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Technical Conference Committee

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Rear Admiral (ret'd) Phil (John P.) Davis

Committee Members

Vice President and Executive Director – American Systems Corporation

United States

Admiral Davis has over 40 years of program management, executive leadership and engineering management in support of Department of Defense. He completed over 35 years in the U.S. Navy, retiring as a Rear Admiral and joining American Systems Corporation in 2003. He began as a nuclear trained submarine officer, and served in various shore and sea billets including two commands at sea. The last 15 years of service was as an acquisition professional, serving as program manager for a major weapons program and over five years as a Program Executive Officer (PEO) in Naval Sea Systems Command. His field of expertise includes nuclear ship construction, combat systems, sonar, communications, all undersea weapons and surface ship self defense systems. Since joining American Systems Corporation in 2003, Admiral Davis has continued his involvement with a variety of engineering programs for DOD, and commercial customers as an American Systems Executive Director and Vice President of Professional, Technical and IT services in Washington, D.C.

Admiral Davis received a BS from the U.S. Naval Academy and MS degree in Electrical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School.


The Committee

Chairman

Fabrizio Martello

Fabrizio Martello
Senior Advisor – Finmeccanica
Italy

Past Chairman

Rear Admiral Bertil Bjorkman

Rear Admiral Bertil Bjorkman
Former Defence Attaché to United States and ex-Director Produktion – FMV (Swedish Defence Materiel Administration)
Sweden

Founding Members

Jean-Luc Lambla

Jean-Luc Lambla
Corporate Engineering Director – Thales Group
France

Executive Advisors

Don McCormack

Don McCormack
Technical Director – Naval Undersea Warfare Center
United States

Admiral (ret.) Richard W. Mies

Admiral (ret.) Richard W. Mies
– The Mies Group, LTD
United States

Rear Admiral Kate Paige

Rear Admiral Kate Paige
President, Mark India LLC & Special Advisor to U.S. Strategic Command’s Strategic Advisory Board – US MoD
United States

Admiral Ennio Piantini

Admiral Ennio Piantini
Director General Naval Armaments (Retired) – Italian Navy
Italy

Fleet Vice-Admiral (ret’d) Xavier Rolin

Fleet Vice-Admiral (ret’d) Xavier Rolin
Naval Advisor to Chairman/CEO – Thales Group
France

Dr. John Sirmalis

Dr. John Sirmalis
Technical Director (Retired) – Naval Undersea Warfare Centre NAVSEA
United States

Integrated Systems Committee Chair

Rear-Admiral (ret’d) Bertil Bjorkman

Rear-Admiral (ret’d) Bertil Bjorkman
Ex-Director, Produktion – FMV (Swedish Defence Materiel Administration)
Sweden

Surface Committee Chair

Thierry Brizard

Thierry Brizard
Vice President, Research & Technology – Thales Naval Systems
France

Dr. Hans Dieter Ehrenberg

Dr. Hans Dieter Ehrenberg
Head of Marine Systems Development, Defence & Communications Systems – ATLAS Elektronik
Germany

Undersea Committee Chair

Dr. Paul Lefebvre

Dr. Paul Lefebvre
Technical Director – Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport
United States

Committee Members

James van Antwerp

James van Antwerp
Technical Director – Naval Undersea Warfare Center (Division Keyport)
United States

Rear Admiral Charles J. Beers

Rear Admiral Charles J. Beers
Vice President – Maritime Systems – Lockheed Martin Corporation
United States

Professor Rafael Hervias Bellido

Professor Rafael Hervias Bellido
Professor of Naval Combat Systems – Politechnical University of Cartagena and Escuela Tecnica Superior de Armas Navales
Spain

Jerry Bradshaw

Jerry Bradshaw
Technical Director, Undersea Technology – Raytheon
United States

 

André Buhart
Innovation & Technology Manager – Thales - DMS (Naval)
France

Alain Carof

Alain Carof
Technical Director, DSIS Information & Security Systems Division – DCNS
France

Janis Cocking

Janis Cocking
Chief Maritime Platforms Division – DSTO
Australia

Matthias Conrad

Matthias Conrad
Senior System Engineer – L3 Communications ELAC Nautik GmbH
Germany

 

Mr Grant Corcoran
Business Development Manager – Lockheed Martin
United States

 

Rear-Admiral (Armaments) Jacques Cousquer
Head of Naval Systems & Architectures – DGA
France

 

Rear Admiral (ret'd) Phil (John P.) Davis
Vice President and Executive Director – American Systems Corporation
United States

Captain Jan Dobkowski

Captain Jan Dobkowski
Deputy Director, Research & Development – R&D Marine Technology Centre
Poland

François-Marie Duthoit

François-Marie Duthoit
R&T/Innovation Director – DCNS Group
France

Captain Radamanthys Fountoulakis

Captain Radamanthys Fountoulakis
Director Of Staff Operatons (DOSO) – Hellenic National Defense General Staff
Greece

Captain Kunio Fujisawa

Captain Kunio Fujisawa
Senior Manager, Radio Application Division – NEC Corporation
Japan

 

Lyn-Markus Giersch
Office for Defence Procurement (Naval branch) – BWB/Ministry of Defence
Germany

 

Dip-Ing Hendrik Goesmann
Head of Naval Division – Gabler Maschinenbau GmbH
Germany

 

Patrick Keyzer
Business Developer Maritime Operations – TNO Defence, Security & Safety
Netherlands

Professor Qihu Li

Professor Qihu Li
– Institute of Acoustics
China

 

Roger Mathias
Board Member – Review Board Government Contracting
United Kingdom

George McNamara

George McNamara
Chief Development Officer – Naval Undersea Warfare Center
United States

 

Thomas Meurling
Vice President, Solution Concepts – Reson Global Group
United States

 

Dr. William Miceli
– Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global
United Kingdom

Bill Mildon

Bill Mildon
Vice President, Technology – Ametek
United States

Bernie Myers

Bernie Myers
Adjunct Scientist – ONR
United States

 

Col NS Ng Seng Leong
Program Director – Underwater Warfare – DSO
Singapore

 

Francesco Noschese
Technical Director – Orizzonte Sistemi Navali
Italy

Rear Admiral (ret) John Padgett

Rear Admiral (ret) John Padgett
– General Dynamics Electric Boat
United Kingdom

Ralf Siegfried

Ralf Siegfried
Head of Systems Engineering – L-3 Communications ELAC Nautik
Germany

Dr. Delbert (Ace) Summey

Dr. Delbert (Ace) Summey
Technical Director – Naval Surface Warfare Center (Panama City)
United States

 

Rear-Admiral Stephane Verwaerde
Deputy Chief of Staff – Plans and Programmes – French Navy
France

 

Captain Bo Wallander
Director New Project Development – Saab Microwave Systems
Sweden

Patricia Woody

Patricia Woody
Department Head, C/90 – Naval Surface Warfare Center
United States

Dr. David Wyllie

Dr. David Wyllie
Associate – AADI
Australia

George Zvara

George Zvara
International Program Coordinator – Naval Undersea Warfare Center
United States

Conference Administrators

Jackie Baron

Jackie Baron
Business Director – MAST Events Ltd
United Kingdom

Warren Edge

Warren Edge
Business Director – MAST Events Ltd
United Kingdom

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Bernard Garnier
Technical Director Operations, Thales Underwater Systems, France

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