Meet the Speakers | Military Simulation Training Summit

2026 Conference Chair

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

2026 SPEAKERS

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

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

Liz Bledsoe
Program Manager, Training Devices
Capability Program Executive Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (CPE STRI), US Army

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
Capability Program Executive Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (CPE STRI), US Army

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

Jason Rivera
Head of Solution Engineering
SIMSPACE

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

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

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

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

Dale Whittaker
Project Lead International Programs Office
Capability Program Executive Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (CPE STRI), US Army

Lloyd Kleinman
Training Technology, International Programs
US Navy

Erin Goodrich Baker
Central Florida Tech Bridge Director/ Central Florida Tech Grove Program Manager
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

Dr. Melanie Lazarus
Dean, US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine
US Air 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

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