Google Public Sector Summit

Karen Dahut is an accomplished executive with over 25 years of experience in technology, cybersecurity, and analytics. She has a strong track record of building businesses, executing large-scale growth strategies, and creating unique solutions for both commercial and federal sectors. Currently, Ms. Dahut serves as the founding Chief Executive Officer of Google Public Sector (GPS). In this role, she is dedicated to accelerating the digital transformation of U.S. government agencies, academic institutions, and non-profit organizations. Her leadership at Google focuses on leveraging Google Cloud’s most advanced capabilities, including: Artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance citizen services, sophisticated cybersecurity tools for securing vital data, and open cloud infrastructure to help agencies modernize operations. Her mission-driven team is committed to helping these organizations achieve critical national objectives and drive impactful, large-scale change. Karen began her career as an officer in the U.S. Navy, where she developed a lifelong commitment to serving the mission of the nation and the public sector.

Thomas joined Google in November 2018 as the CEO of Google Cloud. Google Cloud is the division of Google that brings Google’s technology and solutions to enterprises, governments, and startups around the world. Prior to Google, he spent 22 years at Oracle, where he most recently served as President of Product Development. Before that, Thomas worked at McKinsey
as a business analyst and engagement manager. His nearly 30 years of experience have given
him a deep knowledge of engineering, enterprise relationships and leadership of large
organizations.

Thomas' degrees include an MBA in Administration and Management from Stanford University
as an Arjay Miller Scholar and a BSEE in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from
Princeton University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude. Thomas has served as a
member of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council and serves on the
Advisory Council of Princeton University’s School of Engineering.

Jared “Rook” Isaacman is the 15th Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Isaacman grew up in New Jersey as the youngest of the four children of Donald and Sandra Marie Isaacman. Fascinated by aviation and space, Isaacman discovered a passion that would define his career.

Sensing an opportunity in the burgeoning world of digital markets, Isaacman left high school at the age of 16 to found United Bank Card, a payment processing company, from his parents’ basement. The company was later renamed Shift4. Shift4 now serves hundreds of thousands of businesses across the globe. In 2020, Shift4 went public, and in 2025, Isaacman left his role as CEO.

Isaacman’s entrepreneurial spirit extended to aerospace. In 2011, Isaacman co-founded Draken International, which provides training to U.S. military pilots. The company currently services and manages one of the world’s largest private fleets of fighter jets. Outsourcing this critical role to the private sector has saved taxpayers billions of dollars. Isaacman sold the company in 2019.

Outside of work, Isaacman is a skilled pilot with over 8,000 flight hours. He is flight-qualified in multiple military jets, has flown in over 100 airshows, an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, and has set numerous world speed records in 2009 while raising funds for the Make-A-Wish®.

In 2021, Isaacman commanded Inspiration4, the first all-civilian orbital spaceflight aboard the Dragon spacecraft. The mission was a major milestone in commercial spaceflight. The three-day flight orbited Earth, raising over $250 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. Three years later, he led another human spaceflight mission, Polaris Dawn. Reaching an altitude of almost 900 miles, this was the farthest humans have traveled from Earth since Apollo 17. Isaacman performed the first commercial spacewalk, and both missions incorporated dozens of science experiments and achieved milestones that advanced the cause of crewed spaceflight.

On Nov. 4, 2025, President Donald J. Trump nominated Isaacman to be the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and he was formally confirmed by the United States Senate on Dec. 17, 2025.

Isaacman graduated from Embry‐Riddle in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in Aeronautics, and in 2024, he received an honorary doctoral degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Isaacman resides in Pennsylvania with his wife, Monica, and their two daughters.

Mr. Justin Fanelli is the CTO for the Dept of Navy and the Technical Director (TD) of PEO Digital. As CTO, his office is laser focused on measurably improving technology-driven mission outcomes within the Dept of Navy. As TD, his Program Executive Office is expediting the performant, secure transformation of enterprise information technology infrastructure. Central to both of these roles is unleashing the private-public mesh to innovate faster with higher value on investment outcomes than ever before seen. He currently serves as an Advisor for various national Science and Technology agencies and advisory boards inside and outside of government.

