Dr Dallas Rosson is the Principal Engineer for the Digital Transformation Division at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Keyport, Washington USA. His responsibilities include engineering and technical oversight for 150 cross-functional personnel supporting ten US Department of Defense programs, engineering process and policy planning and management, digital transformations, and Agile oversight and training.

Dr Rosson is a Professor of Practice teaching Systems Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. He holds a Doctor of Engineering in Systems Engineering from Colorado State University, a Master of Science in Systems Engineering from George Washington University, a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Systems from the University of Washington. His professional certifications include the Project Management Professional (PMP), Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner, Advanced Certified Scrum Master, Defense Acquisition Workforce Level 2 Engineer, Defense Acquisition Workforce Level 1 Information Technology, Defense Acquisition Workforce Engineering & Technical Management Practitioner, DoD Cybersecurity Workforce (621/Software Development) Level 3/Advanced, and Six Sigma Yellow Belt.

He served 12 years Active Duty in the U.S. Navy Submarine Force as an Electronic Technician (Communications) First Class Petty Officer. He was awarded the Submarine Warfare Device and the SSBN Deterrent Patrol Insignia for participating in 6 Strategic Deterrent Patrols on the USS Alaska.

Kelli is a Lockheed Martin Fellow and the Technical Lead of the Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) Agility Transformation Office (AXO). She is responsible for driving the adoption of lean and agile practices across programs and functional areas, defining transformation strategies, coaching teams, and capturing successful patterns to accelerate the delivery of business outcomes and ensure knowledge continuity.

With over 40 years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, project management, and business transformation consulting, Kelli has worked across the defense, federal, and commercial sectors. She has a proven track record of transforming organizations and building high-performing teams through lean and agile principles, resulting in measurable project and program performance improvements. 

Kelli has led 19 agile transformations, achieving “double-digit” performance gains. Her efforts have earned her multiple awards, including a Program Management Review (PMR) Customer Recognition award for driving radical transparency.

Kelli was instrumental in developing MFC's agile playbook, enabling the company to scale agility adoption and earning her team the prestigious MFC Excellence Award. She also contributed to corporate guidance on Program Performance Management (PPM) for agile programs, providing a practical approach to tracking performance in an agile context.

An active participant in multiple professional organizations, Kelli is part of the leadership team for the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Systems Engineering Division (SED) Agile Delivery for Agencies, Programs and Teams (ADAPT) Committee, where she helps facilitate industry-government collaboration to continuously improve the implementation of agile practices to meet business and mission outcomes.

Kelli holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in engineering, has earned numerous agile and coaching certifications, is the author of several books and articles, and has spoken at over 70 events.

Outside of her professional pursuits, Kelli enjoys practicing yoga, cycling, reading, and spending quality time with her two grown children and her husband of 36 years.

Brent Johnstone is a Lockheed Martin Fellow and cost estimator at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company in Fort Worth, Texas. He has 37 years’ experience in the military aircraft industry, including 34 years as a cost estimator where he worked on the F-16, F-35 and Advanced Development programs. He is a member of the International Cost Estimating and Analysis Association (ICEAA) and served on the board of directors as regional director. He is a three-time best paper winner at the annual ICEAA workshop and has published multiple articles in the Journal of Cost Analysis and Parametrics. He has a Master of Science from Texas A&M University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin.