Speakers 2026
John Contestabile, Director, Skyline Technology Solutions
Mr. Contestabile Is the Senior Vice President and co-founder of the Resilient Technology Solutions Group who provides strategic consulting services to the transportation and public safety markets. He previously enjoyed a 30-year career in Maryland state government holding a variety of positions including Deputy Homeland Security Advisor, Statewide Public Safety Interoperable Communications Director, and retired as Acting Assistant Secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT). After leaving the Maryland State government, he joined the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab as Program Manager of their Emergency Communications Program. After APL, he left to join Skyline Technology Solutions, where he was the Director of Public Safety Solutions. An engineer by training, he has executed projects related to Geographic Information Systems, Land Mobile Radio, Computer Aided Dispatch, Television Datacasting, Video interoperability and 5G LTE. He has worked with numerous public safety entities ranging from police departments emergency management agencies, fusion centers, and Public Safety Answering Points [PSAPs]. He is the author of numerous public safety communications articles, one of the most important of which was in support of JHU/APL authoring the DHS CISA “Information Sharing Framework” report published in the fall of 2021.