Mr Lambert came to DoD in 2009 as Director of Industrial Policy.  Mr. Lambert serves as the principle advisor to the USD (AT&L) on all matters relating to the defense industrial base, including industrial capabilities and assessments; defense industry mergers, acquisitions and consolidation; preservation of essential industries and technologies; and other related matters.
As Director, Mr Lambert is responsible to ensure that DoD policies, procedures, and actions stimulate and support vigorous competition and innovation in the industrial base supporting defense; and establish and sustain cost-effective industrial and technological capabilities that assure military readiness and superiority.

Prior to joining the DoD, Mr. Lambert was a managing director for the Civitas Group.  In this role he provided strategic advisory services for companies operating in the intelligence, homeland defense, and national security sectors.  From 1989 until 2007, Mr. Lambert held positions of increasing responsibility at DFI International, a national security consultancy he built with the founder.  Mr. Lambert specialized in technology assessments, strategic planning, and market analyses for defense, intelligence, and space companies.  While with DFI, Mr. Lambert also led the company’s work with first-tier defense firms, financial institutions, and private equity organizations in merger and acquisition market advisory services.  Before joining DFI, Mr. Lambert worked for the US Department of State (USAID) at the American Embassy in New Delhi. Prior to this, he attended graduate school at Jawaharlal Nehru University on a Rotary Graduate Scholarship he received during his senior year at Kansas State University.  He also worked as an independent journalist in India, Pakistan and Burma.  Before his time in Asia, Mr. Lambert served in the Political-Military Group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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As the Director General of International and Industry Programs (DGIIP), Mr Neri develops, promotes and executes international and industrial materiel programs and activities in support of Materiel, Acquisition and Support activities including Canadian Forces transformation, and the Defence Capability Plan.

Mr. Neri joined the Department of National Defence (DND) in 1972, after graduating from Carleton University as a Mechanical Engineer.  He worked in various positions within the Naval Engineering Division of National Defence Headquarters.  During this period, Mr. Neri spent three years in the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project Office charged with overseeing the specifications for mechanical systems of new ships.  In 1985, he accepted DND's first civilian exchange posting with the Délégation générale de l’armement (DGA) of the French MoD.  In addition to a six-month intensive overview of the DGA establishments throughout France, Mr. Neri worked for their Surface Ship Design Centre (STCAN) in Paris.  In 1989, Mr. Neri returned to Canada and was seconded to the Defence Programs Bureau of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.  This Bureau was responsible for the promotion of trade activities of the defence and defence related sectors, as well as a number of international bilateral defence agreements.  In 1992, he returned to the National Defence Headquarters and joined the International and Industry Programs Division.  In 1998, he was appointed Director of International Materiel Cooperation, and was subsequently appointed Director General International and Industry Programs in March 2006. I n 2009, Mr Neri was also elected as Chairman of the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance acquisition program.

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Mr Odeen is currently providing his experience and expertise as a member of the Defense Business Board.  The Board’s charter is to examine and advise on overall management and governance of the Department of Defense. It provides the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense independent advice and recommendations on effective strategies for the implementation of best business practices on matters of interest to the Department of Defense.

Mr Odeen is the non-executive Chairman of AES, an international energy company and Convergys, a leading outsourcing company.  He is former chairman of Avaya Inc., as well as Reynolds & Reynolds, and served as interim CEO of Reynolds & Reynolds from 2004-2005. In 2005 and 2006, Mr. Odeen served as CEO of QinetiQ North American Operations, supporting the expansion of QinetiQ Inc. – a leading U.K. defense technology company. He continues to serve on their U.S. Board.
Mr. Odeen was chairman and CEO of TRW, a major industrial corporation providing advanced-technology products and services primarily in the automotive, defense, and aerospace sectors, which was acquired by Northrop Grumman in 2002.  Prior to becoming Chairman, he was a member of TRW’s Management Committee and responsible for TRW’s $3 billion Systems and Information Technology business, providing solutions using information technology, and systems engineering and analysis.

Mr Odeen has served in senior positions with the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the National Security Council staff.  He was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Systems Analysis) and later led the Defense and Arms Control staff for then-National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger.  He is active in various government advisory groups, primarily in the defense and national security area.  In 1997 Secretary of Defense William Cohen selected him to chair the National Defense Panel.  He was a member and former Vice Chairman of the Defense Science Board, and is a member of the Defense Business Board and the Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel.  Mr. Odeen is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.

A native of South Dakota, Mr. Odeen graduated with a degree in government from the University of South Dakota in 1957.  He was a Fulbright Scholar to the United Kingdom a year later and earned a master’s degree in 1959 from the University of Wisconsin.