Within Dept of Navy roles, Mr Fanelli’s team has recently been recognized for transforming modern service delivery including multi-billion dollars savings and leap ahead impacts with the Etter Award. Within Defense Healthcare, Mr. Fanelli’s teams delivered the first one-stop data enterprise for revolutionized healthcare and research outcomes. Previous roles for Mr. Fanelli have included Chief Data Architect for Defense Health, Technical Director for Navy Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education (MPTE), Executive Lead for Navy’s Digital Transformation in 5G and DevSecOps, Service Chiefs Fellow at the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), Principal Engineer for Navy Enterprise Business Systems, and DOD Chief Systems Engineer for Command and Control (C2).

Outside of the office, Mr. Fanelli has most recently taught graduate courses at Georgetown University. He has lectured at a dozen other universities including Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Dartmouth and Penn. He advises on innovation and recently gave a TED talk on innovation adoption; ask him about what the Innovation Adoption Kit can do for you. He holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, a Masters degree in Electrical and Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and is a Senior Executive Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is certified in Lean Six Sigma, Agile Development, GIAC Security Leadership, Defense Acquisition University Engineering and Program Management, has served as Philadelphia Mayor’s Commission on Technology (MCOT) Board Member, North Catholic High School Alumni Association President, currently serves as an advisor to National Science Foundation startups, a partner at NextGen Ventures, volunteer and speaker at TechImpact, AFCEA and is a member of the Cosmos Club. Recent awards include National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Award, Civilian Exemplary Achievement Award, Secretary of the Navy’s Innovation Award, Project Management Institute’s Project of the Year, Federal Health IT Innovation Award and he is a Fed100, two time Defense50 and FedHealth100 honoree. He lives in Arlington, VA and loves book recommendations.

Miro Humer leads the digital direction and technology strategy at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) as Vice President for University Technology and Chief Information Officer. Heading a team of over 220 technology professionals, he focuses on expanding secure cloud environments and high-performance research systems built to support the next generation of academic discovery.

With more than 25 years of technology leadership, Miro pairs systems architecture expertise with a practical focus on team culture and retention. Holding a master’s degree in labor relations and human resources, he aligns technology shifts with workforce support, building resilient teams that can adapt to rapid change. He views cyberinfrastructure not as fixed hardware, but as an evolving platform designed to sustain long-term campus productivity.

Previously, Miro served as CIO at Cleveland State University, where he established statewide technology partnerships and multi-campus cloud initiatives. Recognized as a top higher education technology leader by CDO Magazine and Education Technology Insights, he advises the Ohio Department of Higher Education and industry boards, while frequently contributing to EDUCAUSE Review on cloud strategy, IT leadership, and the future of higher education technology.

Dr. Neil Jacobs is the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and NOAA Administrator. In this role, he provides strategic direction and oversight for more than $6 billion in annual spending, including investments in space innovation, autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, deep-sea exploration and numerical weather prediction, while developing industry partnerships to study the oceans, address the seafood trade imbalance and support U.S. commercial and recreational fishing.

Prior to his current appointment, he served as the Chief Science Advisor for the Unified Forecast System within the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Dr. Jacobs also previously served as both Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction. He has held multiple positions in both the private and academic sectors.

Dr. Jacobs is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and the recipient of the Society’s 2023 Kenneth C. Spengler Award for leadership in fostering community collaboration across the weather, water and climate enterprise. He holds B.S. degrees in mathematics and physics from the University of South Carolina, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in air-sea interaction and numerical weather prediction from North Carolina State University.
 

Mr. Andrew (Andy) Mapes is the Principal Deputy Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer for the Office of the Secretary of War Chief Digital & Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO).

Prior to arriving at CDAO, Mr. Mapes was a civilian career intelligence officer at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), assigned as Deputy Staff Director and Strategic Advisor to the Deputy DNI for Mission Integration, where he received the Director of National Intelligence’s Distinguished Service Award. Before his role at ODNI, Mr. Mapes served in a non-career Senior Executive Service (SES) role as the Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to the OSD Chief Management Officer (CMO), earning the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service. He has also performed prior program management and consultant roles in industry supporting defense and intelligence community clients.

