Speakers

Tristan Anderson
Executive Advisor
Freight Systems and Simulation (TA)
GHD

Marco Ayala
President
Houston InfraGard Members Alliance

Erwin M. Ballarta
CEO
Aarmatek USA Security Group, Inc.

Carl W. Bentzel
Past Commissioner
Federal Maritime Commission

CAPT Peter J. Bergeron
U. S. Coast Guard (Ret)
Senior Director, Public Safety & Security
Canaveral Port Authority

Brian P. Brammeier
Chief Executive Officer
Opscura

Jerold Brito
Program Associate
The Electrification Coalition

Rich Byrnes
Chief Infrastructure Officer
Port Houston

Mathieu Charbonneau
Vice-Président,
Général Manager Transport Division
Airudi

Kenneth Christopher, D.P.A
Professor and Academic Director
National University

Kevin M. Clement
Executive Director
Port of the Future Conference
BTI Institute, University of Houston

Kirstin Collins
Operations Support Team Lead
Greensea IQ

David Cummins
Executive Director, President and CEO Blue Sky Maritime Coalition

April Danos
Vice President
OD Grant Solutions, LLC

Jeffrey DeCoux
Chairman
Autonomy Institute

Dr. Joe Direnzo III
Director of Research Partnerships
U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center

John Donovan
Vice President of Energy and Defense Solutions
FuelTrax

Geoff Douglass
CEO and Co-Founder
Mythos AI

Mark Dubina
Vice President, Security
Port Tampa Bay

Robert R. Dubois
Director
Lamar University

Dr. Mo Ehsani
President/CEO
QuakeWrap, Inc.

Jaret Fattori
Director, Climate and Environment
BMT

Matt Fuhrman
Founder and CEO
Core Group Resources

Léon Gommans
Co-Founder and CEO
Teqplay

Julio R. Gonzalez
Supervisory Protective Security Advisor- Gulf of Mexico U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

David Gully
Regional Sales Manager
Taylor Machine Works, Inc.

Natascha A. Gutermuth
Lead Program Manager
Biometrics Program Office
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Jeremy Hansen
Protective Security Advisor
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
Department of Homeland Security

Robert Hawn
Vice President, Maritime Affairs
WGMA

Brian P. Hill
Director, Western Gulf Gateway U.S. Maritime Administration Dept. of Transportation

Jan Behrendt Ibsø
Group Market Director
Renewables and Green Fuels
COWI

Charlie Jenkins
Executive Director
Port Houston

Geir-Eilif Kalhagen
Director of Maritime Texas Dept. of Transportation

Gurban Karimbayli
ESG Advisor
Baku International Sea Trade Port
Port of Baku

Stephen Kelly
President of Sales and Business Development
Carver Companies

Robert Kessler
Product Manager, Marine Terminal Operations
MIS Marine

Margaret A. Kidd
Program Director/Instructional Associate Professor, Supply Chain & Logistics University of Houston

Vesa Koivumaa
Head of Growth
Wartsila Voyage

Karl Lander
Environmental Services Director
Subsea Solutions LLC

Vincent Lee
Principal
Arup

Brooks Lobingier
Director, Information Technology
Port of Corpus Christi

Starr Long
Executive Producer
The Acceleration Agency

Janine M. Mansour
Head of Key Accounts
Port of New Orleans

Ed McNamara
CEO
Armada Risk Partners

Mitch Merriam
Vice President, Borders and Maritime Security
K2 Consulting

Stephen Metruck
Executive Director
Port of Seattle

Darious Moore
Delivery Program Executive
IBM Cybersecurity Services

John O’Keefe
Vice President of Business Development
Waterson Terminal Services

Megan O’Leary
Director of Operations
Blue Sky Maritime Coalition

Bola Oyebamiji
Managing Director/CEO,
National Inland Waterways Authority
Federal Republic of Kenya

Juan Carlos Paz Cárdenas
Chairman of the Board of Directors
The National Port Authority – Peru

Sean Plankey
Cybersecurity Leader

Suzanne Plezia
Chief Harbor Engineer
Port of Long Beach

Marco Poisler
Chief Operating Officer – Global Energy & Capital Projects UTC Overseas, Inc.

Spencer Pope
Product Manager / Manager of Grant Acquisitions
Taylor Machine Works, Inc.

Col. Randall Pugh, USMC (ret.)
Vice Provost, Warfare Studies
Director, Naval Warfare Studies Institute
Naval Postgraduate School

Jean-Paul Rodrigue, PhD
Author and Professor
Department of Maritime Business Administration
Texas A&M – Galveston

Juan Ignacio Rodriguez
Head of Institutional Communications Division
Port Authority of Puerto Quequen

Hady Salloum, PhD
Professor
University of Houston

Rohit Saxena
Director, Facility Planning
Planning

Dr. Marcel Schaefer
Senior Program Coordinator
Fraunhofer USA Alliance

Michael P. Scherer
Chief Technology Officer
Chance Maritime Technologies

Rakshay Shah
Carbon Program Manager, Marine Sector
Shell

Daan Spikker
Head of Product
Teqplay

Linda Sternheimer
Vice President, Senior Vice President Urban Planning and Engagement
Port of Cleveland

Joel Thigpen
General Manager,
Marine New Build Sales
Wärtsilä

Shelby Thomas
CEO
Tidal Sails US

Dr. Phil Thompson
Head of Simulations and Training Services
BMT

Jim Towers
Principal In Charge
Elliott Bay Design Group

Arnie Tyler
President
MerLion Advisory Group

Michael Vanderbeek
Maritime and Coastal Planning Lead (MV)
GHD

Elliott Vera
Americas Technology Project Manager
Shell Shipping and Maritime

David Walker
Vice President
ABS

Kirk Waltz
Director, Business Development – Clean Energy
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

Stephanie Warren
Assistant Director, Information Security
Port of Seattle

Chris Wolski
Founder and CEO
Applied Security Convergence
(ASC)

Kathleen Yurchesyn
Vice President
Operations and Corporate Development
Novaporte

Dan Yuska
Director
Office of Environment and Innovation
U.S. Maritime Administration

Tony Zhong
Chief Information Security Officer
Port of Los Angeles