluntary efforts to enhance the security and resilience of critical infrastructure from terrorism and all hazards.

Mr. McDermott has advised senior DHS and White House officials in connection with numerous departmental and Administration priorities, including the development and implementation of a series of executive orders that seek to strengthen information sharing, critical infrastructure cybersecurity, and the security and resilience of critical infrastructure against physical and cyber threats. In 2012, he received the DHS General Counsel's Excellence Award for his leadership in the development of the Administration's comprehensive cybersecurity legislative proposal. He has also advised on the development of major DHS cybersecurity programs, including the EINSTEIN and Enhanced Cybersecurity Services programs, and provided operational legal support to the NCCIC as well as the DHS National Infrastructure Coordinating Center (NICC).

Mr. McDermott was previously an attorney in the DHS Office of the General Counsel's Legal Counsel division and acted as the Assistant General Counsel for Strategic Oversight and Review. Prior to joining DHS in March 2007, Mr. McDermott was an attorney at Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Washington office where he focused on matters involving complex and commercial litigation. Mr. McDermott graduated from the Duke University School of Law and the University of Notre Dame, and clerked for the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

Bob Gourley is a co-founder and CTO of OODA LLC, the publisher of CTOvision.com and OODAloop.com. Bob's most recent book, The Cyber Threat, provides business executives with actionable insights into the threat landscape. Bob's first career was as a naval intelligence officer, which included operational tours in Europe and Asia. Bob was the first Director of Intelligence (J2) at DoD's cyber defense organization JTF-CND. Following retirement from the Navy, Bob was an executive with TRW and Northrop Grumman, and then returned to government service as the CTO of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Bob was named one of the top 25 most influential CTOs in the globe by Infoworld. He was selected for AFCEAs award for meritorious service to the intelligence community, and was named by Washingtonian as one of DC's "Tech Titans." Bob is known throughout the aviation community for his fact-based, no-hype assessments on the cyber threat.

Vinit Duggal is currently the Chief Information Security Officer for Intelsat. Since joining Intelsat, Vinit has been responsible for the development and engineering of much of Intelsat's key infrastructure, as well as building out an industry leading information security practice that fits the business needs for both the corporate and service provider entities that make up Intelsat's overall operations.

Prior to joining Intelsat, Mr. Duggal was the Chief Architect with Nortel Networks Professional Services. At Nortel he developed the network reference architecture and consulting models for the professional services practice that was responsible for over $80 million in revenue. Before joining Nortel, he held the position of Director of Information Security Consulting at VISTAIT where he incubated a first of its kind security practice that focused on delivering bespoke solutions for various types of organizations that allowed management teams to create individualized security infrastructure and policy. Mr. Duggal started his career in information security working for the Aviation Civil Intelligence division of the FAA (Now part of TSA).

Outside of his daily duties at Intelsat, Mr. Duggal takes part in many Network Engineering and Cyber activities. He has worked with and spoke at various events for SANS, CSI, Applied Network Security Foundation, Information Security Magazine, and Department of Homeland Security, to name a few. Vinit is an active member of various standards bodies where he is fostering the core principles of the industry to help current and future security professionals.

Mr. Todd Gossett joined SES Government Solutions (SES GS) in September 2015 and serves as the Vice President for Corporate Development. Mr. Gossett is responsible for developing, pursuing, and securing opportunities to support U.S. Government missions around the world using hosted payloads. He is also responsible for integrating U.S. Government COMSATCOM requirements into the SES corporate processes for satellite fleet development and strategic third part capacity procurements. His office also works with U.S. government and industry partners to strengthen the cyber security of the SES fleet. He also oversees SES GS' _innovation strategy, looking at non-traditional and market adjacent products and services to expand SES GS' _addressable market.
Prior to assuming his current position, he served as the SES GS Senior Director, Hosted Payloads, where he developed new hosted payload opportunities for U.S. Government customers. He also served as program manager for NASA's Global-Scale Observations of the Limb & Disk (GOLD) hosted payload program which launched on SES-14 in 2018 and is currently delivering unique observations of the sun's impact on the upper atmosphere for NASA and research institutions worldwide.
Prior to joining SES-GS, Mr. Gossett served twenty-six years in the United States Air Force, retiring in September 2015 at the rank of colonel. In his last assignment, he served as the Deputy Director of Space Operations, Headquarters United States Air Force, at the Pentagon, where he led a diverse team of over a forty personnel responsible for the formulation of Air Force space operations policy, development of space operations and maintenance budgets, conducting space operations international engagements, coordinating approval of sensitive space operations, and overseeing the
Air Force's space operations personnel development & training programs.
Prior to his final Pentagon assignment he served as commander of the USAF's western launch range at Vandenberg AFB, CA. He also served in several other assignments, including nuclear missile operations, satellite operations, and space electronic warfare operations, as well as in various staff positions at Headquarters United States Air Force and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Mr. Gossett grew up in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. He earned a Bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina, and Master's degrees from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, the Air Force's Air Command and Staff College, and the U.S. Navy's Naval War College.

Jared Reece is a branch chief for the Space Systems Command within the Space Force Commercial Satellite Communications Office (CSCO). The CSCO is responsible for all Department of Defense (DOD) acquisitions of COSMATCOM telecommunication services, and provides technical and acquisition related expertise to DOD mission partners in need of COMSATCOM services or equipment.

Mr. Reece is responsible for maintaining compliance with current and upcoming DOD policies for space systems, as well as the development and deployment of new cybersecurity programs. Mr. Reece is also the lead for CSCO's recently announced IA-Pre Program, an enhanced cybersecurity program for COMSATCOM industry providers. In addition to handling coordination between DOD stakeholders, he aids in strengthening the cybersecurity posture of commercial satellite services through industry and government collaboration.

Mr. Reece has been supporting information assurance programs for CSCO since 2016, overseeing the transition from DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) to Risk Management Framework (RMF), and supporting the transition from DISA to US Space Force for cybersecurity assessments. He received bachelor of science in homeland security, with study on emerging technologies, cyber threats, infrastructure protection, and private-sector partnerships.

Prof. Gregory Falco has been at the forefront of space system and critical infrastructure security in both industry and academia for the past decade. Falco is an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University's Institute for Assured Autonomy and the Civil and Systems Engineering Department. He is the Director of the Aerospace ADVERSARY (Autonomy, Defense and Vulnerability Exploitation for Resilient, Secure and Assured Risk/Yield) Lab at Johns Hopkins. The ADVERSARY designs and develops future aerospace technology enabling secure, resilient and assured autonomous space infrastructure operations. His research entitled Cybersecurity Principles for Space Systems was highly influential in the development of Space Policy Directive-5, which shared the same title. Falco was the former co-founder and CEO of the blockchain-based industrial control security company NeuroMesh Inc., which was acquired in 2022. He has been listed in Forbes 30 Under 30 for his inventions and contributions to critical infrastructure cyber security, is a Fulbright Scholar and is the recipient of the DARPA RISER and DARPA's Young Faculty Award for work on building a zero-trust marketplace ecosystem for space systems. Prof. Falco serves as a member of the Department of Homeland Security's Space Systems Critical Infrastructure Working Group and has been awarded contracts relating to space system security for AFRL, US Space Force, NASA and DARPA. He is also a Research Affiliate at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Falco completed his PhD at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Master's degree at Columbia University and Bachelor's degree at Cornell University.

Samuel Sanders Visner is a Technical Fellow at the MITRE Corporation. Sam is also Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center, working to strengthen the security and resilience of the nation's space systems. Sam is also a Senior Advisor to the Cybersecurity Solarium Commission. Sam served previously as the Director of the National Cybersecurity Federally Funded Research and Development Center (MITRE), sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Sam is also a professor of cybersecurity at Georgetown University and a Senior Advisor to the Cybersecurity Solarium Commission. Sam has served as SVP/General Manager of two cybersecurity businesses and as Chief of Signals Intelligence Programs at the National Security Agency.

Richard H. Buenneke is senior advisor for national security space policy in the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance (AVC) at the United States Department of State in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Buenneke advises senior State Department officials on the planning and implementation of diplomatic and public diplomacy activities relating to U.S. national and homeland security space policy. In this role, he leads State's development of "whole of government" strategies for international cooperation on spaceflight safety and space critical infrastructure security and resilience.

Before joining the State Department, Mr. Buenneke was a senior policy analyst at The Aerospace Corporation, where he served as lead analyst for the U.S. Department of Defense's efforts relating to mission assurance and resiliency of commercial space capabilities.

Mr. Buenneke has also led research tasks in support of U.S. government assessments of policies and architectures for national security and commercial space systems as an analyst with Booz Allen Hamilton and the RAND Corporation.

He holds bachelor's degrees in economics and systems engineering from the Wharton and Engineering schools of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Buenneke also holds masters' degrees in national security studies and policy analysis from the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs and the Pardee RAND Graduate School.

Mark Holmes is the Editorial Director of Via Satellite, the Program Chair for the Global Connected Aircraft Summit and CyberSat. He is also Director of Strategic Content for the SATELLITE show. Mark has been at Access Intelligence (AI) over seventeen years, working on a variety of titles in telecoms, broadband, digital TV, aviation and satellite. Mark has been with AI's Aerospace Group for over nine years.

Mark has played a key role in building the 'Global Connected Aircraft Summit' event, which launched eight years ago and has been a huge success story for AI.

