Michael Papay
Northrop Grumman Information Systems Vice President of Cyber Initiatives Michael Papay is sector vice president of Cyber Initiatives for Northrop Grumman. He leads Northrop Grumman’s cyber strategy development and associated activities to advance the company’s leadership role in the cybersecurity community. Dr. Papay has 25 years of experience with Northrop Grumman. He has extensive experience in engineering and developing solutions for the Department of Defense and intelligence community, including intercontinental ballistic missiles; a variety of missile defense systems; command and control systems; networking solutions; satellite and ground systems; airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms; modeling and simulation programs; and military training tools. Dr. Papay has a bachelor’s degree and a doctorate in aerospace engineering from Virginia Tech, and is a Northrop Grumman Technical Fellow.
Don Rainey
Grotech Ventures General Partner Don Rainey joined Grotech Ventures as a general partner in September 2007 and currently serves on the boards of Grotech portfolio companies Clarabridge, GramercyOne, HelloWallet, LivingSocial, Personal, SnappCloud, and Zenoss. Currently, he is an emerging technology consultant to the Chief Information Officer of the US Department of Defense through the DeVenCi Program, which is tasked with researching and nominating companies to solve the DOD’s unmet technology needs. In 2011, Don was appointed to the James Madison University Board of Visitors by Governor McDonnell and he also serves on the Board of Directors of James Madison Innovations, Inc. As an Organizing Board member of MindShare forum, Don helps CEOs from the DC region’s most promising start-ups build longterm sustainable companies. He was included on Washingtonian’s Tech Titans list in May 2011. The Northern Virginia Technology Council presented Don with its prestigious “Lifetime Navigator” Award for his work with entrepreneurs in March 2011. Jefferson Innovation Summit for the Commonwealth
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