Ed currently serves as Corporate Director of Cyber Programs on the Space, Intelligence and Cyber Team within Government Relations at Northrop Grumman. Ed served 29 years active duty in the United States Navy retiring with the rank of Captain. Ed served the first part of his career as a Surface Warfare Officer on multiple at-sea or Pentagon assignments, culminating with Commanding the Aegis Destroyer USS COLE (DDG-67) from 2008-2010.
Additionally, Ed has nearly a decade of Capitol Hill experience having served as the Navy’s liaison to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees and as the Senate Director for the Secretaries of Defense Leon Panetta and Chuck Hagel. Ed also served as Chief, Strategic Cyber Defense for the Secretary of Defense and finished his career at United States Cyber Command where he created the Corporate Partnerships Program and was the founder of Cyber Command’s first cyber incubator and prototyping facility, The Technology Advancement Center (TAC). Ed holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics and Oceanography from the United States Naval Academy, Master’s Degree in Financial Management from the Naval Postgraduate School and a Master’s Degree from the Eisenhower School.