Driving the Industrialization of Space
2024 Speaker Lineup
Chad Brown
Division Chief, Future Systems Projects Office, Exploration Ground Systems
Chad E. Brown is the division chief for the Future Systems Projects Office in Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Program at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In this position, Brown is focused on supporting future Artemis campaign efforts and providing the strategic framework for how the unique skills developed in the EGS Program can be leveraged to make the enterprise more successful.
Experience
Most recently, Brown served as the branch chief for the Technical Process Management Branch in the EGS Systems Engineering and Integration Division. From 2015 to 2017, he served as the advanced planning and payload integration manager, where he served as the senior program technical integration manager for payloads manifested on the Space Launch System (SLS), such as the Artemis I secondary payloads, Europa Clipper, and Gateway’s International Habitation Module.
Prior to that, Brown served as the SLS lead flight integration engineer and SLS liaison for the Launch Vehicle Branch of the Flights systems and Operations Integration Division within the former Ground Systems Development and Operation Program (GSDO, now EGS) at the center.
Brown began his career at Kennedy in 2004 and contributed to major NASA programs, including Launch Services, Constellation, and GSDO. From 2007 to 2010, he served as the Ares V project manager and Ares I upper stage mechanical project manager for the Constellation Ground Operations Project in support of the agency’s Constellation Program.
From 2004 to 2007 he was a structural engineer for the Launch Services Program (LSP). In this position, he was responsible for insight and oversight of LSP flight hardware with primary responsibility for large composite flight structures.
Awards
Brown is the recipient of several NASA awards, including the Exceptional Service Medal, Exceptional Achievement Medal, Space flight Awareness Program’s Honoree Award, and multiple peer awards.
Education
Brown graduated from Southern Nash High School in Bailey, North Carolina, in 1987. He received a bachelor’s degree with honors in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University in 2004.
Personal
He currently resides in Merritt Island, Florida, with his wife, Lisa, and their two children. Brown enjoys weekends with his family on the water and is a driving enthusiast.
Jonathan Goetsch
CEO, Anamo Cybersecurity / Continuous Diagnostics & Mitigation (CDM), SME
Jonathan Goetsch, “The CDM Cyber Guy” is the CEO of ANAMO. ANAMO is a Continuous Diagnostics & Mitigation (CDM)
What makes Anamo Unique?
Anamo CDM, a patent-pending commercial-grade CDM Cybersecurity platform, has answered the call of CISA, the DHS, and other requests from the DoD Supply-Chain.
Harnessing the power of advanced ML and Generative AI, Anamo CDM is pushing toward the delivery of “Predictive Cybersecurity Threat Extrapolation.” How so? Anamo collects essential User, Group, Risk, Permission, Vulnerability, Software, History, and Forensic data and dynamically delivers that requested information in near Real-Time. Due to the platform service delivery, Anamo has captured broad interest from US- based enterprise businesses and many members/agencies across the US Aerospace and Defense supply chain. Subsequently, Anamo has enjoyed receiving invitations to visits at both the White House and the Pentagon.
Doug Morato
Microsoft Cyber Security SME GSE #307, CSSLP, CISSP, CCSK, SANS GIAC x8, 4x Microsoft, CompTIA x5, 3x EC-Council Certified
As cyber security professional, my career focus has been to secure applications and reduce organizational risk and threat landscape, by providing consultation and subject matter expert feedback on securing applications design and implementation.
My area of knowledge spans through all phases of the SDLC, with active hands-on knowledge of threat modeling, secure design, static code analysis, penetration testing and continuous monitoring and security (defensive) operations.
I have been able to collaborate with internal and external customers, ranging from Fortune 10 companies, government/Defense contractors, Big 4 accounting firms, multi-nationals as well as small and medium sized business. I was afforded the opportunity to work in the Healthcare, Financial Services, Tech Services and Consulting industries.
I have broad experience providing secure architecture recommendations aligned with the Information Security Policies and industry best practices, performing threat modeling, conducting vulnerability assessments, web application, mobile application and network penetration tests, secure/static coding analysis, application security assessments, automating and embedding security in SDLC, fostering Security in DevOps work streams.
Multilingual proficiency in English, Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish.
I have achieve or currently hold the following certifications:
Microsoft Certified Security Administrator Associate (MS-500)
Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-103)
Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500)
Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)
CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional)
GPEN (GIAC Certified Penetration Tester)
GCFA (GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst)
GCIH (GIAC Certified Incident Handler)
GSEC (GIAC Security Essentials Certification)
GCIA (GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst)
GSTRT (GIAC Startegic Planning, Policy and Leadership)
E|CSA (Ec-Council Certified Security Analyst)
C|EH (Ec-Council Certified Ethical Hacker)
C|HFI (Ec-Council Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator)
CCSK (Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge)
SAFe Agilist (Leading SAFe Agilist Certification)
Samuel Visner
Tech Fellow at Aerospace Corporation; Chair, Board of Directors, Space ISAC; Board Member, ORAU
Samuel S. Visner is the director of the National Cybersecurity Federally Funded Research and Development Center (NCF), which MITRE manages in support of the NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE).
In this role, Visner oversees efforts to bring together experts from industry, government, and academia to demonstrate integrated cybersecurity solutions that are cost-effective, repeatable, and scalable. The FFRDC is the first of its kind dedicated to cybersecurity.
Visner joined MITRE from an executive position at ICF International, which advises business and government entities on issues related to health, homeland security, defense, and energy. He also held leadership positions at CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation) and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC).
In addition, he served as chief of signals intelligence programs at the National Security Agency, where he was awarded the agency’s Exceptional Civilian Service Award in 2003. Visner has been a leader in public/private partnerships and collaborations, including the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, the Air Force Communications and Electronics Association, the Professional Services Council, and the National Academy of Science. Throughout his career, he has worked across multiple federal sponsors. He sits on the Army Science Board, and serves as an adjunct professor of cybersecurity at Georgetown University.
Visner holds a bachelor’s degree in international politics from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. He earned a master’s degree in telecommunications from George Washington University.
Walt Yates
US Marine Col (R.) Principal Walt Yates & Associates LLC
Walt Yates & Associates provides knowledge based services in modeling & simulation for training systems, acquisition trade-space analysis, and risk management. Seventeen years of practice in design and application of simulation-based training, program development, and procurement planning for cost effective technology transition to Department of Defense users. Specific areas of expertise include cost avoidance estimation for new technology and cybersecurity policy compliance for the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC).
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BIO: Jonathan Goetsch
CEO, Anamo Cybersecurity / Continuous Diagnostics & Mitigation (CDM), SME
Jonathan Goetsch, “The CDM Cyber Guy” is the CEO of ANAMO. ANAMO is a Continuous Diagnostics & Mitigation (CDM)
What makes Anamo Unique?
Anamo CDM, a patent-pending commercial-grade CDM Cybersecurity platform, has answered the call of CISA, the DHS, and other requests from the DoD Supply-Chain.
Harnessing the power of advanced ML and Generative AI, Anamo CDM is pushing toward the delivery of “Predictive Cybersecurity Threat Extrapolation.” How so? Anamo collects essential User, Group, Risk, Permission, Vulnerability, Software, History, and Forensic data and dynamically delivers that requested information in near Real-Time. Due to the platform service delivery, Anamo has captured broad interest from US- based enterprise businesses and many members/agencies across the US Aerospace and Defense supply chain. Subsequently, Anamo has enjoyed receiving invitations to visits at both the White House and the Pentagon.
BIO: Doug Morato
Microsoft Cyber Security SME GSE #307, CSSLP, CISSP, CCSK, SANS GIAC x8, 4x Microsoft, CompTIA x5, 3x EC-Council Certified
As cyber security professional, my career focus has been to secure applications and reduce organizational risk and threat landscape, by providing consultation and subject matter expert feedback on securing applications design and implementation.
My area of knowledge spans through all phases of the SDLC, with active hands-on knowledge of threat modeling, secure design, static code analysis, penetration testing and continuous monitoring and security (defensive) operations.
I have been able to collaborate with internal and external customers, ranging from Fortune 10 companies, government/Defense contractors, Big 4 accounting firms, multi-nationals as well as small and medium sized business. I was afforded the opportunity to work in the Healthcare, Financial Services, Tech Services and Consulting industries.
I have broad experience providing secure architecture recommendations aligned with the Information Security Policies and industry best practices, performing threat modeling, conducting vulnerability assessments, web application, mobile application and network penetration tests, secure/static coding analysis, application security assessments, automating and embedding security in SDLC, fostering Security in DevOps work streams.
Multilingual proficiency in English, Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish.
I have achieve or currently hold the following certifications:
Microsoft Certified Security Administrator Associate (MS-500)
Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-103)
Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500)
Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)
CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional)
GPEN (GIAC Certified Penetration Tester)
GCFA (GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst)
GCIH (GIAC Certified Incident Handler)
GSEC (GIAC Security Essentials Certification)
GCIA (GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst)
GSTRT (GIAC Startegic Planning, Policy and Leadership)
E|CSA (Ec-Council Certified Security Analyst)
C|EH (Ec-Council Certified Ethical Hacker)
C|HFI (Ec-Council Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator)
CCSK (Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge)
SAFe Agilist (Leading SAFe Agilist Certification)
BIO: Samuel Visner
Samuel S. Visner is the director of the National Cybersecurity Federally Funded Research and Development Center (NCF), which MITRE manages in support of the NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE).
In this role, Visner oversees efforts to bring together experts from industry, government, and academia to demonstrate integrated cybersecurity solutions that are cost-effective, repeatable, and scalable. The FFRDC is the first of its kind dedicated to cybersecurity.
Visner joined MITRE from an executive position at ICF International, which advises business and government entities on issues related to health, homeland security, defense, and energy. He also held leadership positions at CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation) and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC).
In addition, he served as chief of signals intelligence programs at the National Security Agency, where he was awarded the agency’s Exceptional Civilian Service Award in 2003. Visner has been a leader in public/private partnerships and collaborations, including the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, the Air Force Communications and Electronics Association, the Professional Services Council, and the National Academy of Science. Throughout his career, he has worked across multiple federal sponsors. He sits on the Army Science Board, and serves as an adjunct professor of cybersecurity at Georgetown University.
Visner holds a bachelor’s degree in international politics from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. He earned a master’s degree in telecommunications from George Washington University.
BIO: Walt Yates
US Marine Col (R.) Principal Walt Yates & Associates LLC
Walt Yates & Associates provides knowledge based services in modeling & simulation for training systems, acquisition trade-space analysis, and risk management. Seventeen years of practice in design and application of simulation-based training, program development, and procurement planning for cost effective technology transition to Department of Defense users. Specific areas of expertise include cost avoidance estimation for new technology and cybersecurity policy compliance for the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC).