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2015

“Generation XYZ and ME”

CONFERENCE AGENDAPage 2

EOC SPONSORSPage 4

SPEAKER BIOSPage 7

& Business Expo

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2 2015 IWV Economic Outlook Conference

28TH ANNUAL IWV ECONOMIC OUTLOOK CONFERENCE“Generation XYZ and ME”FEBRUARY 26, 2015

BUSINESS EXPO AND BREAKFAST, 7 A.M.CONFERENCE BEGINS AT 8 A.M.

Jay ChunChairman of Economic Outlook Conference Committee, Ridgecrest Chamber of Commerce

Welcome/Pledge of Allegiance – US Navy Colorguard, NAWS China Lake

Welcome/Video Introductions from Federal and State Elected Officials

Supervisor Mick Gleason, Kern County 1st District Greetings and message

Mayor Peggy Breeden, City of RidgecrestGreetings and message

Ken Bator, President of Bator Training & Consulting, Inc.Embracing Generational Differences within your Branding, Culture and Strategy

Dr. William Hogan, Executive Director, iDEA iHUB Importance of iDEA iHUB to Ridgecrest and generational play to develop iHUB

BREAK

Jill Board, President, Cerro Coso Community College Education and Generational Differences to develop new leaders

Capt. Richard Wiley, USN, Commanding Officer, Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Scott O’Neil, Executive Director, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division

BREAK

Gordon Fowler, President & CEO of 3Fold CommunicationsKeynote Address

Gen XYZ and Me – Generational motivation, communications and marketing

Jay ChunChair – Economic Outlook Conference Committee

Closing Remarks

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As an independent con-sultant, Ken Bator has facil-itated several training andstrategic planning sessionsfor many organizationssince 2001. Bator hasearned a Bachelor of Sci-ence degree in finance andan MBA in entrepreneur-ship from DePaul Universityas well as a certificate inintegrated marketing fromthe University of Chicago.

His articles have appearedin many trade publicationsincluding The Credit UnionJournal and ABA Bank Mar-keting. Bator is the authorof both “The Pocket Guide

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Captain Wiley is a nativeof Greenfield, California,and a 1987 graduate ofthe University of Californiaat Berkeley. He attendedAviation Officer Candidate

School at NAS Pensacola,Florida, and was commis-sioned an Ensign in No-vember of 1990. In June1992 he earned his wingsas a Naval Flight Officer

and received orders to theGolden Intruders of VA-128 based at NAS Whid-bey Island, Washington fortraining in the A-6E.

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Selected for the NFO toPilot transition programfollowing the disestablish-ment of VA-165 and thedecommissioning of theIntruder, Captain Wiley

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reentered the Navy’s Flight Program and received hiswings as a Naval Aviator at NAS Kingsville, Texas, in Au-gust 1998. He reported to the Greyhawks of VAW-120based at NAS Norfolk, Virginia, for training in the E-2CHawkeye. Following FRS training, he reported to theBlack Eagles of VAW-113 aboard the USS ABRAHAMLINCOLN (CVN 72) and he once again deployed to theWestern Pacific, Arabian Gulf, and Indian Ocean in2000-01. Following his E-2C tour, Captain Wiley was se-lected for transition to the C-2A Greyhound for his De-partment Head tour. He reported to the Rawhides ofVRC-40 in Norfolk, Virginia, in December 2002 wherehe served as both Operations Officer and MaintenanceOfficer. He made two deployments, the first as Officerin Charge (OIC) of Detachment Five attached to CarrierAir Wing EIGHT aboard the USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT(CVN 71) where he deployed to the Eastern Mediter-ranean for the opening phase of Operation Iraqi Free-dom. His second deployment was in charge of Detach-ment One attached to Carrier Air Wing THREE aboardthe USS HARRY S TRUMAN (CVN 75) where he de-ployed to the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic insupport of SUMMER PULSE in 2004. Following his VRC-40 tour, he once again reported to the Greyhawks ofVAW-120 and served as Operations Officer of the

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agement from MIT in 1992. Mr. O'Neil also studied atthe Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, VA in1998.

