Meet the Speakers | Military Simulation Training Summit

2026 Conference Chair

Brigadier General William Glaser
Former Director, Synthetic Training Environment CFT
US Army (Ret.)

Dr. Alex Miller
Chief Technology Officer
US Army

Brigadier General Christine Beeler
Commanding General
Capability Program Executive Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (CPE STRI), US Army

Marwane Bahbaz
Chief Technology Officer, CPE ST3
US Army

Captain Robert Betts
Commanding Officer, Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD)
US Navy

Colonel Ted Stokes
Director, CFT STE,
US Army

Christopher Boyle
Director of Training Technologies for U.S. Fleet Forces Command
US Navy

Colonel Natashia Coleman
Project Manager Cyber, Test, and Training, ST3
US Army

Christopher McGroarty
Chief Engineer, Advanced Simulation, US Army Combat Capabilities DEVCOM SC
US Army

Elizabeth Tygart
Product Manager Synthetic Training Systems
Marine Corps Systems Command PM Training Systems

Kevin Cogan
Innovation Director, Department of the Air Force Chief Model & Simulation Office
US Air Force

Wim Huiskamp
Chief Scientist NATO Modelling & Simulation Group
NATO

Dr. David Stargel
Technical Director, Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation (AFAMS)
US Air Force

Destiny Laski
Deputy Project Lead, Enterprise Transformation and Integration, CPE ST3
US Army

Michael Powell
Product Manager, Live Training Systems (PdM LTS), CPE ST3
US Army

Colonel Stephen Banks
Branch Head for Modelling and Simulation Learning Technologies
NATO Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation

Rory O'Brien
Chief, ISTD
U.S. Army

Dale Whittaker
Project Lead International Programs Office, CPE ST3
US Army

Lloyd Kleinman
Training Technology, International Programs
US Navy

Cdr Denver White
Director of Research and Technology, NAWCTSD
US Navy

Lieutenant Colonel Adam Willis
Program Manager Biological Technologies Office
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Heather Priest
Senior Scientific Technical Manager for LVC Training Solutions
US Navy

Lieutenant Colonel Amber Dawson
Deputy Commander 10th Force Development Squadron
US Space Force

Brett Lord
Assistant Program Manager Medical Simulation & Training Program Management
Defense Health Agency

Jason Rivera
Head of Solution Engineering
SimSpace

Sean Tait
Director, Federal Programs
Varjo

Purnendu Mukherjee
Founder & CEO
Convai

Bjorn Lindero
Director Products US, Training & Simulation
Saab

Anthony Viggiano
Business Development Manage
Saab

Roy Priest
Director of Business Development
Marathon Targets

Lieutenant Colonel Michael Papacostas
Instructor, CSTARS
US Air Force

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