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Nan Mattai is Senior Vice President of Rockwell Collins Engineering & Technology. Additionally, she is a corporate officer of Rockwell Collins.  Ms. Mattai is responsible for Rockwell Collins’ Engineering & Technology organization, including the Advanced Technology Center.  In this role she is responsible for guiding the future technology direction, technology investment decisions and the development of advanced technologies to meet the needs of various parts of the business.  She was appointed to the position in November 2004.

Previously, Ms. Mattai served as Vice President, Government Systems Engineering, a position to which she was appointed in 2001.  She joined the company in 1993 and has held positions of increasing responsibility, including Senior Director of Tactical Communications, Government Systems. 

Ms. Mattai is a member of the Advisory Board, AVIATION WEEK Strategic Media & Conferences; Vice President, Operations of the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. (GEM); a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); a member of Women in Engineering (WIE); and a member of the Iowa State University Institute for Physical Research and Technology (IPRT) Industrial Advisory Board.  Nan graduated from the University of Windsor, Canada with a Master’s degree in Nuclear Physics and completed all graduate courses for a Doctorate in Physics.

Anthony L. Velocci, Jr. is Editor-in-Chief of Aviation Week & Space Technology. Prior to his appointment to the magazine’s top editorial post, he was Northeast Bureau chief and senior business editor, based in New York City. Before joining The McGraw-Hill Companies in 1989 as Editor-in-Chief of Defense World magazine, he worked for a variety of business, financial and defense related publications. Velocci has received numerous journalism awards, including The McGraw-Hill Companies’ Corporate Achievement Award for Editorial Excellence and the Royal Aeronautical Society’s 2002 Aerospace Journalist of the Year award (business/financial category) and 2006 award (air show category). He is a 1969 graduate of Syracuse University and a member of the board of advisors of the University of Tennessee’s Aerospace M.B.A. program.

Benjamin Doeckel is a Principal and Houston Director of Aerospace & Defense Consulting at Charles River Associates. He specializes in the management of technology and innovation, advising aerospace and defense executives on developing technology and innovation strategies, technology roadmapping, building portfolios of research and development programs, stage-gate project management, technology sourcing, and competitive technology intelligence.

His industry experience spans hardware and software research and development, systems engineering, and engineering management. Before joining CRA, Mr. Doeckel was a senior manager in Arthur D. Little’s Technology and Innovation Management practice. Before that, he spent 14 years with Lockheed Martin Corporation, both at the Skunk Works and in support of NASA programs at the Johnson Space Center. He received a B.S. in Aeronautics/Astronautics from the University of Illinois, and holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Houston, Clear Lake.

Mike Adami-Sampson, vice president of product strategy for Aerospace and Defense solutions for Dassault Systemes influences the optimal performance of the company's global customer base by understanding their business strategies and aligning ENOVIA PLM solutions to those requirements. 

Adami-Sampson was a founder of Adra Systems which became MatrixOne and acquired by Dassault Systemes in 2006. 

Adami-Sampson has over 20 years in the aerospace industry, working for Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, Connecticut and BAE SYSTEMS in Warton, England.  His primary roles have been in structures design, composites R&D and PLM design and management. He brings his experience in aerospace engineering to Dassault Systems continuing his role of translating customer needs into product requirements.

Adami-Sampson is a frequent speaker at manufacturing trade shows and industry analyst conferences.  He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautics from the University of Glasgow (Scotland) and a Master of Science degree in engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.