Mr. O'Neil began work at the Naval Weapons Center(NWC), now NAWCWD, in 1972. During the 1970s, hecarried out extensive hands-on work in solid propulsionand propulsion system technology and contributed togun-launched and vertically launched missile technolo-gies. In 1982, he was selected as system engineer andtechnical manager for Navy development of a propulsionand control system for the vertically launched antisub-marine (VLA) missile. The system design was complete-ly successful and transitioned to industrial production.

In 1985, Mr. O'Neil became Deputy Program Managerfor Cruise Missiles Propulsion. In 1987, he was select-ed as the NWC Technical Manager for StandoffWeapons and Cruise Missiles. Responsibilities includedmissile production support, hardware development, per-formance analysis, and exploratory development of newtechnologies. He developed a lightweight warhead/fuzesystem as part of the Tomahawk Block 3 improvementprogram and deployed the improved MK-111 rocket mo-tor.

In 1992, he became Head of the Weapons SystemsCost Analysis Division and was responsible for all NAW-CWD weapon system cost-analysis efforts.

As Head of NAWCWD's Information Management (IM)Department in January 1994, he was responsible for in-formation systems and management across NAWCWD.In January 1996, he accepted a 1-year assignment asNAVAIR IM Competency Leader (AIR-7.2) and exercisedNAVAIR-wide IM leadership, including strategy, standardsand policies, and investment recommendations.

In November 1998, Mr. O'Neil was appointed to theSenior Executive Service as head of NAVAIR'sWeapons/Targets Department (AIR-4.7). The Depart-ment performs research and development, acquisitionsupport, evaluation, and in-service engineering forweapons and targets, and maintains and operates ex-tensive facilities. Mr. O'Neil had line-management re-sponsibility for approximately 1,200 people. Weapon re-sponsibilities included JSOW, JDAM, HARM/AARGM,Maverick, Tomahawk, Sidewinder, SLAM-ER, Hellfire,RAM, Standard Missile, and Evolved SeaSparrow.

In April 2002, Mr. O'Neil was chosen to lead theNAVAIR Atlantic Ranges and Facilities Department(AR&F) at Patuxent River. The AR&F included fully instru-mented open-air test ranges on the Chesapeake Bayand the Atlantic Ocean and ground-basedsimulation/stimulation test facilities. The AR&F labora-tories provide specification compliance and life-cycletests for aircraft subsystems and fuels, and the Depart-ment supports research, development, test, evaluation,

SCOTT O’NEILCONTINUED FROM PAGE 11

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A proud part of the Ridgecrest community through our work with the United States Navy

in San Diego, California, as the Air Boss where he com-pleted two successive Western Pacific, North ArabianSea, and Arabian Gulf Deployments. In March of 2012,Captain Wiley left the Carl Vinson and reported to thestaff of Commander Strike Force Training Pacific wherehe served as the Current Operations Officer, TacticalFlag Command Center and Air Defense Syndicate Lead.Captain Wiley assumed command of Naval Air WeaponsStation China Lake, California, February 21, 2014.

During his career Captain Wiley has been awarded nu-merous personal, command and service commenda-tions and he has accumulated over 3,200 flight hoursand 700 carrier arrestments in the A-6E, T-45A, E-2Cand C-2A.

Captain Wiley and his wife have three children.

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and fleet training for naval systems. Mr. O'Neil assumedthe position as Director, Integrated Battlespace Simula-tion and Test (IBST) Department, in January 2004.

Mr. O'Neil is a member of Tau Beta Pi engineeringhonors society and is a registered Professional Mechan-ical Engineer in California. Mr. O’Neil and his wife havefive children.

SCOTT O’NEILCONTINUED FROM PAGE 14

Communicating effectively between generations is es-sential for building relationships and business in a hy-per-connected world. Yet navigating between generationscan be difficult and sensitive.

Generational Motivation examines how to use market-ing messages effectively to succeed in today’s market-place with the additional challenge of generational com-plexities: the different demands, values and preferencesof today’s multigenerational customers.

You’ll enjoy this interactive presentation packed full ofvaluable examples, humor, and specific takeaways to ap-ply to your industry, team, and even *gulp* your ownfamily!

GORDON FOWLER’S KEYNOTE SPEECH:

Generation XYZ andME – Generational motivation, communications andmarketing

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