Also an Army Reservist, Mr. Mapes serves as an Army Functional Area 30 Information Operations Officer assigned to the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Policy. He has two prior military deployments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Mr. Mapes holds a Juris Doctorate from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Franklin College. He earned his commission in the U.S. Army through the Indiana University-Indianapolis Army ROTC program.

Mr. Adarryl M. Roberts was appointed to serve as the Director, DLA Information Operations (J6), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) on August 2, 2023.

As the Director, J6, Mr. Roberts is the DLA Chief Information Officer (CIO), responsible for coordinating and integrating policies, guidelines, procedures, and activities to ensure effective, efficient, and economical information technology (IT) planning, acquisition, and management in support of DLA and the Department of War (DoW) missions and objectives. He is responsible for the management and supervision of all DLA IT policies and planning, and investment management to include cyber resilience, technical architecture and infrastructure, emerging technology, research and development, data management, and IT acquisition program management throughout the Agency and DoW.

DLA is the DoW’s logistics combat support agency, providing worldwide logistics support for the material and personnel readiness and sustainment of the Military Departments and the Unified Combatant Commands under conditions of peace and war. It also provides logistics support to other DoW components and certain Federal agencies, foreign governments, international organizations, and others as authorized.

Barry J. Schindler serves as Acting Commissioner for Patents at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), where he provides executive leadership for the Patents organization in his capacity as chief operating officer. He oversees a workforce of almost 11,000 Patents employees, including approximately 9,500 patent examiners whose work helps drive American innovation by delivering patent protection to inventors, consistent with Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. Along with his duties as Acting Commissioner, he will focus and lead Patents on artificial intelligence (AI) policy, practice, and operations.

Mr. Schindler previously served as a Deputy Commissioner for Patents at the USPTO, where he provided executive leadership and strategic direction for the Office of Information Technology for Patents, the Office of Application Processing for Patents, and Technology Center 2400. In this role, he helped guide the USPTO’s patent operations through a period of rapid technological change, with a particular focus on information technology, generative AI, and process innovation.

Mr. Schindler brings more than 30 years of experience at the intersection of patent law, emerging technology, and business strategy. His background spans patent prosecution, intellectual property protection, AI and machine learning, software and internet-based systems, search technologies, and database systems. He has worked extensively on how new technologies can be applied thoughtfully to improve quality, efficiency, and scalability in patent-related workflows.

Before joining the USPTO, Mr. Schindler served as Co-Chair of Greenberg Traurig LLP’s Global Patents and Innovation Strategies Group, a practice of more than 150 USPTO-registered attorneys and agents supporting thousands of domestic and foreign patent applications. In that role, he helped lead a global patent platform serving both major corporations and high-growth startups navigating complex innovation landscapes.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Schindler has advised clients across a broad range of advanced technologies, including AI and machine learning, AgriTech, FoodTech, fintech, cloud computing, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, materials science, and medical devices. He has secured hundreds of U.S. patents and worked closely with foreign counsel in China, France, Germany, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and other jurisdictions to help build and protect worldwide patent portfolios.

Mr. Schindler also served on the committee advising the New Jersey Supreme Court on the use of generative AI, contributing practical insight on responsible governance, ethics, and the integration of AI into professional practice.

Mr. Schindler earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering (Process Control) from Cornell University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center.

Timothy James “TJ” White, Chief, Texas Cyber Command, of Boerne Texas, is a retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral and founder of OneNetworkConnection, LLC. He is a Professor-of-Practice at the Naval Postgraduate School, affiliated with the Military Cyber Professionals Association and the Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society, and a trustee of the Southwest Research Institute. Joining the Navy in 1983 from Spring, Texas, he was honorably discharged in 2020 after 37 years of service. During his time in the Navy, he served as Commander of the United States Fleet Cyber Command/United States TENTH Fleet/ United States Navy Space Command, and previously as the Commander of the United States Cyber National Mission Force/USCYBERCOM. He is the former Director of Intelligence for United States Indo-Pacific Command. White received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the United States Naval Academy, a Master of Science in Systems Technology from the Naval Postgraduate School, and a Master of Science in Strategic Resource Management from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.

