BG Paul H. Fredenburgh III, USA (Ret.) serves as AFCEA’s Executive Vice President for National Security and Defense. He retired following a distinguished 33-year military career in the U.S. Army, serving in numerous commands and duty stations. Most recently, he served as Deputy Commander of Joint Force Headquarters–Department of Defense Information Network (JFHQ-DODIN), where he directed an organization focused on command and control of global network and defensive cyber operations, enabling cyber mission assurance for the Department of Defense.
His other significant assignments include serving as Director of Command, Control, Communications, and Cyber (C4) for the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and as Commandant of the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy at the National Defense University. Throughout his career, he held increasing responsibilities across joint, multinational, and Army staff and command positions, both in the United States and during deployments abroad.
He earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont, where he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the infantry before transitioning to signal. He also earned a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval College of Command and Staff in Newport, Rhode Island, and a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy with a concentration in information operations from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at the National Defense University in Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.