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Meet Our Speakers & Panelists

  • Jared Ashcroft

    Jared Ashcroft

    Chemistry Professor
    Pasadena City College

  • David E. Brock

    David E. Brock

    NASA Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP) Manager
    Small Business Specialist
    NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

  • Lyndsay Ferguson

    Lyndsay Ferguson

    Vice President for Talent Initiatives
    Huntsville/ Madison County Chamber

  • Matt Francis

    Matt Francis, Ph.D.

    Founder and President/CEO of Ozark Integrated Circuits, Inc.

  • Erin Gawron-Hyla, Ph.D.

    Erin Gawron-Hyla, Ph.D.

    Workforce Development CTEA Lead
    Microelectronics Commons
    DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory

  • Eric Grigorian

    Eric Grigorian, P.E.

    Director, IEEE Region 3

  • Curtis Hill

    Curtis Hill

    Principal Investigator and Subject Matter Expert
    NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

  • Dr. Donna Joyce

    Donna Joyce, Ph.D.

    Army Senior Research Scientist for Protective Technologies, DEVCOM Aviation & Missile Center

  • Tim Lee

    Tim Lee

    2024 IEEE-USA President-Elect
    Boeing Technical Fellow

  • Brian S. McJilton

    Brian S. McJilton

    Director, Office of Small Business and Vice Director, Strategic Partnering, Air Force Research Laboratory

  • Tim Morgan, Ph.D.

    Tim Morgan, Ph.D.

    Technical Director
    Microelectronics Commons

  • Rima Kasia Oueid

    Rima Kasia Oueid

    Senior Commercialization Executive
    Office of Technology Transitions
    U.S. Department of Energy

  • Ebonee A. Walker, Ph.D.

    Ebonee A. Walker, Ph.D.

    IEEE Region 3 WIE representative

  • Zhigang Xiao, Ph.D.

    Zhigang Xiao, Ph.D.

    Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    Alabama A&M University