Ronnie D. Hawkins

Mr. Hawkins is a nominee for director. Mr. Hawkins possesses more than 37 years of Department of Defense (DoD) experience in many of the cyberspace operations and major computer network architectures. From 2012-2015, Mr. Hawkins led the Defense Information Systems Agency, a global Combat Support Agency comprised of 12,000 personnel, serving the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, DoD components, and other mission partners. He served on the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee and executed modernization of mobile communications in direct support of the President. Mr. Hawkins was a member of the Strategic Advisor Group on nuclear, space, and cyber operations to Commander, U.S. Strategic Command. Mr. Hawkins has operated at the strategic level with civilian and military leaders of several foreign countries, including Israel, Iraq, Afghanistan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Japan, and Australia. From 2015-2020, Mr. Hawkins was President and CEO of Hawkins Group, LLC, a certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) that provided strategic and operational cybersecurity consulting and professional services to clients throughout the United States. Mr. Hawkins is currently the president of Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas.