Ronald W.

Ronald W. has a comprehensive work experience in the field of cybersecurity and military operations. Ronald began their career in 2004 as an Information Assurance Officer and System Automation Officer in the US Army. Ronald later served as an Operations Officer and Plans Officer in the 1st IO Command and US Army Cyber Command respectively. In 2010, Ronald joined the United States Strategic Command as the Chief of Operations and Plans Officer, where they oversaw cyberspace operations. Ronald then worked as a Cyberspace Plans Officer in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and as a Fellow at the United States Army War College, focusing on cybercrime and executive leadership. From 2015 to 2017, they served as the Chief Cyber Strategy and Plans Branch in the US Army. Ronald's work in the US Army also included leading a new team for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. In 2021, Ronald joined Rividium Inc as the Senior VP for Cyber and continued their cybersecurity career as a Cybersecurity Manager and Sr. Program Manager at General Dynamics Information Technology, starting in 2022.

Ronald W. has a diverse education history that spans multiple fields and institutions. Ronald began their educational journey by completing a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice at Savannah State University from 1991 to 1995.

In 2004 to 2005, Ronald pursued a Master of Arts degree in Business and Organizational Security Management at Webster Vienna Private University. Following this, they attended George Mason University from 2008 to 2009, where they obtained a Master of Science degree in Telecommunications.

In terms of professional development, Ronald has obtained various certifications. Ronald obtained the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute in December 2012. In June 2010, they received the CISSP-ISSMP certification from (ISC)². Additionally, Ronald became a Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control™ (CRISC) through ISACA in February 2018. Other certifications include CompTIA Security+ in August 2009, JNAC from the US Navy in September 2011, and Scope Eagle (Cyber 400) from the United States Air Force in April 2015. Ronald also holds an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification from Amazon Web Services obtained in December 2020. It is worth noting that they have certifications in CEH from EC-Council and ITIL v3; however, the specific details regarding when and where these certifications were obtained are not provided.

In terms of military education, Ronald attended the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in 2009 to complete "Intermediate-Level Education" (ILE). Ronald also participated in the National Security Agency (Cyber) program as an Army War College Fellow at The United States Army War College from 2018 to 2019. Additionally, Ronald completed the Advanced Management Program and earned a DoD CIO Certification from the National Defense University in 2007.