January 27 - 28 2026 | Austin, TX

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Meet Our Future Indirect Fires Expert Speakers

2025 Event Chair

Paul Daniels
President
P. Daniels Consulting

Major General Glenn A. Dean
Program Executive Officer Ground Combat Systems
US Army

Mr. Gary Bishop
Deputy Director, Operational Test & Evaluation, Land and Expeditionary Warfare
US Department of Defense

Brigadier General Rory Crooks
Director Long Range Precision Fires Cross Functional Team, Army Futures Command
US Army

Brigadier General Viktor Kalnitski
Commandant, Estonian Defence Forces Military Academy
Estonian Defence Forces

Mr. Nathan E. Hawley
Director for the Munitions & Logistics Readiness Center, Joint Munitions Command
US Army

Dave Musgrave
Chief Technology Officer for DEVCOM-AC’s Artillery Fire Control Systems Division
US Army

James J. Sawyer
Division Chief, Stryker & Artillery Product Support Integration Directorate
US Army

Colonel Freeman Bonnette
Project Manager, Self-Propelled Howitzer Systems, PEO Ground Combat Systems
US Army

Colonel Michael Englis
Army Capabilities Manager, Fires Center of Excellence at Fort Sill
US Army

Colonel Jarrod W. Stoutenborough
Commanding Officer, Fort Sill Marine School of Fires and Home of Marine Artiller
US Marine Corps

Colonel Guy Yelverton III
Deputy for Acquisition and System Management, PEO Missiles and Space (PEO M&S)
US Army

Colonel Nick Ryan
Director, Army Capability Manager-Unmanned Aircraft Systems
US Army

Colonel Leon L. Rogers
Project Manager, Combat Ammunition Systems, JPEO A&A
US Army

Colonel Pat Farrell
Project Manager, Mid-Range Capability Army Rapid Capability & Task Force STRIKE
US Army

Colonel Tony Perez
Director, Fire Support Test Directorate at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
US Army

Colonel Gregory M. Tomlin PhD
Capability Manager for Division Artillery Formations
US Army

Lieutenant Colonel Dana R. Lafarier
Fires Threat Integration Staff Officer (TISO)
US Army

Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Clifton
Commander, 4-133D Field Artillery Regiment (HIMARS)
US Army

Lieutenant Colonel Dejan Sibilja
Artillery Capabilities Development Officer / General Staff SVN-A
Slovenian Armed Forces

Lieutenant Colonel Y.J.G-E.N Leclerc-Desjardins
Commandant, The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery School (RCAS)
Canadian Armed Forces

Lieutenant Colonel Joshua Faucett
Product Manager for Fire Support Systems
US Marine Corps

Mr. Jon R. Milner
Director, Business Development – Weapon and Ammunition
American Rheinmetall Defense, Inc. Reston, Virginia

Eric Axelson
NG Fellow - Missile Products
Northrop Grumman

Mr. Carl A. Poppe
Director, Business Development (Artillery)
Hanwha Defense USA

Mr. Bryan Cleve
Deputy Program Manager, TF STRIKE, PEO Missiles & Space
US Army

Luke Savoie
President and Chief Executive Officer
Elbit Systems of America

Colonel Stephen C. Walker
Commander, 75th Field Artillery Brigade
US Army

Lieutenant Colonel William Taylor
Product Manager, Soldier Precision Targeting Devices, PEO Soldier
US Army

Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Godwin
Product Manager, Fire Support Command Control PEO C3T
US Army

Colonel Tobias Bennett
Commander, 101st Airborne Division (DIVARTY)
US Army

Cobb Laslie
Program Director, Howitzer Programs
Elbit Systems of America

Amit Mahajan
Chief Executive Officer
The Phoenix Group

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