2019 SBIR/STTR Key Speakers Include:

Anthony Aldrich

SBIR Program Manager, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)

Jerry Bird

President, MassVentures

Eric Blatt

Associate, Rothwell Figg

Lee Ann Boyer

Program Manager, SBIR/STTR, US Navy

William Brigham

Director, University at Albany's Small Business Development Center

Kim Cannon

Center Technology Transition Lead, SBIR/STTR Program, Langley Research Center

Susan Celis

Program Director Small Business Programs Office, DARPA

Mary Clague

SBIR Program Manager, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Captain Joseph Cohn

Chief, Research Program Administration Division, DHA

Mark Davidson

JPL Center Technology Transfer Lead (CTTL), NASA SBIR Program

Douglas Deason

Director, Advanced Research, Missile Defense Agency

Felipe Gómez del Campo

CEO, FGC Plasma Solutions LLC

Jeff DiTullio

Business & Outreach Team Lead and Head of The Office of Research and Technology Applications, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Soldier Center

Mark Flohr

SBIR Program Manager, DTRA

Vince Garcia

Program Manager, NOAA, Department of Commerce (DoC)

Jere Glover

Executive Director, SBTC

Jim Greenwood

Greenwood Consulting Group

Elden Hawkes

Program Specialist, SBIR, USDA

Jerry Hollister

Principal Consultant, BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting (BBCetc)

Ed Jameson

CEO, Jameson & Company CPAs

Daniel Kim

Managing Partner, Chevron & Rockers

Carol Lewis

SBIR Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Liaison, NASA

Dan Lilly

SBIR Advisor, Massachusetts Small Business Development Center

Ed Metz

SBIR Program Director, U.S. Department of Education

Emily Murphy

Administrator, GSA

Chris O'Gwin

Manager, SBIR/STTR Outreach and Assistance, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) SBIR/STTR

Manny Oliver

Director, SBIR/STTR Program Office, U.S. Department of Energy

Craig Owens

Program Manger, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, Lockheed Martin

Larry Pollack

Joint Science & Technology Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JSTO-CBD), Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Matthew Portnoy

NIH SBIR/STTR Program Manager, National Institutes of Health

John Pucci

SBIR Manager, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Margaret Ramey

Outreach Specialist, University of Wisconsin CTC

April Richards

Program Manager, SBIR, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Jennifer Rocha

Executive Director-Innovation Programs, TechConnect

Ben Schrag

Senior Program Director, SBIR/STTR Programs, NSF

David Shahady

Managing Director, SBIR/STTR Program, U.S. Air Force

Leo Sharkey

Director, MA SBDC

Jennifer Shieh

Assistant Director, Entrepreneurship, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Ruth Shuman

Program Director for Biological Technologies, NSF SBIR/STTR

Christine Smith

Managing Director Innovation, Rhode Island Commerce Corporation

John Smith

SBIR Program Manager, US Army

Robert Smith

Director, SBIR/STTR, U.S. Navy and DOD Rapid Innovation Fund

Glendowlyn L.H. Thames

Executive Director, CTNext

Karen West

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Consultant, Maine Technology Institute

John Williams

Director of Innovation & Technology, SBA, Office of Investment & Innovation

Keith Woodman

SBIR lead, Human Exploration and Operations and Space Technology Mission Directorates, NASA