Speakers & Panelists

University of North Dakota
IEEE Region 4
IEEE Red River Valley Section
IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Red River Valley Section

Meet the IWRC AI & Autonomy Speakers & Panelists

More speakers will be added to the site in the coming days as we finalize our agenda.

  • Noel Anderson

    Noel Anderson, Ph.D.

    Technical Advisor, Grand Farm

  • Andrew P. Armacost, Ph.D.

    Andrew P. Armacost, Ph.D.

    President, University of North Dakota

  • Mark Askelson

    Mark Askelson, Ph.D.

    Associate Vice President for Research—National Security, University of North Dakota

  • Brandon Bochenski

    Brandon Bochenski

    Mayor, City of Grand Forks, ND

  • Tom Clausen, Ph.D.

    Tom Clausen, Ph.D.

    Senior Laboratory Director, 3M Corporate Research Systems Lab

  • Becca Cruger

    Becca Cruger

    Director, Greater Grand Forks: Way Cooler than You Think!

  • Maynard Factor

    Maynard Factor

    Vice President of Business Development, Kratos Defense

  • Kodee Furst

    Kodee Furst

    Director, 50 South Capital

  • Pete Haga

    Pete Haga

    Vice President of Partnerships, Thread

  • Russell Harrison

    Russell Harrison

    Managing Director, IEEE-USA

  • Kerry Hartman, Ph.D.

    Kerry Hartman, Ph.D.

    Academic Dean and Chair of the Science Department, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College

  • Alan Haut

    Alan Haut

    District Director, North Dakota District Office, U.S. Small Business Administration

  • Cortnee Jensen

    Cortnee Jensen

    Executive Director of Strategic Partnerships, University of North Dakota (UND)

  • Connie Kelly

    Constance A. Kelly

    Director, IEEE Region 4

  • Eric Lam

    Eric Lam

    Collaboration Director for the Midwest Network of the Strategic Partnership Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

  • Tim Lee

    Tim Lee

    2025 IEEE-USA President
    Boeing Technical Fellow

  • Doug McDonald

    Doug McDonald

    General Manager, ISight Drone Services

  • Scott Meyer

    Scott Meyer

    Director of Engagement, GrandSKY
    State Senator for North Dakota’s District 18

  • Jodie J. Mjoen

    Jodie J. Mjoen

    CEO/President, Impact Dakota

  • Stoen Mollman

    Stoen Mollman

    Program Director, South Dakota SBIR

  • Collin Newberry

    Collin Newberry

    Vantis Flight Operations Manager and Interim Operations Director,
    Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS)

  • Amber Orr

    Amber E. Orr, P.E., SMIEEE

    Vice President, Career and Member Services, IEEE-USA

  • Janna Pastir

    Janna Pastir

    Deputy Director of Workforce Development, North Dakota Department of Commerce

  • Alex Rudin

    Alex Rudin

    Group Lead for Autonomy Policy and Strategy, MITRE

  • John Ryan

    John Ryan

    Managing Director, The HIVE

  • Wes Ryan

    Wes Ryan

    NG Fellow, Northrop Grumman

  • Srikrishna Sallam

    Srikrishna Sallam

    Founder, NS Alpha Holdings LLC

  • John Sawyer

    John L. Sawyer

    Sr. Principal UAS Analyst, Modern Technology Solutions Inc. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition and Sustainment, UAS Portfolio

  • Scott Schofield

    Scott Schofield

    Deputy Site Lead & Tech Scout, Northrop Grumman

  • Seth Simonson

    Seth Simonson

    Associate Professor, North Dakota State College of Science (NDSCS)

  • Phillip Smith

    Phillip Smith

    Program Manager, Tactical Technology Office, DARPA

  • Scott Snyder

    Scott Snyder, Ph.D.

    Vice President of Research and Economic Development, University of North Dakota

  • Ben Stanley

    Ben Stanley

    Principal, gener8tor 1889

  • Xin "Rex" Sun

    Xin (Rex) Sun, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, North Dakota State University

  • Denver Tolliver, Ph.D.

    Denver Tolliver, Ph.D.

    Director, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University and Director, Region 8 University Transportation Center

  • Megan Ueland

    Megan Ueland

    Systems Engineer, Northrop Grumman

  • Terri Zimmerman

    Terri Zimmerman

    CEO, Packet Digital and Botlink