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Non-Members: $150
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MODERATOR
Greg Craddock
Former Chairman of the ISOA Board of Directors; CEO of Patriot Group International
Greg Craddock has served as Chief Executive Officer of Patriot Group International, Inc. (PGI) a global expeditionary mission support services firm, for the past six years. As CEO, Greg provides strategic vision and direction to the organization and provides operational leadership to ensure that the company delivers consistent, outstanding services to customers while achieving its financial goals.
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Under his leadership, PGI has grown exponentially and has been recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing privately owned companies in the United States, Virginia, and Washington DC region in 2014 and again in 2015. PGI was also recognized by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce as recipient of the 2014 Vanguard Award for top business growth in the state. During this period of exceptional growth, PGI has also won supplier excellence recognition from Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and a number of other government contracting companies.
Before joining PGI, Mr. Craddock served as an Anti-terrorism Force Protection (ATFP) consultant to the US government and managed sensitive programs worldwide. Prior to his time as a consultant, Mr. Craddock served in the Intelligence Community and was among the first personnel on the ground in Afghanistan and Iraq. During his time with the U.S. Army, Mr. Craddock served as a Ranger and Special Forces Soldier.
Mr. Craddock brings unique and practical perspective to ISOA, representing the mission support services business segment, and small business interests generally to the organization. He currently serves on the Ferrum College Business Advisory Board.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Denver Riggleman
Denver Riggleman previously served in the U.S. Congress, representing the 5th District of Virginia. During his time in Congress, Riggleman served on the Financial Services Committee, where he was Vice Ranking Member of the International Development and Monetary Policy Subcommittee and on the National Security and Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions Subcommittees. He also served as co-chair of the China Task Force national security and technology pillars and was a member of the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Working Group.
Congressman Riggleman brings his expertise and insight on public policy, Congress, and the Executive Branch to the firm. He provides clients with insight on a wide variety of issue sectors including national security, global finance, foreign affairs, artificial intelligence, and cannabis and hemp issues, among others. In addition to his role as Senior Strategist, Riggleman is part of firm’s national security practice, to which he brings experience as a subject matter expert on data analytics for the Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD).
Congressman Riggleman served as a United States Air Force Intelligence Officer supporting the global war on terror in multiple capacities during his career as a Balkan and Eastern European strategic analyst and tactical fighter and Bomber mission planner (B-1, F-16, F-15E, F-15c). He was the co-founder and former CEO of a successful federal contracting company supporting military science and technology and advanced analysis.
Riggleman is the co-owner and Principal of Silverback Distillery, an award-winning, international acclaimed maker of whiskey. He is a distinguished graduate in Foreign Affairs (concentrating on the former Yugoslavia and its history of religious and political strife) from the University of Virginia.
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