General Hawk Carlisle, USAF (Ret), President and CEO of NDIA  

General Elder, USAF (Ret)  

Lt. Gen. John N.T. “Jack” Shanahan is the Director for Defense Intelligence (Warfighter Support) (DDI (WS)), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. The DDI (WS) ensures combatant commands (CCMD) have the intelligence policy, processes and resources they need to plan and conduct successful operations and campaigns. Lt Gen Shanahan leads the Algorithmic Warfare Cross Functional Team, also known as Project Maven, charged with consolidating and advancing Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning efforts across the Defense Intelligence Enterprise. Project Maven’s objective is to turn the enormous volume of data available to DoD into actionable intelligence and insights at speed.