Dr. Jason G. Zeibel is the Army’s Senior Research Scientist for Electro-Optics and works at the US Army C5ISR Center in Ft. Belvoir, VA. He holds a Bachelors in Mathematics from Duke University and a Ph.D. in Atomic Physics from the University of Virginia. Dr. Zeibel's expertise extends across a wide range of EOIR technologies including thermal imaging, Si:CMOS, III-V, and II-VI photodetectors, spectral sensing, readout integrated circuits, photonics, & neuromorphic sensors. He serves as a trusted advisor to senior Department of Defense officials and represents the U.S. Army in vital national and international collaborations. He chairs the OSW Sensors & Processing Community of Interest, is the US voting member on the NATO Sensing Technology (SET) Panel, and is the Army’s EOIR Core Competency lead. Dr. Zeibel has a prolific publication record with over 80 publications and two patents and is a fellow of the Military Sensing Symposium.

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Dr. Ronald G. Driggers

Shannon Endowed Professor at the University of Arizona’s College of Optical Sciences

Ronald G. Driggers is the Shannon Endowed Professor at the University of Arizona’s College of Optical Sciences and works in the areas of electro-optical and infrared imaging systems. Previously, he was appointed to the Senior Executive Service as the Superintendent of the Optical Sciences Division at the Naval Research Laboratory in 2008. There, he managed the efforts of more than 200 scientists and engineers and over $100M in research and development programs. Before 2008, he was the Director of the Modeling and Simulation Division at the U.S. Army’s Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) and a brief period as the Chief of the Electro-Optics and Photonics Division at the Army Research Laboratory. Dr. Driggers is the author of seven books on Infrared and Electro-Optics Systems and has published over 200 research papers. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering (Taylor and Francis). He was selected as the 2002 Army Materiel Command’s Engineer of the Year, 2001 CERDEC Technical Employee of the Year, and 2001 NVESD Technical Employee of the Year. He was a U.S. Naval Reserve Officer and was selected as the 2001 Naval Engineering Duty Officer of the Year (William Kastner Award). He is also a Fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineering, the Optical Society of America, and the Military Sensing Symposium. He was the Editor-in-Chief of SPIE’s flagship journal, Optical Engineering from 2010-2015 and the Editor-in-Chief of the Optical Society of America’s journal Applied Optics from 2015-2021. He was also winner of the Joseph Goodman Bookwriting Medal in 2024.

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Dr. Tony Ragucci

Senior Director of Strategy and Teledyne Fellow, Teledyne Scientific & Imaging

Dr. Tony Ragucci is a Teledyne Fellow and Senior Director of Strategy at Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, where he drives enterprise-wide sensing and perception growth. He previously founded and led the Leonardo DRS Research, Advanced Prototyping, and Innovative Design (RAPID) Laboratory, and served as Raytheon Vision Systems’ Chief Engineer for the F-35 EO-DAS sensor. He earlier founded Pericept, which delivered the quantitative photogrammetric solutions later acquired by Topcon, and served as CTO of Lynntech, where his infrared georeferenced search technology earned an SBA Tibbetts Award. Over 22 years, Dr. Ragucci has advanced EO/IR sensing from materials physics through system integration, pairing technical leadership with business execution to deliver results in infrared imaging, sensor fusion, and embedded perception systems. He holds a B.S. in Physics, Mathematics, and Philosophy from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, an M.S. in Physics from Penn State, and a Ph.D. in Physics from The Ohio State University.

John Devitt

RTX Principal Fellow and Tech Director at Raytheon Technologies

RTX Principal Fellow and Tech Director - Currently supporting RVS Tactical Products including major POR efforts and pursuits. Responsible for technical strategy and roadmaps for the Tactical portfolio. Relevant projects spanning the full electromagnetic spectrum and major DoD agencies, including significant IR detector programs like EODAS, 3GEN FLIR, which are critical to U.S. national security. Former Director of RVS Engineering, leading a team of several hundred in executing technical, financial, and organizational goals. Member of several industry technology groups including MSS Passive Sensors, and IRCM, SPIE Infrared Technology and Systems Design Committees, as well as an appointment to the National Academy of Science. Background includes a broad variety of infrared detector and systems technology including extensive experience with related analysis tools. Winner of 2024 SPIE Book Award for “Introduction to Infrared and EO Systems”.