Dr. Corbin currently serves as the Technical Director (TD) of
the Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4) division in the Office of
the Deputy Command for Information, United States Marine Corps. In this capacity, he
provides advice for all matters pertaining to identification and validation of IT
requirements, lead for continuing assessment and identification of promising emerging
C4 and information technologies for exploitation and application in the war fighting and
business domains.
Prior to his current assignment, he served as the Program Manager for USMC
Information Systems and IT Infrastructure at the Marine Corps Systems Command in
which he is responsible for the over 120 systems critical to the USMC’s business and IT
operations. His previous senior acquisition assignments include the Program Manager
for the ACAT ID MAIS Global Command Support System, Navy DIHMRS Program
Manager, and the Next Generation Enterprise Networks Deputy Program Manager.
He served in the Navy for over twenty years in numerous jobs ashore and at sea in
complex operational and acquisition billets. Jobs that include the Principle
Investigator for the networked Anti-Submarine Warfare Sensor Performance Prediction
Tactical Decision Aids; the Electronics Material Officer in the SECOND FLEET
Command Ship, USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20); APM for the Remote Minehunting
System in the Program Executive Office for Mine and Undersea Warfare; the NMCI
Performance Department Head at the Direct Reporting Program Manager NMCI Office;
the Division Head for the Chief of Naval Operations’ Enterprise Information
Technology-Resource & Assessment Division.
His education includes a BS in Mathematics from University of Florida, MS in Computer
Science (Networks, Graphics, and Distributed Simulation) from the Naval Post Graduate
School, a MS in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed
Forces and a Doctorate of Management from the University of Maryland University
College.

Nick Freije, a native of Binghamton, NY, attended the Broome Community College where he earned an Associates Science degree. He then continued his advance education at the University of Buffalo were he earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering.
While earning his Masters of Science degree, Mr. Freije began his professional career as the Engineering Manager for K&H Industry that manufactures electrical plugs, connectors and portable fluorescent lights.
This experience excelled his knowledge in all aspects of design and manufacturing process. In 1995 he took a position with Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) where he provided key technical expertise on the automation of the radio room for 688 class submarines.
In 2000 Mr. Freije began working for Space and Naval Warfare System (SPAWAR) Systems Command serving as the Chief Engineer for the Automated Digital Network System (ADNS). In 2002 he was promoted to Chief Engineer for the Afloat Networks Programs. Which included overseeing the acquisition and engineering related to System Engineering on Naval C4I Information Technology (IT) network equipment and applications for several ACAT I, II and III systems. In 2008 Mr. Freije assumed the role as the Consolidate Afloat Network and Enterprise Services (CANES) Technical Director in charge of the establishment, definition and technical execution of the ~$4B program C4I ACAT 1 network program. In 2010 Mr. Freije transitioned to become the SPAWARSYCEN Pacific Networks, Communications and Cyber Security Lead System Engineer (LSE).
In 2016 Mr. Freije was selected to a Senior Scientific Technical Manager (SSTM) position within
SPAWARSYSCEN Pacific’s Chief Engineers office as the Deputy for Systems Engineering, where he was responsible for providing the appropriate System Engineering rigor, development environments and technical reviews for the 800+ programs/projects, worth ~$2B program executed by the 4500+ engineers and scientists.
In 2018 Mr. Freije was selected be a Senior Leader (SL) position within the Fleet Readiness Directorate as their Technical Director. Where he serves as the SPAWAR technical Authority for C4ISR operational issues and is a senior technical advisor to the Fleet, PEO C4I, PEO Space Systems, PEO Enterprise Information Systems and other government agencies.
Mr. Freije’s personal awards include the Meritorious Unit Accommodation and various Naval Special Act Awards. In 2009 Mr. Freije was awarded the 2009 Top Navy Scientists and Engineers of the Year Award.
He was awarded the DON 2014 Acquisition Workforce Individual Achievement Award for his leadership on the NGEN contract. Mr. Freije’s latest award is the Meritorious Civilian Service Award in 2018.

Tommy Gardner is HP’s Chief Technology Officer for HP Federal, spanning the US Federal Agencies, Higher Education, K-12 Education, State and Local government customer segments, as well as Federal Systems Integrators. His current responsibilities include technology leadership, strategic technology plans, product and technology strategies, sales force technical support, and customer and partner relationships.

Previously, Tommy has served as the Chief Technology Officer for Jacobs Engineering, Scitor, and ManTech. Earlier in his career he was a senior technical executive at Raytheon. In the U.S. Navy he served as the Deputy for Science and Technology for the Chief of Naval Research. He oversaw the Navy’s Deep Submergence Program as well as its Advanced Technology Program. He also commanded the nuclear submarine, USS San Juan (SSN 751).

Tommy’s educational background covers multiple disciplines and fields of interest including: cybersecurity, data science, blockchain technologies, artificial intelligence, high performance computing and systems integration in government markets.

Tommy holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy, a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University, an M.S. in Management of Technology from MIT and a Ph. D. in Energy Economics from George Washington University. He is a Professional Engineer and serves as Chair of the ASME Industry Advisory Board. He is an ASME Fellow and serves as faculty on the Blockchain Research Institute.