Mr. Sanders is a seasoned Executive in the Aerospace & Defense industry. He was a Senior Vice President at Wyle/KBR for over 26 years. He is a former Test Pilot as well as President of two small businesses. He is currently consulting on DoD projects in the aviation & communications areas. Mr. Sanders retired from the Navy with the rank of Rear Admiral. He was a “drilling reservist” meaning, he held a civilian job concurrently with his military assignment. His last assignment was to the Joint Staff as Reserve Deputy Director, J7. He held previous Flag assignments as: Vice Commander – U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and Deputy Commander – U.S. Second Fleet. He was this nations’ first drilling reservist since WWII to command an at-sea task force when he commanded Counter-Piracy operations (Coalition Task Force 151) off the coast of Somalia in 2009-2010. Mr. Sanders holds a degree from the U.S. Naval Academy (1980). He has completed Wharton, Keenan Flagler, Sloan and Darden Executive Business courses. He is an MIT Seminar XXI fellow in International & Strategic Policy.
Key cyber accomplishments:
• Support of Joint Information Operations Range (JIOR) training events while Reserve Deputy J7 Joint Staff.
• Supported planning, resourcing, and execution of the first two “Cyber Guard” events as part of U.S. Cyber Command’s Cyber Mission Force and interagency partner teams from across federal and state organizations focus on defending critical infrastructure.