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Colonel Carl Jeffrey Worthington is the Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computer (C4) Systems, for the Join Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He directs the activities of a joint staff of 430 military, civilian, and contractor personnel responsible for C4 systems support to Special Operations Forces (SOF) worldwide, and manages the programs and efforts for C4 systems with an annual budget of over $364 million. He orchestrates and advocates research, development, and acquisition of new warfighting C4 systems for the SOF community. Before arriving as the JSOC J6, Col. Worthington commanded the 2d Theater Signal Brigade in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Col. Worthington was born in Lima, Pennsylvania in 1969. He graduated from Texas Christian University in 1991 as a Distinguished Military Graduate, and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Infantry.

Following the Infantry Officer Basic Course, Col. Worthington's assignments include postings with the 82d Airborne Division and the 35th Signal Brigadeas a Platoon Leader, Logistics Officer, Commander, Executive Officer, and Battalion Communications Officer. He then moved to Hunter Army Airfield, GA to serve as the Battalion S6 within the 160th Speical Operations Aviation Regiment, followed by another assignment to Fort Bragg as the J3 Joint Communications Unit. Following this, he served in the White House Communications Agency. In 2010, Col. Worthington assumed Command of 2d Squadron, Joint Communications Support Element, MacDill AFB, FL, until 2013, when he began serving on the CENTCOM J6 staff. Upon graduation from the National Defense University's Eisenhower School, Col. Worthington deployed to Kuwait to serve as teh ACoS, G3, for the 335th Signal Command (Theater)(Provisional).

Col. Worthington and his wife, the former Judy Lynn Johnson of Atlanta, GA, have two sons, Timothy and Jonathan.

Juliana Vida is the Chief Technical Advisor – Public Sector at Splunk, Inc. In this technology evangelist role she provides guidance, direction and thought leadership around Splunk’s data capabilities. She brings over 25 years of experience as an accomplished leader building collaborative teams that accelerate mission outcomes by aligning technological solutions with operational insight.

Before entering commercial industry as an executive leader, she served honorably for 24 years in the United States Navy at sea and on shore as a dual-qualified Surface Warfare Officer and Naval Aviator (helicopter pilot). Her curious mind, bias for action and innovative approach to driving change led to her taking senior leadership roles in the Pentagon, culminating in serving as the Navy’s Deputy CIO. Prior to joining Splunk, Juliana was a Vice President in Gartner Executive Programs, partnering with and advising federal government Chief Information Officers (CIO) and IT senior leaders with insights into current technology trends and future innovations.

A 1994 graduate of the US Naval Academy, Juliana is a current member of Women in Technology and Women in Defense. A self-professed foodie, she is also an accomplished triathlete, marathoner, and televised game show champion.

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Ashok Sankar is the Director of Solutions Strategy focused on public sector and education markets at Splunk. In this role, he is responsible for evangelism of the company’s solutions portfolio, leading thought leadership and strategic initiatives, customer engagements and content marketing strategies for the company’s portfolio of data analytics solutions. He brings expertise across analytics, security, mobile, cloud and virtualization technologies and their applications in public sector and commercial industries. He holds a Master’s in Electrical Engg from Virginia Tech and a certificate in cybersecurity strategy from Georgetown University.

You can find Ashok on LinkedIn