Biographies

As sector president, Mason will have full executive responsibility for the sector’s strategy development and execution, program performance, and growth objectives. The Space, Intelligence and Cyber sector delivers advanced, mission-specific technology capabilities across a broad range of national security, civil space, and intelligence community customers. Previously Dr. Mason served as senior vice president and corporate…

Patrick Acheson is one of the co-founders and managing principals of Quadrint, Inc. Patrick has been working within the Intelligence Community and been engaged with projects for The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and predecessor NIMA since 1998. He currently based in St. Louis, Missouri and commutes regularly to the Washington DC area. In his current role at Quadrint,…

Todd Bacastow is a professor of practice for geospatial intelligence in Penn State’s Dutton e-Education Institute. His primary areas of expertise include implementation and management of large-scale programs, geospatial technology policy, geospatial information technology governance, and critical infrastructure protection. Dr. Bacastow has worked with businesses and federal and state government on geospatial technology policy issues…

Armando Drain currently is a Defense Solution Engineer at Esri. Esri is the world leader in GIS, who created ArcGIS, a powerful mapping and spatial analytics platform that can reveal deeper insight into data, helping organizations create positive change in industry and society. In his role, he assists Department of Defense and Intelligence Community members utilize…