Indiana Defense Manufacturing Forum

The "Indiana Defense Manufacturing Forum" is designed to support long-term community investments that strengthen national security innovation and expand the capabilities of the defense manufacturing industrial ecosystem. We will be continuing to canvass Indiana manufacturers interested in developing a Defense Manufacturing Forum. During this webinar/meeting we will also review our ongoing forum action plan that reflects similar forums nationwide and what its purpose and outcomes would be, as well as an overview of the Indiana PTAC progrm to support the forum. The moderator for this event will be Andy Alexander, SC PTAC Counselor at (812) 340-4342 or email at aalexander@iedc.in.gov .

Focus during this forum will be a presentation by Gene Jones, Senior Services Manager - Cybersecurity and Defense on the "Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) compliance and framework assessments." In this role, he provides leadership, client engagement, and project management for the Indiana DIB Capability Accelerator Program (IDCAP).

Speaker Bios:

Andy earned his Undergraduate Degree from Tarkio College, Tarkio, MO; Graduate Degree from Central Michigan University (CMU), Mount Pleasant, MI; and also graduated from the U.S. Army Command & General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS and US Federal Contractor Certification (FCC) program. Andy is a certified government Contracting Assistance Specialist (CCAS) and Certified Procurement Professional (CPP) by the Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (APTAC). He also served as an APTAC national CPP Certification Reviewer/Approver, and currently serves as a certified Verification Counselor by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Andy is an awardee of the 2019 APTAC Becky Peterson Human Impact Award.

Gene Jones is the Senior Services Manager - Cybersecurity and Defense for Purdue University | Manufacturing Extension partnership. View Gene's full bio here: https://mep.purdue.edu/about-us/staff/gene-jones/

If you have any questions, please feel free to email Samantha Nelson, Program Manager, Purdue Foundry at WestGate, at sjnelson@prf.org.