The nucleus of MAST’s organisation and core values, the Technical Conference Committee (TCC) is MAST’s unparalleled team of highly respected senior-level government, research and development, academia and industry leaders.

The TCC are instrumental at every stage of the conference paper solicitation, selection and delivery process; managing abstracts in Topic Teams, and ensuring on-site conference session quality as Session Chairs.

The Committee

Chairmen

Rear-Admiral (ret'd) Charles Beers
– (independent)
United States

Jerry Bradshaw
Senior Consulting Engineer – Rite Solutions
United States

Founding Members

Jean-Luc Lambla
Corporate Engineering Director – Thales Group
France

Executive Advisors

Admiral (ret.) Richard W. Mies
– The Mies Group Ltd
United States

Rear Admiral (ret.) Kate Paige
President – Mark India LLC
United States

Fleet Vice-Admiral (ret'd) Xavier Rolin
Naval Advisor to Chairman/CEO – Thales Group
France

Dr. John Sirmalis
Technical Director (Retired) – Naval Undersea Warfare Center
United States

Surface Committee Chair

Dr. Hans Dieter Ehrenberg
Head of Marine Systems Development, Defence & Communications Systems – ATLAS Elektronik
Germany

Air & Space Committee Chair

Rear-Admiral (ret’d) Bertil Bjorkman
(Ex) Director, Produktion – FMV (Swedish Defence Materiel Administration)
Sweden

Committee Members

James van Antwerp
Technical Director – Naval Undersea Warfare Center (Division Keyport)
United States

Professor Rafael Bellido
Professor – Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena
Spain

Rear Admrial (ret) Fred Byus
Vice President, Navy and Special Operations Market Sector – Battelle National Security Global Business
United States

Janis Cocking
Chief, Maritime Platforms Division – Defence Science & Technology Organisation
Australia

Mr Lionel Collot
OMNISYS Technical Director – Thales Brazil
Brazil

Mr Grant Corcoran
Business Development Manager – Lockheed Martin
United States

Dr. Jack Cornet
– Defence R&D Canada Atlantic
Canada

Rear Admiral (ret'd) Phil (John P.) Davis
Vice President and Executive Director – American Systems Corporation
United States

Vice-Admiral Dilip Deshpande
Chief of Material – Indian Navy
India

Thomas E. Digan
President & General Manager – Lockheed Martin
Canada

Lou DiPalma
Undersea Systems Chief Engineer – Raytheon - Integrated Defense Systems
United States

Captain Kunio Fujisawa
Senior Manager, Radio Application Division – NEC Corporation
Japan

Andreas Grunicke
Director Conceptual Design/Submarine Projects – HDW
Germany

Johan Hagg
Head of Naval Business Development – Saab
Sweden

David Hardie
Technical Manager - MOD Advice Division – ATLAS Elektronik UK
United Kingdom

David Hazen
Deputy Director General – Defence R&D Canada – Atlantic
Canada

Commodore (ret'd) Richard Lord CBE MSc
Director Sales and Marketing, Naval – Chemring Countermeasures
United Kingdom

Roger Mathias
Board Member – Review Board Government Contracting
United Kingdom

George McNamara
Chief Development Officer – Naval Undersea Warfare Centre NAVSEA
United States

Thomas Meurling
Vice President, Solution Concepts – Reson Global Group
United States

William Mildon
Vice President, Technology – Ametek
United States

Hervé Moulinier
– Thales Group
France

Bernard Myers
Technical Consultant – Naval Undersea Warfare Center
United States

Colonel NS Ng Seng Leong
Program Director, Underwater Warfare Sensors Division – DSO National Laboratories
Singapore

Urias da Rosa Novaes
Business Development Manager – Vale Soluções em Energia
Brazil

Rear Admiral (ret) John Padgett
President – Naval Submarine League
United States

Professor Kirill Rozhdestvensky
Honorary Secretary – State Maritime Technical University (SMTU)
Russia

Guy Stitt
President & General Manager – AMI International
United States

Patricia C. Woody
Department Head, Machinery Research and Engineering, Carderock Division – Naval Surface Warfare Center
United States

Dr. David Wyllie
Associate – AADI Defence
Australia

Peter Yinger
Director – L-3 MariPro
United States

George Zvara
International Program Coordinator – Naval Undersea Warfare Center
United States

Conference Administrators

Warren Edge
Business Director – MAST Events Ltd
United Kingdom

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