Mr. Israel Soong is currently the Deputy Director for the Office of Artificial Intelligence (OAI) at CIA, where he is working to champion, orchestrate, and integrate AI activities across the organization. He has worked at the intersection of intelligence and technology for many years. Prior to this role, he served at the White House National Security Council as the lead director for countering China cyber threats, and previously as a mission manager in the Center for Cyber Intelligence, where he oversaw strategy and resource investment. Throughout his decades of service with the Agency, Mr. Soong has held various positions, including assignments in support of the counterterrorism, China, and Near East missions, with multiple deployments overseas. Mr. Soong graduated from Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and has a bachelor’s degree in policy analysis from Cornell University. 

As VP, Chief Digital & AI Officer (CDAO), Mike is responsible for the innovation and delivery of advanced Digital and AI technologies across the Lockheed Martin corporation.  

Mike has over 23 years of experience serving LM in various roles, both inside and outside the corporation.  In his previous role as VP & Chief Data & Analytics Officer (CDAO), Mike was responsible for the Data and Analytics enterprise function and talent of over 300 professionals across the corporation.  In this role, he spearheaded LM's Data and Analytics digital transformation, infrastructure, development and execution across the corporation.  Within LM IS&GS, Mike launched a successful commercial business comprised of machine learning and analytics technologies for government, commercial and international customers. Prior to this, Mike led a team that pioneered innovative engineering approaches to help simplify and integrate the data of large complex systems for Government clients. Mike started his career with Lockheed Martin at Space Systems Company where he supported pre-launch, launch, and post launch satellite operations.   

Mike holds a degree in Aerospace Engineering from Penn State University. He is also a graduate of the Lockheed Martin EDGE leadership program. 

Mike lives with his wife and two children in Maryland. 

Peter Guerra leads Data & AI at Oracle for public sector.  He has built AI solutions for the last 20 years across Government and Commercial organizations as an executive at Accenture, AWS, and Microsoft.  He is a technical expert in AI and data platforms and frequent writer and speaker at industry events, and lives in the DC area.