Before joining Access Intelligence, Mark was deputy editor of leading Euromoney Institutional Investor title Global Telecoms Business. In this position, Mark interviewed the CEOs of many leading telcos world-wide including, BT, Verizon, France Telecom, Sprint, SBC etc. In the last 20 years, Mark has interviewed hundreds of C-Suite executives in the telecoms, satellite, broadcast, aviation, broadband and cable space.

Matthew Erickson is SpiderOaks Vice President of Solutions guiding federal clients in applying zero trust and distributed ledger technologies to securing sensitive data, communications and hybrid space environments. Joining SpiderOak in 2010 Matt is the architect of the companies initiative to expand the federal use case for blockchain in Hybrid Space, DoD and Intelligence.

In 2018 Matt was Executive Director of the Digital Privacy Alliance where he was responsible for bringing together sectors of the tech industry that respect user privacy enabling them to speak with a single voice in legislatures across the country. Matt is a prolific writer and thought leader.

Daniel Gizinski was named President of Comtech Satellite Networks Technologies, Inc. a U.S. Corporation on January 3, 2022. Previously he held various senior management positions at Comtech, including Vice President of Product and Strategy for Comtech Systems Inc. Prior to joining Comtech in 2019, Daniel held program management and leadership roles at General Electric, Sierra Nevada Corporation, and L3Harris Technologies. Daniel holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia and a Master's degree from Duke University.

Erin has over a decade of experience building meaningful tech collaborations and has formed hundreds of formal partnerships between government, industry, and academia to solve problems for warfighters and national security. Currently, Erin is the VP of Operations for Space ISAC.

Erin was the Managing Director of the Center for Technology, Research and Commercialization (C-TRAC) and brought three USAF-funded programs to bear at the Catalyst Campus for Technology & Innovation (www.catalystcampus.org) from 2016-2018. Her expertise in brokering unique partnerships using non-FAR type agreements led to the standup of the Air Force's first cyber focused design studio, AFCyberWorx, at the United States Air Force Academy, and the first space accelerator, Catalyst Accelerator, at Catalyst Campus in Colorado Springs - in partnership with Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX.

In 2020 Erin is a recipient of the Woman of Influence award. In 2018 Erin was recognized by the Mayor of Colorado Springs as Mayor's Young Leader (MYL) of the Year Award for Technology. She is also the recipient of the Southern Colorado Women's Chamber of Commerce Award for Young Female Leader in 2018.

In her previous roles, she developed and managed intellectual property portfolios, technology transfer strategies, export control/ITAR, secure facilities, and rapid prototyping collaborations.

Erin serves on the advisory board of CyberSatGov.

Shane is a Venture Partner at Forgepoint. Shane assists the Forgepoint team with technical due diligence and serves as a strategic advisor to current portfolio companies.

Shane has more than 30 years of experience in information technology and security consulting. His experience in cybercrime investigations includes expert witness testimony on software, systems reliability engineering, system design, information security, information management, and computer forensics. Previously, Shane served for 10 years as a Cryptologic Linguist in the Air Force.

Shane holds a PhD from Capella University, an MBA from Phoenix University, and a BTM from Peru State College. When not in the office, Shane enjoys reading, riding his Harley, and watching other people surf...and remembering when he caught all the waves they missed.

Richard DalBello is currently the Director of the Office of Space Commerce. In this role he is responsible for managing the Department's efforts to establish a space traffic control system to ensure safe space operations for commercial and international civil space ventures. In addition, Richard is responsible for the regulation of the US commercial remote sensing industry and for general advocacy, across the government, for commercial space industry interests.

Prior to joining the Department of Commerce, Richard was Virgin Galactic's Vice President of Global Engagement. In this role, Richard was responsible for international business development for the company's unique fleet of carrier aircraft and space vehicles. Prior to joining Virgin, Richard served as Director, Space and Aeronautics, in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In this role, he served as the principal advisor on space and aeronautics matters to the Science Advisor to the President. In this position, Richard played a key role in the development and implementation of the Administration's domestic and international space policy and program priorities.

Prior to joining OSTP, Richard served as the Vice President of Government Affairs for Intelsat General. He served previously as president of the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association, and for more than three years as the president of the Satellite Industry Association.

Richard earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Illinois, a master's degree in law from McGill University, and a doctorate in jurisprudence from the University of San Francisco.

Dr. Jeremy Banik is the Deputy Director of the National Reconnaissance Office's (NRO) Commercial Systems Program Office (CSPO) where he is helping to lead the NRO's strategy to fully integrate commercial imagery into the enterprise.

Prior to joining the NRO, Dr. Banik was Chief Engineer on the Blackjack Program, a joint DARPA-Air Force initiative to leverage commercial broadband constellations for global collections and direct dissemination to US government users. Prior to his tenure with DARPA, Dr. Banik was Deputy Manager for the Space and Missile Systems Center Long Duration Propulsive ESPA program. A maneuverable platform designed to deliver payloads to GEO at a recurring cadence.