Jamie Wolff is the Associate Administrator for Information Management and Chief Information
Officer (CIO) for the NNSA, where he manages and implements all operational, technical, and
administrative functions for NNSA’s Information Technology (IT), Cybersecurity, and Information Management Programs. In this role, he leads enterprise-wide strategies and digital
modernization efforts across the Nuclear Security Enterprise. Mr. Wolff also oversees classified
systems operations, spearheads interagency data-sharing initiatives, and leads enterprise-
wide risk reduction strategies in support of national security goals and Department of
Energy/NNSA mission and business requirements.

Mr. Wolff is a seasoned technology executive with almost two decades of experience leading
complex IT modernization and cybersecurity initiatives. Since joining NNSA in July 2021, the
organization has made measurable progress in sunsetting legacy systems, enforcing cybersecurity policy, and rolling out secure cloud environments built for scale and speed. Prior to joining NNSA, Mr. Wolff served in the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer, Office of Management and Budget, in the Executive Office of the President. Mr. Wolff began his career as a Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy and continues to serve as a Navy Reservist. He worked in the office of the Department of Defense CIO as the IT Acquisition Policy Lead and Director of Data and Knowledge Management. He also served at the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation as the Vice President for IT and Strategic Infrastructure and as Deputy CIO of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

Amina Al Sherif is the Field Chief Technology Officer (Field CTO) for AI & Defence at Google Public Sector, where she directs technical AI strategy, mission architecture, and applied research for the United States Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, Five Eyes (FVEY) mission partners, and national security organizations. Operating at the intersection of frontier artificial intelligence, cyber warfare, and national defense, she bridges cutting-edge research from Google DeepMind and Google Research directly into mission environments.

A decorated combat veteran and former U.S. Army Captain (O-3) with over twelve years of service across the DoD and Special Operations enterprise, Amina brings operational combat experience to executive technical leadership. Her career spans C-suite leadership at early-stage defense startups, founding national security AI ethics non-profits, patented machine learning innovation, and doctoral research in computer science.

Jeff Brown is the US Public Sector Workspace Lead at Google, where he oversees the deployment of secure AI and cloud collaboration tools nationwide. With nearly three decades of combined enterprise and public sector expertise—including 14 years at Google and prior roles at Computer Associates and Symantec—he helps regulated organizations modernize operations and fulfill critical missions. Jeff is a graduate of San Diego State University and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Google Public Sector Role
Ron Bushar serves as the Chief Security Officer and Managing Director of Solutions, Security and Delivery at Google Public Sector. In this role, he leads a diverse global team of AI, Cloud, and Cyber experts who empower Google Public Sector to safely and securely deliver customer mission outcomes and enable Google’s unique platform of innovative secure AI and cloud capabilities and solutions to state, local, educational, federal, defense, and national security national security customers.

Ron is a seasoned, highly effective, and innovative AI and cyber security leader with over 29 years of experience in technical solutions services, cyber defense operations, cybersecurity consulting, and incident response services in both the government and commercial sectors. Ron has a track record of successfully building strategic programs and dynamic teams that deliver innovative solutions, ensure effective security, minimize organizational risk, and ensure mission outcomes for customers.

Professional Experience
Prior to his work at Mandiant and Google, Ron served as the Director of the Department of Justice Security Operations Center (JSOC) where he led transformative efforts to redefine and restructure key information security and cyber defense operation capabilities. Ron also served as the Department’s Insider Threat Program Manager and liaison to the National Insider Threat Task Force. In previous roles, Ron built and led expert teams of cyber defense operators, incident responders, and red teams at several U.S. intelligence and defense department agencies. Ron began his career in the United States Air Force serving as an Officer in the Information Warfare Aggressor Squadron.

Education

• MS Computer Information Systems, St. Mary’s University, 2001
• BS Electrical Engineering, Virginia Tech University, 1998

Michael Gerstenhaber is the Vice President of Product Management for Gemini Enterprise at
Google Cloud, where he leads the strategy, roadmap, and execution for the next generation of
intelligent applications. He is focused on scaling the Gen AI API business by integrating Gemini
models into customer workflows, defining the product vision for agents across Google Cloud,
and ensuring Gemini Enterprise remains the comprehensive platform for leveraging Google’s AI
offerings.