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Mr. William R. Smith was appointed to the Senior Executive Service and assigned as the Deputy Program Executive Officer (DPEO) Soldier on March 5, 2005.  He serves as the Principal Army Civilian for Soldier Systems for the Program Executive Officer (PEO) Soldier at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.  The PEO Soldier designs, develops, procures, fields, and sustains virtually everything the Soldier wears or carries. PEO Soldier operates to Increase Combat Effectiveness, to Save Lives, and to Improve Quality of Life.

Mr. Smith has over thirty years experience in Department of Defense engineering and systems program management.  Prior to his selection as the DPEO Soldier, Mr. Smith was the Project Manager for Defense Communications and Army Switched Systems.  Earlier assignments included the Army Product Manager for the Global Command and Control System-Army program, Project Leader for the Army Horizontal Technology Integration of Low Energy Tactical Lasers under Project Manager for Night Vision, Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition.  Mr. Smith also worked in industry as a systems engineer and acquisition management consultant.  Programs have included Research and Development for Air Force Air-to-Air missiles, Navy F/A-18 development and production, E-2C production, ES-3 development, and night vision equipment for tactical aircraft pilots.

Mr. Smith is a graduate of George Washington University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.  He earned a Master of Science degree in Technology Management from the University of Maryland and is also a graduate from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces earning both a Masters degree in National Resource Strategy and completion of the Senior Acquisition Course.

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Joseph D. Rouge is the Director, National Security Space Office, the Pentagon.  He is responsible for leading a multiagency unit tasked to create unity of effort across all of National Security Space. Specifically, the NSSO is responsible for promoting synergy and integrating interagency space policy, strategy, acquisition, launch, planning programming and technology development.

Mr. Rouge is a graduate of the ROTC program at the University of Southern California where he earned bachelor's and master's degrees in aerospace engineering.  He came on active duty in September 1974, serving in a variety of positions involving space surveillance systems, Strategic Defense Initiative Programs, and systems engineering and program integration.  He has served on the faculty of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, at the Air Force Inspection Agency and on the staff at Headquarters U.S. Air Force.

Mr. Rouge was a Research Fellow at the Airpower Research Institute, located at Air University's Center for Aerospace Doctrine and Education, where he authored a book on national military space strategy.  He was also a Research Fellow at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, authoring a book on national security strategy.  He retired from active duty in 2004 as Chief of NSSO's Integration Division, and he has also served as Associate Director.

As USD(AT&L), Dr Carter is the principal staff assistant and advisor to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense for all matters relating to the DoD Acquisition System; research and development; advanced technology; developmental test and evaluation; production; logistics; installation management; military construction; procurement; environment security; and nuclear, chemical, and biological matters.  He is responsible for an annual budget in excess of $200 billion.

Before assuming this position, Dr. Carter was chair of the International and Global Affairs faculty at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.  Dr. Carter was also Senior Partner at Global Technology Partners and a member of the Board of Trustees of the MITRE Corporation and the Advisory Boards of MIT’s Lincoln Laboratories and the Draper Laboratory. He was a consultant to Goldman, Sachs on international affairs and technology matters.  Dr. Carter was also Co-Chair of the Review Panel on Future Directions for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Missions and Capabilities to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction, Chair of the National Security Strategy and Policies Expert Working Group of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, a member of the National Missile Defense White Team, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on International Security and Arms Control.

Dr. Carter was Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy during President Clinton’s first term. His Pentagon responsibilities encompassed: countering weapons of mass destruction worldwide, oversight of the U.S. nuclear arsenal and missile defense programs, the 1994 Nuclear Posture Review, the Counter proliferation Initiative, control over sensitive U.S. exports, establishment of defense and intelligence relationships with the countries of the former Soviet Union, and participation in the negotiations that led to the deployment of Russian troops as part of the Bosnia Peace Plan Implementation Force.

From 1990-1993, Dr. Carter was Director of the Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Chairman of the Editorial Board of International Security. Previously, he held positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, and Rockefeller University.

Dr. Carter received bachelor's degrees in physics and in medieval history from Yale University, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. He received his doctorate in theoretical physics from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.

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Mr. Covais is responsible for all in-country business in Latin America, Canada, and the Caribbean.  He is also Vice President, Corporate International Business Development.  In this role, he leads the organization that is the primary interface between the Corporation, the U.S. Government, and Washington-based foreign government representatives on all international matters.

In previous assignments, he was Director, International Strategic Planning, first at the Lockheed Fort Worth Company and then on the Lockheed Martin Corporate Staff.  His responsibilities included international strategic market planning, policy direction and business development in Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Mr Covais serves on the Board of Advisors at George Washington University’s Center for Latin American Issues, School of Business and Public Management.  He is a member of the International Policy Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.  Mr Covais is on the Board of Directors of a number of institutions including: The Canadian American Business Council; US-Taiwan Business Council; The Canada-US Fulbright Program; The Executive Council on Diplomacy; and the World Affairs Council of Washington, DC.  He is also the Co-Chairman of the North American Competitiveness Council leading the US business community interacting with the heads of state in the US, Canada and Mexico.

