COL (Retd) Greg Gardner, PhD, CISSP Chief Architect, Defense and Intelligence, NetApp Greg leverages his decades of government service and IT experience to provide his clients with all aspects of defense and intelligence focused support. Greg came back to the private sector from service as the Deputy Chief Information Officer (DCIO) for the Intelligence Community (IC). In that role, he assisted the IC CIO in developing the information management systems that enable our integrated, agile intelligence enterprise. Greg previously worked at Oracle Corporation where for five years he was Vice President of Homeland Security Solutions & Public Sector Strategy. He also served a career in the United States Army, retiring in 2004 as a Colonel with 30 years of commissioned service. During his final military assignment, Greg was responsible for Joint Command and Control in the Command, Control, Communications, and Computers Directorate of the Joint Staff. There he developed the prototype of the Joint Protected Enterprise Network (JPEN) that enables force protection information to be securely shared amongst Defense Department organizations. Greg’s military assignments include leadership positions in infantry, airborne, and ranger units and command of the 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, and the 3rd United States Infantry (The Old Guard). His military staff assignments include service as Operations Officer, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division (Light) during Operation JUST CAUSE in Panama, G3, 25th Infantry Division (Light) in Hawaii, Executive Officer to the Commander in Chief, Pacific Command, and Chief of Staff, Ministry of National Security and Defense, Coalition Provisional Authority, Baghdad, Iraq. A 1974 graduate of the United States Military Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Greg also holds Master’s Degrees in Industrial Relations / Personnel Management from The Krannert School, Purdue University, Military Art and Science from the Army’s School of Advanced Military Studies, and Strategy and Policy from the Naval War College. Greg earned a PhD in IT Management from Capella University (Dissertation: The Lived Experience of Smartphones in a Unit of the U.S. Army). He serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Volgenau School of Engineering at George Mason University and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional. Greg was appointed to the Army Science Board in 2019. He recently served as a Senior Fellow of the George Washington University Center for Cyber and Homeland Security and a standing member of the Cybersecurity Task Force. Previously, he was a consultant to the Defense Science Board and a Commissioner on the Federal Government’s Big Data, Cloud, and Technology Convergence Commissions. Greg was a member of the Presidential Transition Team from November 2016 to January 2017 focusing on IT and cyber related issues. In May, 2020, Colonel (Retired ) Gardner was selected to serve as the Honorary Colonel of the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard).