WEST 2021 Sponsorship and Branding Opportunities
AFCEA and the U.S. Naval Institute have developed an enhanced sponsorship program for WEST 2021 that will offer maximum visibility to those who participate! What better way to make sure you stand out and increase your exposure than at this foremost event in which industry leaders can learn about military requirements and connect with decision makers and operators, where senior military and government officials can gain feedback from sea service warfighters, and where industry thought leaders will discuss and demonstrate sea service solutions? Sponsorship opportunities are offered at a several investment levels, ensuring your ability to participate.
Browse available options below, or jump to specific categories: Patron Packages, Individual Sponsorships, Advertising Opportunities, Branding Opportunities.
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Rear Admiral David Dermanelian, USCG, serves as the Assistant Commandant for C4IT (CG-6). For a year during his current assignment, he was dual hatted as Commander of Coast Guard Cyber Command and CG-6.
In a previous two year assignment, Rear Admiral Dermanelian served as the Director of Training and Exercises (J7) at U.S. Cyber Command. There he developed joint training and assessment standards and orchestrated over two dozen large scale exercises for the Cyber Mission Forces, partner nations, inter agencies, all Services, National Guard, Reserves, and private industry.
Prior to that he served in ten unique assignments including:
◾Commander, Command, Control, Communications, Computers & Information Technology (C4IT) Service Center -
◾Chief, Office of Cyber Security and Telecommunications Policy (CG-65)
◾Chief Engineer, Command & Control Engineering Center, Portsmouth, VA;
◾Commanding Officer, Communications Area Master Station Pacific, Point Reyes, CA
◾Chief, Office of C4IT, USCG Seventh District, Miami, FL;
◾Commanding Officer, Communications Station Kodiak, AK
◾Assistant Professor, US Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT - Project Engineer, Research and Development Center, Groton, CT
◾Project officer, Shipboard Electronics, Headquarters, Washington DC
◾Deck Watch Officer, USCG Cutter DAUNTLESS, Miami Beach, FL.
As a cadet, he sailed the Coast Guard Cutter EAGLE to Australia. A native of Michigan, Rear Admiral Dermanelian graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and from The George Washington University with a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering.
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