The Policy Circle is pleased to announce that Admiral Mike Rogers, Former Director of the National Security Agency and Central Security Service Chief, will be a principal speaker at the The Policy Circle’s 4th Annual Leadership Summit, taking place in Chicago on November 15th, 2019.
Admiral Michael Rogers will bring his extensive background and perspective on cyber security, intelligence operations and leadership to the Summit where he will discuss the roles of government, business and legislators in protecting citizen’s privacy and connectivity. exploring the issues of cybersecurity, data and privacy. His experience as a developer of cybersecurity policy and a practitioner at the highest levels of the U.S. government makes him uniquely qualified to address these issues.
Admiral Michael Rogers is the former director of the National Security Agency (NSA), the former Chief of Central Security Service, and the former commander of U.S. Cyber Command. Arguably one of the most-knowledgeable intelligence professionals and cyber security experts, Admiral Rogers assumed those posts in April of 2014 and retired in June of 2018, after 37 years of service. He served under both Presidents Trump and Obama, and oversaw the NSA and Cyber Command responses to both the Snowden leaks and Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. He also put the NSA through its largest reorganization in 20 years and led the creation and operationalization of the nation’s cyber mission force, culminating in the elevation of Cyber Command to the senior-most command level in the Department Of Defense (DoD).
As director of the NSA, Admiral Rogers oversaw the largest intelligence organization in the U.S. government, with a multi-billion-dollar budget and tens of thousands of military, civilian, and contract employees around the globe. He worked across all three branches of government to develop and implement cyber policy solutions, partnering particularly closely with the DoD, the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, the State Department, Congress, and the U.S. and global intelligence community. Admiral Rogers has spent significant time partnering with foreign civilian, government and military counterparts around the world, as well as with the private sector in Silicon Valley and New York City on cyber and intelligence solutions.
Admiral Rogers has also served as the director for Intelligence for both the Joint Chiefs of Staff and U.S. Pacific Command, and as commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. 10th Fleet. Originally a surface warfare officer, he was selected for re-designation to cryptology (signals intelligence) in 1986. His duties at sea have included service as the senior cryptologist on the staff of commander, Carrier Group 2/John F. Kennedy Carrier Strike Group, and as the fleet information operations officer and fleet cryptologist on the staff of Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet embarked in USS Lasalle. He has led direct support missions focused on signals intelligence aboard U.S. submarines and surface units in the Arabian Gulf and Mediterranean.
A native of Chicago, Admiral Rogers attended Auburn University, graduating in 1981 and received his commission via the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps. He is a distinguished graduate of the National War College and a graduate of highest distinction from the Naval War College. He is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seminar XXI fellow; Harvard Senior Executive in National Security alum; and holds a Master of Science in National Security Strategy.
The Policy Circle is proud to welcome Rogers to the mainstage alongside several other impressive minds on cybersecurity, policy, innovation, and so much more. Be sure to check out the full list of speakers and their impressive backgrounds.
Have you registered? Bring a friend, a colleague, a mentee, a daughter, a niece – register to attend. Thanks to the innovations of the last century, technology is reshaping everything from how we live in our communities, how we raise our families, grow our businesses and enterprises, and even how citizens interact with their government. Deciphering the non-stop dissemination of information is of critical importance in the debates that surround the most pressing issues of the day, and the policies that impact every American. The 2019 Policy Circle Summit will explore the many aspects of connectivity in our ever-evolving world, and dive deeper into key issues such as big data and privacy, healthcare and so much more.