Mr Covais is a retired U.S. Air Force officer who served in a number of positions including Political-Military Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Affairs and to the Secretary of Defense.  His last active duty position was Director and Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Inter American Affairs.

Mr Covais received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in political science, international affairs and business from St. John's University in New York and Pepperdine University, respectively.  He is also a graduate of the U.S. Army War College and the U.S. Air War College.

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Mr. Schaefer is the Director, Manufacturing Technology and Producibility, of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).  The MDA is Presidentially-chartered and mandated by Congress to acquire highly effective ballistic missile defense systems for forward-deployed and expeditionary elements of the U.S. Armed Forces.  Additionally, MDA will develop options and, if directed, acquire systems for ballistic missile defense of the United States.  As Director, Mr. Schaefer is responsible to the MDA Director for BMD system-wide producibility and manufacturing, risk assessment, mitigation, and applications.

Mr. Schaefer entered the Navy in 1976 after graduating from the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he earned bachelor and master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering.  He qualified as an Arctic Undersea Warfare Specialist and a Nuclear Shift Test Engineer.  While on active duty, he qualified in Submarines, and prior to his retirement from the U.S. Naval Reserves, at the rank of Captain, he was Commanding Officer of Second Fleets “Striking Fleet Atlantic” unit in the Naval Reserve.  He became a Civil Servant in 1983. In prior assignments at MDA (formerly BMDO), he was the Program Manager for the BMDO Lethality Program and was Director for System Engineering Analysis.  

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Alan Tonelson is a Research Fellow at the U.S. Business and Industry Council in Washington, D.C., a national business organization whose 1,900 members are mainly small and medium-sized domestic manufacturers.  Mr. Tonelson’s book The Race to the Bottom, focusing on globalization’s impact on the U.S. economy, was published in 2000.  His writings on the international and domestic economies, and on manufacturing, have appeared in such leading national publications as Foreign Affairs, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.  Mr. Tonelson’s latest article, on the decline of the American manufacturing base, appeared in the January, 2010 issue of Harper’s.  He has lectured frequently before numerous government agencies, industry groups and other organizations in the United States, Europe, Japan, and China.  In June, 2005, he was a panelist at the 2005 conference on “The U.S. Defense Industrial Base: National Security Implications of a Globalized World” held as part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National Security Series at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.  Mr. Tonelson received a degree in history from Princeton University.

Hosted by Mr Gary Stanley, representing the DoD Joint Directors of Manufacturing Technology Programs (JDMTP) Manufacturing Readiness Level Working Group, this session will include speakers from government and industry discussing how Manufacturing Readiness Levels (MRL) and Manufacturing Readiness Assessment (MRA) processes are being used to identify and mitigate supply chain and industrial base risks throughout the S&T and Acquisition lifecycle. A top level overview will provide insight into the MRL and MRA process, a detailed explanation on how the government is using the MRL/MRA process in assessing manufacturing maturity, GE will brief how they are using MRLs in addressing manufacturing maturity issues and IBA concerns for their specific product line, and finally how MRLs can be an key tool in assessing IBA issues. The following is the agenda for this working session. Overview – Gary Stanley, AFRL/RXMT, Lead for the DoD MRL working group Government Findings – Art Temmesfeld, AFRL Industry Perspective on Manufacturing Readiness – Gene Wiggs, Consulting Engineer, GE Aviation MRLs in the IDA process – Robert Hartzell, OSD DDR&E Support Panel Discussion

Hosted by Mr. Alex Melnikow representing the DoD DMS Working Group, this session will look at current management practices and strategies to address an ever increasing number of DMS occurrences driven by both market factors and technology obsolescence. Both identification and mitigation methodologies are discussed. Welcome/Introduction: Alex Melnikow, DDR&E SE(DSPO) DMSMS & Obsolescence: Victoria Skiff, NUCW Division Keyport Counterfeit Parts: Ric Loeslein, NAVAIR GIDEP: Jim Stein, DDR&E SE (DSPO) Defense Microelectronics Activity: Douglas Casanova, DDR&E Wrap-Up: Alex Melnikow