Michael joined Google for the unique opportunity to apply frontier AI to the complex, real-world
business processes of customers at a global scale.

Previously, Michael served as the Head of Product for the API Platform at Anthropic, where he
led product strategy and execution for the Claude models. In this role, he was a key catalyst for
the company's commercial growth, driving widespread market adoption of their core model
offerings.

Prior to Anthropic, Michael spent seven years at Datadog as Vice President of Product
Management, overseeing product development across infrastructure, networking, and
Kubernetes.

Chris Hein, a tenured Google employee of over 10 years, is the Field CTO at Google Public Sector, where he is driven to make a tangible impact on the world through technology. With a Master's in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence from DePaul University, he's become a leading voice in applying AI to the public sector. Chris brings a unique blend of technical expertise (honed as a former VP of Technology in the private sector) and a deep understanding of the critical missions of government and educational institutions. He recognizes that these organizations are the backbone of our society, and he's dedicated to empowering them with the best tools and strategies. Beyond simply providing technology, Chris also assists IT leaders in navigating the transformative shift to an AI-driven world. He helps them rethink their approaches to running corporate IT systems, ensuring they're not just keeping up, but leading the way in leveraging AI responsibly and effectively. He believes technology should be a force for good, and he works tirelessly to ensure it is used ethically and to its full potential.

Steven Hin is the US Public Sector Product Lead at Google Workspace, driving product strategy and compliance frameworks for highly regulated public sector environments. Focusing on sovereign cloud capabilities, security architectures, and administrative guardrails for AI collaboration, Steven partners with defense and civil agencies to safely modernize their digital workflows. He is based in New York City.

Sandra is a cybersecurity leader with 27 years of intelligence experience. She leads
Google Threat Intelligence following Google’s acquisition of Mandiant in 2022. Sandra
is a retired U.S. Air Force Reserve officer and serves as a faculty member and on the
Board of Visitors at the National Intelligence University. She is a Co-Chair of the Aspen
Institute U.S. Cybersecurity Group, a member of the strategic council of the Silverado
Policy Accelerator, and the Institute for Security and Technology’s Ransomware Task
Force Steering Committee, a visiting fellow at the National Security Institute, and serves
on the Board of Directors at Crane NXT. Sandra is pursuing her PhD at Johns Hopkins
University as an Alperovitch Institute Fellow. She has an MBA from MIT and holds four
additional master’s degrees in cyber-policy, international affairs, science and
technology intelligence, and military operational art and science. Sandra speaks
English, Spanish, and German.

Elizabeth leads the Google Public Sector Customer Engineering organization, including Federal Civilian, Defense, National Security, State and Local Governments and Education. Her team leads with a solutions mindset backed by strong technical expertise in key areas such as Generative AI, Edge, Security and Data Modernization to solve US public sector institutions’ toughest challenges. Elizabeth is an avid public speaker on key topics such as Generative AI and Security, and an advocate for Women in Tech.

Prior to joining Google, Elizabeth led Technology for AWS’ North America Sales, incubating and scaling key customer-facing capabilities across professional services, solutions architecture, and customer success, enabling AWS’ largest and highly regulated customers to adopt the cloud broadly across the enterprise. Earlier in her career, Elizabeth led the pre-sales engineering team for Oracle's North America Public Sector Consulting organization, enabling public sector entities to maximize their investment in Oracle technologies and align business initiatives with the right IT solutions. Elizabeth also spent 15 years leading data architecture and operations for MRIS, the Nation’s largest Multiple Listing Service, building services that continue to power online real estate marketplaces like Zillow and realtor.com.

Tony Orlando is the Managing Director for Google's Public Sector Partner and Specialty Sales Market. His team is focused on working with U.S. Public Sector agencies and customers to solve complex mission challenges through the effective placement of Google Cloud’s portfolio of Cyber Security, Workspace, Data Analytics, AI and Application Modernization solutions.

