Dr. Pat Diamond, Principal, Diamond Consulting, has been at the forefront of development of timing and synchronization technologies for over 20 years.

His activities include leading the development of the first monolithic silicon device for synchronization in SONET/SDH networks, and as the original evangelist for creating a version of IEEE 1588 for use in packet wide area networks and leading the development of the only fully integrated 1588v2 system on a chip currently deployed in over 2 million base stations.

Pat is and has been active in ITU-T, IEEE and IETF standards development.

He has worked at NASA, McDonnell Douglas, Data General and Semtech in senior and executive engineering and business development roles.

He has been awarded BSEE, BSCS and Ph.D degrees.

Dr. John W. Betz is MITRE Fellow Emeritus at The MITRE Corporation. He has been with MITRE since 1989, and before that worked at The Analytical Sciences Corporation and RCA Corporation. He has also been adjunct professor at Northeastern University. Since 1997 he has primarily worked on positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) with emphasis on satellite-based navigation and timing (satnav).

Dr. Betz was a member of the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) from 2004 to 2012, serving as its chairman from 2008 to 2011, leading 52 accomplished engineers and scientists who advise the Air Force senior leadership. He has also served the Defense Science Board.

Dr. Betz led the team of scientists and engineers designing the modulation and acquisition of the M-code signal, the modernized GPS military signal. He developed the binary offset carrier (BOC) spreading modulation, and models for predicting its performance. He also contributed to the design of the GPS L1C civil signal, developing the Multiplexed BOC (MBOC) concept and the time-multiplexed BOC (TMBOC) spreading modulation used for L1C.

Dr. Betz was a lead technical contributor to the U.S. delegation in negotiations with the European Community concerning GPS and Galileo, leading to the 2004 Agreement between the U.S. and European Community. He also has been a key member of technical working groups between the U.S. and Europe, Japan, the Russian Federation, China, and India, leading to other nations' adoption of civil signals compatible and interoperable with GPS. His recent work focuses on making navigation and timing more robust and resilient for military and critical infrastructure applications.

Dr. Betz received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester in 1976, and a M.S. (1979) and Ph.D. (1984), both in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University. He is co-inventor on four patents or patent applications, and authored Engineering Satellite-Based Navigation and Timing: Global Navigation Satellite Systems, Signals, and Receivers (Wiley-IEEE Press, 2015), along with more than 60 other publications including book chapters, journal articles, and conference papers. He has received numerous national and international awards, including Fellow of the Institute of Navigation, Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation, Life Fellow of the IEEE, and has been inducted into the GPS Hall of Fame.

Ms. Reilly is the founder and CEO of Global Train Services LLC (GTS), which assists railroads with implementing and adding resiliency for their Positive Train Control (PTC) systems. PTC relies heavily on a resilient and robust position, navigation, and timing (PNT) solution.

Ms. Reilly began her railroad career as an IBM contractor for the Alaska Railroad (AKRR), a full-service passenger and freight railroad, where she made an immediate impact to the technological advancement of the company. In 1996, after a stint as an independent contractor for information technology, she officially joined the Alaska Railroad (AKRR), a full-service passenger and freight railroad. She rose through the ranks to become the Vice President (VP) of Projects, Engineering, Technology, & Signal. Ms. Reilly was a VP at AKRR until her retirement from AKRR in 2018.

In her time at AKRR, she procured and oversaw $500 million of grant funding with no cost overruns. She led the AKRR's Capital Program, which included PTC. The AKRR was an early adopter of PTC, since it had both freight and passenger service sharing a single track with passing track periodically spaced. This led to Ms. Reilly volunteering and being accepted to be a member of the Railroad Safety Advisory Committee for 49 CFR 236 Subpart H and Subpart I, which assisted in generating the regulations that PTC systems must comply with.

After retiring from the AKRR, Ms. Reilly founded GTS, whose services include testing, defining and supporting additional GNSS radio-frequency bands for a space-based PNT solution, procuring grants, and complying with federal regulations. As CEO, she has grown the company each year, expanded the scope of GTS's capabilities, and earned a solid relationship with clients throughout the industry.

Ms. Reilly has been a board member for the Commuter Rail Coalition for two years and supports a strong commuter railroad presence. Ms. Reilly is a member of American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA) Committee 37 – Signal Systems and Committee 39 – Positive Train Control, American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) and League of Railway Women (LRW). Ms. Reilly attended the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and is a graduate of Rutgers University. Ms. Reilly was one Railway Age Women in Rail 2020 Honorees.

Captain Joe Burns is a thirty-year veteran of Aviation, Technology, and Communications industries. He is currently the CEO at The Airo Group – an Electric Air Logistics systems manufacturer and operator.

He was most recently the CEO at Sensurion Aerospace – an Unmanned Systems manufacturer and technology operations firm. He was also the Managing Director of Technology and Flight Test at United Airlines responsible for over $250M in annual NextGen programs. At United Airlines, he held positions as Managing Director – Flight Standards, FAA Certificate Director of Operations, Director Flight Standards, Chief Pilot Federal Flight Deck Officer Program, Manager Automation Systems, and Pilot Instructor. A 15,000 hour pilot, and type-rated on many large jet transports, he currently flies as International Captain on the Boeing 767.

