Air Force Department Officials to Deliver AF IT Forum Keynote Speeches for Potomac Officers Club

Winston Beauchamp and Jay Bonci, respectively the deputy chief information officer and chief technology officer at the Department of the Air Force, will deliver keynote speeches at a Dec. 15 virtual forum hosted by the Potomac Officers Club to discuss IT programs at the Air Force and Space Force.

The “AF IT Modernization and Digital Transformation forum” will tackle the importance of infrastructure as the Department of Defense adopts modern technologies such as artificial intelligence, zero trust security and joint all-domain command and control.

Beauchamp will kick off the event, followed by a panel discussion that Jim Huso, enterprise architect at CACI International, will moderate. Jay Bonci will give his perspective on the topic as second keynote speaker.

Other government and industry leaders invited to speak at the event include:

Brian Kropa, chief engineer at AFLCMC/HNI
Chris Painter, vice president and technical director at Peraton
Joe Besselman, PEO C3I&N at USAF
Justin Collins, senior materiel leader at Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/HNI
Kenneth Gaines, enterprise IT program manager at CACI International
Kevin Kirsch, commander of USAF’s Cyberspace Capabilities Center