Filter Test AllExpanding Access & Opportunities to Rural Communities PanelistsParticipantsStrong Defense & Protecting the Homeland PanelistsUnleashing Economic Innovation Panelists Pontus Andersson CEO, Myra Mirrors Panelist James L. Barksdale Chairman of the Board and President of Barksdale Management Corp and Chairman of Spread Networks Participant Allyson Best Director of Technology Management, University of Mississippi (facilitator) Panelist Barbara Borgonovi Vice President of Operations, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems Participant Jim Clark Co-founder Silicon Graphics Inc. and Co-founder of Netscape Communications Corp Participant Scott DeLano Mississippi Representative, Chair of the House Technology Committee Panelist Nicholas Degani Senior Counsel, Office of Chairman Ajit V. Pai, Federal Communications Commission Participant Mayo Flynt President, AT&T Mississippi Participant Josh Gladden Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Mississippi (facilitator) Panelist Bill Grogan Deputy Director, Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Ryan Harkins Director of State Affairs and Public Policy, Microsoft Participant Vicki Helfrich Executive Officer, MS Wireless Communication Commission Panelist André Hentz Deputy Under Secretary for Science and Technology, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Participant Bethanie Humphries Specialist, Training and Development Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Mississippi, Inc. Participant Elizabeth Joseph Health Policy Fellow, Office of U.S. Senator Thad Cochran Participant Xuan Liu Director, Information Technology, FedEx Participant Ty Mabry Deputy Legislative Director, Office of U.S. Senator Thad Cochran Panelist Hu Meena President and CEO, C-Spire Participant Jay Monroe Executive Chairman and CEO, GlobalStar Participant Jim Nolan Executive Vice President, IoT Solutions, InterDigital Participant Craig Orgeron Executive Director, Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services Panelist Bill Rayburn MortgageTrade’s chairman and Chief Executive Officer Participant Drew Snyder Policy Director & Counsel, Office of Governor Phil Bryant Panelist Michael Soileau Vice President, Planning and Strategy, Communications, Data, WIFI at Comcast Cable Participant Rebekah Staples Public Policy Advisor, Office of Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves Panelist Iyad Tarazi CEO, Federated Wireless Participant Gray Tollison Mississippi Senator, Chair Senate Education Committee Panelist Olivia Trusty Professional Staff, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Panelist Jeffrey S. Vitter Chancellor of the University of Mississippi and Distinguished Professor of Computer and Information Science Participant Roger F. Wicker Senator, Member of the Senate Republican Leadership Team, Senior Member of the Armed Services Committee, Chair of the Subcommittee on Seapower, and Co-Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission Participant LouAnn Woodward Vice Chancellor and Dean, University of Mississippi Medical Center (facilitator) Panelist