Ronald Burgess

Ronald chairs the KnowCyber™ Advisory Board. Lt. Gen. Burgess is currently Chief Operating Officer of Auburn University and a member of the advisory board of Auburn’s McCrary Institute for Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure. He retired from the U.S. Army in 2012 as the 17th director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, having previously served as acting principal deputy director of national intelligence. During a distinguished 38-year career in the U.S. Army, he held a variety of key staff and command positions, including Director of Intelligence, J2, U.S. Southern Command; Director of Intelligence, J2, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Customer Outcomes transitioning to Director of the Intelligence Staff in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.