His engineering and management experience also includes CEO positions at Xcelar, Agile Defense, Inertia Technology, Chief Pilot and systems engineer for Coffeen Associates, Chief Systems Engineer for Ericsson, and Engineering Manager for Sprint.

He is currently on the Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Advisory Board; Board Member for Aspen Avionics; Board Member for Airo Group Holdings; Member of the NextGen Advisory Council Subcommittee; Board Member Emeritus for EMS Technologies (NASDAQ:ELMG); Board Member and CEO Emeritus of ATN Systems, Inc.; Former Advisory Board Member for the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR/UCAR); Chairman Emeritus for the ATA Air Traffic Control Council and Operations Committees.

Captain Burns holds an M.B.A. in Management from the Miami University distinguished Farmer School of Business and a B.S. in Aeronautics/Aeronautical Engineering from Miami University. He has over a dozen patents in aeronautics, security, and communications technology applications.

Mr. Dana A. Goward is founder and President of the Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation, a public benefit charity advocating for policies and systems to protect GPS satellites, signals, and users.

A life-long navigator, he learned orienteering as a scout, celestial navigation on a tall ship crossing the Atlantic, was navigator for an offshore patrol ship, and piloted Coast Guard helicopters for decades. He served as commanding officer of Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, and as Chief, Office of Boat Forces before retiring from uniformed service as a Captain.

As a member of the federal Senior Executive Service he served as the maritime navigation authority for the United States with 12 different business lines budgeted at over $1.3B/yr, and represented the United States at the International Maritime Organization, International Assn. of Lighthouse Authorities, U.N. anti-piracy working group, and other international forums.

He is the recipient of Helicopter Association International’s Igor Sikorsky Humanitarian Service Award for his rescue of two fisherman at the height of Hurricane Chantal, the Institute of Navigation’s Hays Award for inspirational leadership, the John Harrison Award from the International Association of Institutes of Navigation for outstanding contributions to navigation, and is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation.

Dr. Bradford Parkinson was the Chief Architect for GPS, and led the original advocacy for the system in 1973 as an Air Force Colonel. Gaining approval, he became the first Director of the GPS Joint Program Office and led the original development of spacecraft, Master Control Station and 8 types of User Equipment. He continued leadership of the Program through the extensive test validation Program, including being the Launch Commander for the first GPS satellite launches. This original deployment of GPS demonstrated comfortable margins against all PNT (Positioning, Navigation, and Timing) requirements.

Earlier in his career, he was a key developer of a modernized AC-130 Gunship, introduction of which included 160 hours of combat missions. He was an instructor at the USAF Test Pilot School. In addition he led the Department of Astronautics and Computer Science at the US Air Force Academy. He retired from the U.S. Air Force as a Colonel.

He was appointed a Professor at Stanford University in 1984, after six years of experience in industry. At Stanford University, he led the development of many innovative applications of GPS, including:

• First Commercial aircraft (Boeing 737) blind landing using GPS alone
• First fully automatic GPS control of Farm Tractors on a rough field to an accuracy of 2 inches
• Pioneering studies of the FAA's WAAS, an augmentation that allows any user to achieve accuracies of 2 feet and very high levels of integrity assurance.

Dr. Parkinson has been the CEO of two companies and serves on many boards. He is an editor/author of the AIAA Award winning 2 Volumes GPS Theory and Applications and is author or coauthor of over 50 technical papers. He graduated from the US Naval Academy, and has a Master's degree from MIT and a PhD from Stanford.

He is a fellow of five societies, including Honorary Fellow of AIAA and Life Fellow of IEEE. Among his many awards is the Draper Prize of the National Academy of Engineering, considered by some to be the "Engineering Nobel" and the 2019 Queen Elizabeth II Prize for Engineering (with three others).

Admiral Thad Allen retired from the Coast Guard in 2010 as the 23rd Commandant. He currently serves as the James Tyler Chair at the Loy Institute for Leadership at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. He is also a Senior Executive Advisor at HudsonAnalytix where he supports government and commercial clients in cyber security, maritime security, navigation systems, emergency response, and crisis leadership. He is a nationally recognized expert in disaster response and an advisor to government leaders on creating unity of effort and governing structures to address complex problems.

Admiral Allen was the lead federal official for the responses to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and served as National Incident Commander for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. He also directed Coast Guard operations in the wake of the 9/11 attacks and the Haitian Earthquake. He serves in an advisory role with the Department of Homeland Security, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, National Intelligence University, and the Comptroller General's Advisory Board. He co-chaired a study at the National Academy of Sciences' Gulf Research Program addressing measures of community resilience in the Gulf Coast following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

A 1971 graduate of the Coast Guard Academy, Admiral Allen also holds Master Degrees from The George Washington University and MIT Sloan School. He has been awarded honorary doctorate degrees from The George Washington University, George Mason University, Georgetown University, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, the National Defense University, and the National Graduate School.