Tony has over 30 years experience helping customers build transformative data-centric applications, data operating platforms, and modernize security operations that drive mission and business value for the largest agencies and enterprises across the globe. Tony has worked on executive teams with a focus on defining and leading strategy, driving digital transformation and growth initiatives, with a focus on innovation in cloud, cybersecurity, data analytics and AI domains. He has held executive leadership positions at a variety of technology companies including Quest Software, Delphix, 3Pillar Global, CA Technologies and NetApp.

Rich is the Vice President of AI & Computing Infrastructure at Google, where he leads the strategy and execution of AI and compute infrastructure offerings for Google Cloud. In this role, he focuses on building the cutting-edge infrastructure required to host enterprise-grade and compute-intensive applications.

Rich has over 20 years experience in companies spanning Fortune 500, mid-size and start-up operations covering a broad range of systems and software businesses, including enterprise storage, information management, and networking. He previously served as Vice President of Software Engineering for the ONTAP Group at NetApp, where he oversaw the development of the ONTAP operating system. He joined NetApp through the acquisition of Spinnaker Networks, a company he co-founded and led as VP of Software Engineering. Earlier in his career, Rich developed foundational technologies in high-speed Ethernet and ATM networking, AFS file systems, and the Mach operating system at Carnegie Mellon University. Rich holds a BS in Computer Engineering and Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University.

Katharyn White is the Head of Marketing for Google Public Sector, leading initiatives at the intersection of security, AI, and digital transformation. A recognized technology expert and Marketing Society Fellow, she is dedicated to driving growth through AI-inspired marketing strategies.

Her 25-year career includes leadership roles at IBM, HP, and T-Systems, as well as serving as Senior Vice President and General Manager for MITRE Public Sector. Additionally, Katharyn serves on the Board and as an Executive Education chair for George Mason University’s Costello College of Business. She holds degrees from Duke University and Georgia Tech.

Steve Woodside is a Technical Program Manager for Google Public Sector Product Compliance. Based in New York City, Steve specializes in FedRAMP+ and Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), working to ensure Google Cloud products meet the stringent security and regulatory requirements of government customers. A retired Army officer and former Academy Professor of Philosophy at West Point, he is also an active member of the Google Veterans Network (VetNet).

Scott Alfieri is the Global Lead of the Accenture Google Business Group (AGBG), where he works with clients, Google Cloud and Accenture teams around the world to help organizations reinvent with cloud, data and AI. With more than 30 years of experience at Accenture, Scott is focused on bringing together business, industry and technology perspectives to help clients turn innovation into measurable business value and realize the full potential of cloud and AI.

Thomas "Shotgun" Browning serves as Vice President of Strategic Capabilities at Rhombus Power, the leading predictive decision support and intelligence company for national security, defense, and intelligence enterprises, powered by the world's largest commercial database and battle-tested AI. He works closely with defense customers, military leaders, and technology partners to ensure Rhombus capabilities deliver operational advantage and mission impact across strategic, operational, and tactical levels of warfare.

Prior to joining Rhombus, Browning served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Mission
Capabilities in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering,
where he oversaw efforts to accelerate the development, integration, and transition of advanced
technologies critical to maintaining U.S. military superiority.

A retired U.S. Air Force Colonel with more than 30 years of military service, Browning also
served as Director of DARPA’s Adaptive Capabilities Office, where he developed innovative
operational concepts and technology architectures to address emerging national security
challenges. He led DARPA’s participation in the Assault Breaker II Initiative and played a key
role in the Department of Defense Technology Development Working Group. Throughout his
career, he has focused on bridging the gap between breakthrough technologies and real-world
military operations, helping deliver advanced capabilities to warfighters at speed and scale.

Todd Johnston is passionate about helping people solve problems and make decisions using their data. He brings over two and a half decades of experience leading teams, developing capabilities, and working with mission leaders and executives across the public and private sectors to tie data to decision-making and to create impact at the intersection of strategy, transformation, mission management, complex analytics, and data science. A managing director on Deloitte’s AI & Engineering team, Todd currently leads Deloitte’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Advanced Analytics efforts in support of mission-focused clients across the national security domain.