Ms. Vicki Michetti is the Director of the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Cyber Security (DIB CS) Program office, under the DoD Chief Information Officer. She joined the Office of the Secretary of Defense in January 2011. Ms. Michetti has experience working in industry, and over 28 years of federal service, 22 years as a commissioned Air Force officer. Prior to her current position, Ms. Michetti worked in industry as an Information Systems Engineer and as a Program Analyst. Ms. Michetti also had a distinguished military career, having served on the Joint Staff, the Air Staff, and numerous other organizations including U.S. Transportation Command, Headquarters Air Weather Service, and the Strategic Reconnaissance Center. She was the Commander of the 25th Weather Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base where she oversaw weather support to the western third of the United States and all of Central and South America. Ms. Michetti retired from the United States Air Force in 2007. She is the recipient of numerous military decorations, including the Defense Superior Service Medal. Ms. Michetti earned a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from California State University, Sacramento, and a Master's degree in Atmospheric Science from Creighton University.

Ms. Mary Thomas currently serves as a program analyst for the Director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy (DPAP), in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics). In this position, Ms. Thomas is responsible for representing DPAP and the DoD contracting community in matters related to cybersecurity. Prior to her assignment with DPAP, Ms. Thomas served in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology) and as a Project Engineer at the U.S. Army Belvoir Research, Development and Engineering Center. Ms. Thomas has a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, a Master of Science in Systems Management from the University of Southern California, and a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at the National Defense University. She is also a graduate of the Defense Systems Management College (now DAU) Program Manager’s Course.

Mr. Major is a partner and co-leader of the law firm McCarter & English’s Government Contracts & Export Controls Practice Group. Mr.Major focuses his practice on federal procurement, cybersecurity liability and risk management, and litigation. A prolific author and thought leader in the area of cybersecurity, his professional experience involves a wide variety of litigation and counseling matters dealing with procurement laws and federal regulations and standards . His diverse experience includes complex litigation in federal court under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act and bid protest actions. He counsels all sizes of companies on issues relating to compliance with government regulations including, among other things, cybersecurity (NIST, FIPS, FedRAMP, and DFARS) requirements, multiple award schedule compliance, Section 508 issues,country of origin requirements under the Buy American and Trade Agreements Acts, cost accounting, and small business requirements. He also regularly conducts internal investigations to assist companies ensure that they are in full compliance with the law. He is an editor of and contributing author to the Cloud Computing Legal Deskbook (Thomson Reuters), an annual publication addressing cloud computing issues and solutions for commercial and government end users and suppliers. Mr. Major is a retired U.S. Air Force intelligence officer who most recently served as a U.S. Air Force Academy Admissions Liaison Officer for the state of Maryland in the Air Force Reserves.

Mr. Turner is a partner and co-leader of the law firm McCarter & English's Government Contracts & Export Controls Practice Group. He is an innovative business lawyer with significant experience resolving complex government contracts issues for a broad array of companies – ranging from multinational, multibillion-dollar Fortune 500 corporations in the aerospace, defense, technology, healthcare and industrial supply sectors to mid-market intelligence and security services providers to small business commercial product suppliers. Mr.Turner’s multifaceted practice includes assisting companies with comprehensive claims for payment, prosecuting and defending bid protests, conducting internal investigations to ensure his clients’ compliance with federal procurement regulations and related statutes,preparing and submitting mandatory and voluntary disclosures,counseling prime contractors and subcontractors regarding disputes of all types and sizes, defending companies against False Claims Act allegations, counseling companies regarding issues of cost allowability, allocability and reasonableness, designing and implementing comprehensive regulatory compliance programs, and assisting government contractors in connection with mergers and acquisitions due diligence.

Tim Williams is a Chief Security Architect with expertise in DoD/NSA cross-domain security architectures and enterprise systems. He has over 34 years of success in providing product design, development, and integration guidance for commercial and government secure and accredited systems. Mr. Williams is a subject matter expert for design and deployment of NSA Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) systems and support for customers implementing NIST RMF, DoDRMF and NIST Cybersecurity Frameworks. He has performed risk and security control assessments based on NIST guidelines (800-30 and 800-53a) for public and private organizations and has worked with DoD red and blue teams during large cyber exercises. Mr. Williams has developed and worked through the evaluation process for meeting the FIPS 140-2, Common Criteria EAL-4 requirements. He holds six patents in the multi-level security area and secure virtualization.