Two new speakers join the program today, Colonel Dooling, Director of Space Requirements at National Defence Headquarters, Canada and Dr Gregory Edwards, Director of Infrastructure Services, NCIA

1. MilSatCom USA
28th
– 29th
June 2016
Arlington, Virginia
Congressman Jim Bridenstine
Rep. Oklahoma District
Congressman Jim Bridenstine was elected in 2012 to represent Oklahoma’s First Congressional District.
He serves on the House Armed Services Committee and the Science, Space and Technology Committee,
where he was selected to serve as Chairman of the House Environment Subcommittee.
Bridenstine began his Naval aviation career flying the E-2C Hawkeye off the USS Abraham Lincoln
aircraft carrier. It was there that he flew combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan and gathered most of
his 1,900 flight hours and 333 carrier-arrested landings. While on active duty, he transitioned to the F-
18 Hornet and flew at the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, the parent command to TOPGUN.
Brigadier General Nina Armagno (Selected for Promotion to Major General),
Director of Strategic Plans, Programs, Requirements and Analysis,
Headquarters Air Force Space Command
Brig. Gen. Nina M. Armagno is Director of Strategic Plans, Programs, Requirements and Analysis,
Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. She is responsible for

2. developing strategy, doctrine and policy for the command’s space and cyberspace operations; defining
the future of space and cyberspace systems through requirements definition, mission area
architectures, analysis, science and technology development and insertion in support of the joint
warfighter, Department of Defense, civil, and national users. The General also manages the command’s
international relations and foreign disclosure programs. Mission areas include missile warning/defense,
military satellite communications, cyber warfare network operations, precision navigation and timing,
space control, space protection, and launch and range.
Jessie (Jess) L. Showers, Jr.
Infrastructure Executive, Implementation and Sustainment Center,
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
Jessie (Jess) L. Showers, Jr. is the Infrastructure Executive, Implementation and Sustainment Center,
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). He is responsible for planning, resourcing, sustaining and
evolving the Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN) core. The DoDIN core consists of
satellite communications (SATCOM), gateways, optical transport, organizational messaging, mobility and
TDM and IP networks (NIPR, SIPR, DSN, DRSN, voice over IP (VoIP) and classified VoIP). His
responsibilities also include Senior National Leadership Communications (SNLC), U.S. Secret Service
(USSS) support and Multinational Information Sharing (MNIS). These networks provide information
superiority and a global enterprise infrastructure in direct support to the President, Secretary of
Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Combatant Commanders, DoD Components, and other mission partners.
Additionally, he is responsible for directing strategic planning and resource and business management.
He serves as a senior network expert for DODIN managed terrestrial and SATCOM networks and
provides executive oversight for development, management, and execution of the budget.

3. Ms. Deanna L. Ryals,
Chief of the International Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) Division,
U.S Air Force
Ms. Deanna L. Ryals is the Chief of the International Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM)
Division within the MILSATCOM Systems Directorate (MC), Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), Air
Force Space Command (AFSPC), Los Angeles, AFB, CA. The division is responsible for providing an
enterprise-wide approach to jointly acquiring MILSATCOM systems with key international partners and
allies and identifiying future opportunities for joint development of capabilities, architectures, policies,
and technologies. SMC/MC is currently partnering with seven allies across the Wideband Global
SATCOM (WGS) and Advanced Extermely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite programs and is executing
eight Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) totaling $1.7B in international partner contributions.
Colonel Jonathon R. Moelter
Director, J6, Chief Information Officer
United States Southern Command
Colonel John R. Moelter currently serves as the Chief Information Officer and J6 Director for
U.S. Southern Command, Miami, Florida.
Colonel Moelter grew up in Sturgis, South Dakota, and received his commission in 1989 as a graduate of
the ROTC program at Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota. He has a broad background in

4. fixed and tactical, Army and Joint communications systems and has held a variety of command and staff
positions.
COL Moelter is married to the former Bridgette Cogar of West Virginia and they have five sons;
Joseph (16), Jonathan (16), Samuel (13), Benjamin (10), Matthew (5).
Michael Laney
Lead International Engagement for MILSATCOM
Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs
Mr. Michael T. “Mike” Laney is a Department of the Air Force Civilian working as the Lead on
International Engagement for Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) under the Armaments
Cooperation Division for the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force (International Affairs),
at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. Mr. Laney oversees the development of cooperative agreements in
MILSATCOM including Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS), Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF),
and Polar Communications (PC).
Mr. Laney enlisted in the United States Army in June 1989, graduating from the United States Military
Academy in June 1995. He continued serving on active duty in the United States Army as a
commissioned officer until June 2004. His active duty experiences included multiple overseas
assignments and deployments in Europe with frequent contact with host nation government
representatives as a Military Police Officer. Upon separation from the Army, he continued to serve
overseas as a Department of the Army Civilian -- first as a Host Nation Liaison Officer, then later as a
Government Relations Advisor in the Benelux. Upon returning from his last overseas assignment in
2011, Mr. Laney transferred to the Department of the Air Force as an International Relations Specialist.

5. Colonel Jeff Dooling
Director of Space Requirements for Director-General Space,
Canadian Armed Forces
Colonel Dooling is the Director of Space Requirements at National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa,
Canada. He joined the Canadian Forces in 1982 under the Officer Candidate Training Program, and was
commissioned as a Second Lieutenant after completing occupational training as an Air Weapons
Controller and was assigned to the 22nd NORAD Region in North Bay, Ontario.
During his many operational tours, Colonel Dooling has accumulated 2488 hours on the AWACS aircraft,
which included flying over 200 missions in support of UN and NATO operations in the former Republic of
Yugoslavia. Additionally, he has been the Director of Operations for the Canadian Air Defence Sector;
has held the position of Range Operations Officer for the Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment at
CFB Cold Lake, Alberta; and was an instructor at the Air Weapons Control and Countermeasures School.
He is a graduate of the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College and holds a Bachelor of Military
Arts and Science Degree from the Royal Military College.

6. Dr Gregory Edwards
Director of Infrastructure Services
NATO NCIA
On 1 December 2014, Dr Gregory Edwards assumed the post of Director Infrastructure Services in
the NATO Communications and Information Agency. He is responsible for the life cycle aspect of
the Telecommunications Networks and IT Infrastructure; Core and Enterprise Services; Information
Technology Modernization Program Executive oversight; in addition to comprehensive solutions
for Cyber Security and System Management and Control for the entire NATO Alliance.
Prior to joining NATO, Dr Edwards held various positions at the Defence Information Systems
Agency (DISA) (2010 –2014). As the Vice Director of Joint Information Environment (JIE) Technical
Synchronization Office he led the architectural engineering and design to develop the JIE for the
Department of Defence (DoD). He orchestrated activities with Combatant Commands, Services
and Agencies to realize a JIE comprised of shared IT infrastructure, enterprise services, and a single
security architecture goal. As the Deputy for Command Centre Operations for DISA, he led
day-to-day operations for an $8.7M, 263 person staff, global Command Centre responsible for
DoD Information Enterprise operations and executing global cyber security defence for US Cyber
Command. In 2013 he was deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan, under the DoD Civilian Expeditionary
Workforce program to serve as a Senior Telecommunications Advisor to the Afghanistan Minister
of Communications and Information Technology. In 2008, Dr Edwards joined Qwest Government
Services Inc. as a Senior Program Manager responsible for managing a $150M fiber optic transport
and $500M provisioning services contract portfolio