Dr. Banik also developed and sustained the Large Deployable Structures Research and Development portfolio for the Air Force Research Laboratory, where he invented and led demonstrations and operational transitions of antenna, optic, solar sail, and solar array technologies including the Roll Out Solar Array (ROSA).

Colonel John P. Smail is the Senior Cyber Officer, U.S. Space Force, the Pentagon, Washington D.C. In this role, he provides advice to the Chief of Space Operations on the U.S. Space Force's cyber, spectrum and warfighting communications policy, strategy and operations. Col Smail is also the career field manager for the cyber operations officers of the U.S. Space Force.

Colonel Smail has had several assignments in space operations, intelligence, combat communications, and cyber operations. He has deployed in support of Operation DESERT SHIELD/STORM, ALLIED FORCE and provided direct support to Operations NORTHERN WATCH, JOINT FORGE, and JOINT GUARDIAN. In 2003, he deployed to Camp Sather, Baghdad, Iraq for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. In 2005, Colonel Smail deployed for Hurricane Katrina relief and in 2006 to Multi-National Corps-Iraq, Camp Victory, Iraq. In 2010, he deployed again as the Commander, 455th Expeditionary Communications Squadron, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

EDUCATION:

1995 Bachelors of Business Administration in Information Systems Management, Georgia College and State University (Cum Laude)
1996 Basic Communications Officer Training, Distinguished Graduate, Keesler AFB, MS
2001 Master of Science in Information Systems Management, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD.
2002 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, AL.
2005 Advanced Communications Officer Training, Distinguished Graduate, Keesler AFB, MS
2009 U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS.
2010 School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, AL
2014 Naval War College, Newport Naval Station, R.I.

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. August 1986-January 1990, Base Comm Specialist, 1979th Communications Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, UK
2. January 1990-January 1996, Network Administrator, 5th Combat Communications Group, Robins AFB, GA. (August 1990-April 1991, Operation DESERT SHIELD/STORM, HQ USCENTAF, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
3. January 1996-May 1996, Officer Training School (Distinguished Graduate), Maxwell AFB, AL
4. June 1996-January 1999, Chief, Air Operations Center Systems, 608th Air Communications Squadron, Barksdale AFB, LA
5. January 1999-January 2001, Chief, Intelligence Systems Branch, HQ USAFE, Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany (May 1999- August 1999, Chief, Network Ops, Joint Task Force NOBLE ANVIL, Naples, Italy)
6. January 2001-April 2002, Chief, Current C4 Operations Branch, HQ USAFE, Ramstein AB, Germany
7. May 2002-May 2003, Flight Commander, Combat Support Flight, 31st Combat Comm Squadron, Tinker AFB, OK
8. May 2003-May 2004, Flight Commander, Training & Evaluations, 3d Combat Comm Support Squadron, Tinker AFB, OK (Nov 2003-Apr 2004, 447th Expeditionary Comm Squadron, Camp Sather, Iraq)
9. May 2004-May 2005, Flight Commander, 31st Combat Communications Squadron, Tinker AFB, OK
10. May 2005-March 2007, Chief, Warfighting Integration, Directorate of Logistics and Warfighting Integration, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, CO (May 2006-September 2006, Chief Current Operations, Camp Victory, Iraq)
11. March 2007-June 2008, Executive Officer, Directorate of Communications & Information, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, CO
12. June 2008-June 2009, Student, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS
13. July 2009-July 2010, Student, School for Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, AL
14. August 2010-August 2011, Commander, 455th Expeditionary Comm Squadron, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan
15. August 2011-August 2013, Deputy Commander, 3d Combat Communications Group, Tinker AFB, OK.
16. July 2013-June 2014, Student; Naval War College, Newport Naval Station, R.I.
17. July 2014-July 2016, Branch Chief, Cybersecurity & Cyber Defenses, Joint Staff/J6, Pentagon, Washington, D.C
18. July 2016-July 2017, Vice Commander, 688th Cyberspace Wing, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, TX
19. Aug 2017-Mar 2020, Director, Cyberspace Operations & Deputy Director, Communications Systems Directorate (Wing/CC), National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, VA
20. Mar 2020-Present, Senior Cyber Officer, Office of the Chief of Space Operations, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

Defense Superior Service Medal
Bronze Star
Defense Meritorious Service Medal 1 Oak Leaf Cluster (OLC)
Meritorious Service Medal with 3 OLC
Joint Service Commendation Medal with 1 OLC

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION

2d Lieutenant 3 May 1996
1st Lieutenant 3 May 1998
Captain 3 May 2000
Major 1 Mar 2006
Lieutenant Colonel 1 Mar 2010
Colonel 1 Apr 2016