Join NCMA DC and Station DC on Wednesday, March 18 for a special evening exploring how we acquire and deploy AI capabilities in defense. Designed for acquisition professionals, program managers, contracting officers, and defense innovation leaders, this session offers direct access to leaders who have successfully pioneered new acquisition approaches that deliver AI capabilities at the speed of relevance.
Mr. Cameron Stanley, Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) for the Department of War (DoW), will share insights from the front lines of defense AI innovation. From Project Maven's rapid algorithm deployment to enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives that are reshaping how the DoW leverages data and AI for decision advantage.
Jacqueline Tame of Playground Global will moderate this practitioner-focused discussion on breaking through traditional acquisition barriers, leveraging non-traditional contracting pathways, accelerating development timelines, and building the frameworks that enable innovative acquisition while maintaining necessary oversight and accountability.
CUISINE: Attendees will enjoy an elevated culinary experience featuring heavy hors d'oeuvres and craft cocktails named especially for the event.
MEET THE SPEAKERS:
Mr. Cameron Stanley is the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) for the Department of War (DoW). In this role, he leads the acceleration of DoW’s adoption of data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) to generate decision advantage.
Most recently, Mr. Stanley served as National Security Transformation Lead for Amazon Web Services (AWS). Prior to this appointment, he served as Chief Data Officer of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, where he oversaw policy development and implementation across the full spectrum of the Defense Intelligence and Security Enterprise. From 2021-2022, he was Chief of the Algorithmic Warfare Cross Functional Team, also known as Project Maven. The initiative was the data and AI pathfinder program tasked with enabling improved warfighter outcomes through the development, deployment, and sustainment of rapidly fielded AI algorithms and data-driven solutions.
Over the course of his career, Mr. Stanley has amassed broad leadership experience in some of the Department’s most challenging science and technology initiatives, each with a focus on the rapid development and delivery of capabilities directly to warfighters. Leadership roles include Senior Science and Technology Advisor to the Command, USSOUTHCOM; Senior JIEDDO Representative to the United Kingdom; and Chief of the JIEDDO Technology Strategy Division.
Jacqueline Tame is the Operating Partner, External Affairs at Playground Global where she is responsible for educating and advising on international, national, and state government policy and helping craft strategies on non-dilutive funding pathways, dual-use market opportunities, regulatory positioning, and public policy-related advocacy and thought leadership.
Before joining Playground, Jacqueline was the inaugural Director of Government Affairs at PsiQuantum – a company building the world’s first useful, fault-tolerant, error-corrected quantum computer. Before PsiQuantum, Jacqueline spent over 15 years in the federal government, culminating as the acting Deputy Director and Chief Performance Officer of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, where she founded and fielded GAMECHANGER – the DoD’s first AI-enabled policy/legal analytics platform.
Jacqueline began her career at the CIA, leading a team of futures analysts to inform technical collection system planning and acquisition. She then transitioned to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, where she led Intelligence Community policy planning. Jacqueline went on to hold multiple senior roles at the DIA, including as a counterterrorism mission manager, policy advisor to the Deputy Director, and chief of customer engagement. Jacqueline then joined the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where she oversaw the defense intelligence portfolio before returning to the DoD to advise on enterprise modernization.