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Managed multi-billion dollar R&D programs, engineering, security, information technology, logistics and Acquisition, Air-Force infrastructure programs and other projects. He was a member of various notable steering committees for the Minister of Defense and the Israel Defense Forces Chief of General Staff, for national level strategy, technological road mapping and information technology.
Dr. Dumanis has received prizes, honors and awards including the Purdue University “Outstanding Aerospace Engineer of 2001 Award” He is a chairperson and member of several national steering committees and is the author of many papers published locally and internationally in a number of domains including Technology and Management.
Dr. Dumanis holds a Doctorate of Philosophy degree in Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University in USA.

Dave is currently Director and Principal at Kelly+Partners Government, Incentives & Innovation practice.
Dave served as Australia’s Ambassador to Israel from 2013 to 2017. This period coincided with some of the busiest and most productive years for the Australia-Israel relationship, with trade, investment and innovation ties strengthened significantly. Dave’s leadership kept the Embassy secure and operational during several periods of significant security unrest and tension, including the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict.
Dave also served overseas in senior roles at Australian diplomatic missions in Washington DC and Papua New Guinea. He undertook peacekeeping duties with the Peace Monitoring Group in Bougainville.
In Canberra, Dave’s roles included advising the Prime Minister on Australia’s international relations, adviser to then Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, managing Australia’s diplomatic presence in Africa, and director of the Indonesia desk.
Dave studied law, science and international relations. He is a graduate of the University of Cambridge.

Michael P. Huerta

Michael Huerta served as Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States of America from 2013 to 2018.  He joined the agency in 2010 as Deputy Administrator.  Mr. Huerta currently provides strategic advice to organizations in the aviation, aerospace, technology and infrastructure industries.

During his FAA tenure, Mr. Huerta redefined the FAA’s regulatory relationship with the aviation industry to achieve greater levels of safety through increased collaboration and widespread sharing of data. He led the agency’s efforts to modernize the nation’s air traffic control system through the NextGen program while preparing the way for the safe integration of commercial space operations and small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).  He is also well known for eliminating the decades old ban on the use portable electronic devices aboard airplanes during takeoff and landing, making it possible to use many devices from gate to gate.

Prior to joining the FAA, Mr. Huerta served in executive positions at Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Port of San Francisco and the New York City Department of Ports, International Trade and Commerce.

Mr. Huerta holds a BA from the University of California, Riverside and an MPA from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.