Moderated by Brad Botwin, Director Industrial Studies, Office of Technology Evaluation (OTE). The Mission of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is to advance national security, foreign policy and economic interests.  BIS develops export control policies, issues export licenses, and prosecutes violators in order to heighten the nation’s economic prosperity.  Additionally, BIS develops and implements programs and policies that ensure a strong, technologically superior defense industrial base. Breakout Session Topics include: Defense Industrial Base Assessments OTE utilizes unique statutory authorities to conduct primary research, surveys and analysis of critical technologies and defense-related industrial sectors.  The segment will cover an overview of OTE’s capabilities with a detailed look at the recently completed “Counterfeit Electronics” and “Defense Microchips” Assessments.  OTE efforts with the DOD Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) will also be discussed. Export Enforcement: Policing the Avenues of Trade BIS’s Export Enforcement staff protects U.S. national security by working to actively prevent export control violations.  This segment will recount first-hand experiences of Export Enforcement officers as they monitor and interdict U.S. global dual-use export commodity transactions. Export Control System Evaluation OTE assesses the effectiveness of dual-use export controls and their impact on U.S. industries and key technologies.  This is done by studying export trends and advanced technology items to determine the impact export controls may have on U.S. competitiveness vis-à-vis other trade partners.  This segment will explain the framework of export control mechanisms and how they impact global trade. Overview of Commerce Department’s Export Control Program The Office of Exporter Services will provide an overview of the Bureau’s educational, regulatory and compliance activities concerning export controls and licensing. This will also include a discussion on deemed exports.  In addition, this segment will provide an update on the on-going interagency export control reform activities.

Hosted by Mr. Michael Slack of the Department of National Defence Canada this session involves speakers discussing topics related to international development and acquisition practices in general with an emphasis on bi-lateral activity between the US and Canada including ongoing programs and lessons learned. Michael Slack (DGIIP) - Leveraging the North American Defence Industrial Base for the Warfighter: Canada-U.S. Defence Materiel Cooperation Leveraging the North American Defence Industrial Base for the Warfighter: An Industry Perspective Janet Thorsteinson, Vice President, Government Relations, Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI) Les Aalders, Executive Vice President, Aerospace IndustriesAssociation of Canada (AIAC) Jon Schreiber (JSF Project Office, Washington, DC) - Leveraging the North American Defence Industrial Base for the Warfighter: International Cooperation: Joint Strike Fighter - a Model Collaborative Project Victoria MacKenzie, Manager Aerospace and Defence, Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) - Leveraging the North American Defence Industrial Base for the Warfighter: Role of CCC in Canada-U.S. Cooperation

Luis Villarreal, HQ DLA - DLA Industrial Capability and Warstopper Overview Briefing Rupy Sawhney (Univ. of Tennessee) - Supply Chain Simulation Modeling Steve Roadfeldt, HQ DLA - Strategic Buffer Investments (Nomex & Specialty Steel) Luis Villarreal and Steve Roadfeldt: DLA Sustainment Readiness Criteria Joe Paxton (University of Alabama Huntsville) - Enterprise Supply Chain Maturity throughout the Life Cycle

Defense Industrial Base Investment Solutions - Hosted by Ms. Cynthia Gonsalves, Director of the DoD Office of Technology Transition, this session highlights programs with DoD that specifically target strengthening the viability and capability of the defense industrial base.    Based on legislation under 10 USC 2515, the mandated OTT programs offer opportunities for collaboration between industry and the military and can provide investment solutions to support technology development and delivery.   Presentations and discussions will cover the following programs: Defense Production Act  (DPA) Title III:  Mr. Mark Buffler Manufacturing Technologies (ManTech) Program:  Ms. Adele Ratcliff Technology Transition Initiatives (TTI) Program:  Mr. Dan Altobelli Technology Transfer Program:  Mr. David Appler North American Technology and Industrial Base Organization (NATIBO):   Maj. Mike Ross

Hosted by Don Burnett and the Defense Contract Management Agency's (DCMA's) Industrial Analysis Center (IAC), this session will focus on the DCMA Enterprise and IAC realignment, the Agency's Industrial Analysis Program to include vision, mission and functions, analytical processes and procedures, IT systems/infrastructure and recent studies of interest.  The session will also focus on the IACs executive Agent role in support of the Joint Industrial Base Working Group as well as other IB related working group participation. DCMA Alignment, IAC reorganization, Customer Support and Agreements, JIBWG Overview, DIB CIP Overview and Information Sharing - Don Burnett, Dennis McKnight and Gene Marrone Defense Industrial Base Economic Forecast - Jim Averell Specialty Metals and Trend Analysis - Roudy Romulus

The Organic Industrial Base – Hosted by Mr Bill Grunenwald of Universal Technology Corp, this session brings together speakers from a variety of Services and organizations that operate and evaluate government owned facilities providing manufacturing capability to the warfighter.  Discussion topics look at the unique issues associated with organic facilities (arsenals, ammunition plants, depots and shipyards), unique business approaches to identify and maintain critical capabilities such as public-private partnerships and plans to maintain and modernize both aging workforces and infrastructure. Greg Colvin - Senior Business Manager, Department of Energy, Kansas City Plant Brian Burks - Chief Depot operations, HQ Air Force Material Command John VanKirk - President and Executive Director, National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining Stephen Luckowski - Competency Manager, Materials, Manufacturing and Prototype Technology, U.S Army ARDEC