Dr. Bull Holland, PhD
Dr. Thomas “Bull” Holland, PhD, U.S. Army, completed his 23 year military career as the military deputy at the Army Research Office. As a US Army Acquisition Officer he has managed some of the US Army’s most extensive development projects with America’s largest companies and has helped multiple small businesses bring their innovations to the US Army. Holland is an award-winning author who has developed acquisition doctrine for both the U.S. Army Special Operations Command and the Army Research Laboratory. He is a contributor to the Army Futures Command process design activities, holds a PhD in engineering management from the University of Missouri-Rolla, and is a former course director and associate professor at the United States Air Force Academy.
SGM (Ret) Robert Burton
Mr. Robert Burton is a Senior Special Forces SGM (Retired) with over 30 years of special operations leadership starting from the 12-man SF Operational Detachment Alpha (SFODA). Influenced, led, and drove strategic results through more than ten years of executive-level leadership to include 3-star general officer trusted advisor for the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC). Deployed extensively across CENTCOM, EUCOM, and PACOM areas of operation/responsibility (AO/AOR) in support of U.S. security and strategic initiatives. Proven combat leadership refined through many engagements from the local village chief level through national military leadership levels and advised diplomatic efforts as well as military operations in sensitive security environments. Academic accomplishments include a Master’s degree in Organizational and Executive Leadership from Liberty University.
Dr. Matthew Munson
Dr. Matthew Munson currently serves as Program Manager for Fluid Dynamics at the U.S. Army Research Office. He joined the U.S. Army Research Laboratory in 2012 as a Research Engineer and assumed his current position as Program Manager in late 2014. He received a PhD in Aeronautics from the California Institute of Technology in 2012, and a M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2003 and 2002, respectively. Between M.S. and PhD, he worked for Honeywell Aerospace applying CFD tools for analysis of future military jet engine concepts and root cause/corrective action on fielded aircraft engine control system components. Dr. Munson is an active member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the American Physical Society – Division of Fluid Dynamics. He lives in Durham, NC with his family and enjoys absurd movies, short walks on the beach, and the occasional experimental investigation of yeast-infused multiphase fluids.
Luis A. Chamorro
Luis A. Chamorro is the COO for Go By Truck, Inc. and the cornerstone of customer solutions and experience for the company. Luis brings 20 years of operational excellence focused on organizational efficiency, process improvement, and leadership development gained throughout his service as a Special Forces Chief Warrant Officer. As a leader in a customer-centric organization providing support to various populations, Luis delivers simple, but effective solutions to enhance customer experience through the freight lifecycle.
Luis serves as an Advisor at the University of Houston, Bauer College of Business, Customer Experience Executive Panel. He holds an Executive MBA from The Jack Welch Management Institute and is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, SAFe Agilist, and Enterprise Blockchain Professional.
Dr. John Swartz
Dr. Swartz is a Senior Staff Engineer at the Wireless Research Center, currently developing novel antennas and radio systems for industrial, medical, and aviation clients. He has over thirty years of research and development, consulting, and project management experience in industrial, medical, university, and defense labs. He has worked with startups, small and large companies including Booz Allen Hamilton, RTI, MCNC, and GenRad. He has designed and built ultrafast pulsed lasers and instrumentation for terahertz bandwidth spectroscopy. Dr. Swartz has developed RF links, antenna systems, and instrumentation for wireless sensor networks, cubesat’s, novel DoD satellite applications, and medical imaging systems. At Dartmouth Dr. Swartz taught graduate E&M and microwave systems, and for DoD clients he has taught antennas, sensors, and electronics for field applications. His most recent work has focused on novel aircraft antennas; RF, magnetic, and optical sensors; and electronics and instrumentation for MASINT, tagging-tracking-locating, ISR and EW field applications. Dr. Swartz holds three patents, is an active amateur radio operator, and holds an active security clearance