2024 Presenters

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Captain James W. Spitler

Commander, Sector San Diego
U.S. Coast Guard

Brandon Tucker

Director, Air and Marine Operations San Diego Air and Marine Branch
U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Captain Stacey L. Crecy

Commander, Sector Los Angeles – Long Beach
U.S. Coast Guard

CAPTAIN ANDREW MEYERS

Chief, Office of Port and Facility Compliance
U.S. Coast Guard

Chief Magda Fernandez

Chief of Police – Vice President, Public Safety
Port of San Diego

CHIEF FERNANDO BOITEUX

Chief Lifeguard
Los Angeles County Fire Department

Christopher Anderson

Port Security Manager
Port of San Diego

Special Agent Stephen Biggs

Supervisory Special Agent (SSA)
Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) San Diego Field Office
U.S. Navy

Charles Blackmore – CISSP, C|EH, CIPP/US, C|CISO

Marine Transportation System Specialist (Cyber)
Office of Port & Facility Compliance
Domestic Ports Division (CG-FAC-1)
U.S. Coast Guard

Marisa Brusuelas

Maritime Intelligence Analyst
Texas Dept. of Public Safety

Robert Butchart

Emergency Services Coordinator
Maritime Specialist
Assigned to Sector San Francisco, US Coast Guard
California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services

 Colin Cate 

Public Safety Solution Engineer
Esri

BRANDON CHAPMAN

Security and Emergency Management Specialist
Golden Gate Bridge, Highway, & Transportation District

Matt Classen

Executive Director
TMA BlueTech

April Danos

Vice President
OD Grant Solutions, LLC
Chair, National Maritime Security Advisory Committee

Heather Deacon

Business Development Manager
Starboard Maritime Intelligence

TOM DUCKER

Team Lead
Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Unit
State Threat Assessment Center (STAC), Homeland Security Division (HSD)
California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES)

LACY EDWARDS

Port Security Manager
Port of Stockton

DAVID FOSTER

Homeland Security Program Manager
Port of San Diego

CAPT. JAMES HALEY

Senior Marine Systems Consultant
UHU Technologies LLC.

 Rob Hall, Jr.

Domestic Maritime Security Portfolio Director
Maritime Security Department
National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office

CAPTAIN RYAN C. HAYES, (USN Retired)

Former Executive Officer, Maritime Operations Center
U.S. Third Fleet
U.S. Navy

 F. Scott Humphrey

Executive Director
Marine Exchange of the San Francisco Bay Region

LCDR TIM JONES

Securing the Cities Program, Maritime Specialists
Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Daniel Joram 

West Coast and Government Sales Manager
Nobeltec

BRIDGETT D. LEWIS

Manager of Security Operations
Port of Long Beach

CAPT Edward Lundquist (USN Ret.)

Chief Engagement Officer
Echo Bridge LLC

William Meyers

Detective, Criminal Intelligence Division
Houston Regional Intelligence Service Center Fusion Center
Houston Police Dept.

COLIN J. MILLAN

Director, Port Security
Port of Tacoma

CESAR MORALES

Portfolio Manager, Defense & National Security
S&P Global Intelligence and Analytics

Anthony Mulligan

CEO
Hydronalix

LT. SIGRID PHINNEY

Lieutenant
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division

LCDR Andrew Ray (USCG) 

Deputy, Maritime Security Department
National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office

Jonathan Ray

Director
Domain Awareness Systems
Innovative Signal Analysis

John Rowan

General Manager and FSO
Tioga Marine Terminal, Delaware River Stevedores

LAURIE THOMAS

Maritime Security Coordinator
The University of Findlay
Vice Chair, National Maritime Security Advisory Committee

CARL WALTER

Director, Homeland Security Solutions
Esri