Team

NIHON CYBER DEFENCE TEAM

Admiral Michael S. Rogers, USN (RET)

Senior Executive Advisor

Admiral Rogers is a member of the Board of Directors or Advisory Board to multiple companies in the private sector.  He also works in the consulting and venture capital arenas across the globe while also speaking internationally to various business and academic groups in the areas of cyber security, geopolitics, technology, leadership, and crisis response. He can be seen on major media outlets across the globe on occasion addressing those same issues.  He is a Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor with Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management’s Kellogg Executive Leadership Institute and works with DoD in the mentoring and professional development of its General and Flag officers.

Mike served in the U.S. Navy for nearly 37 years ending his service as a four-star admiral.  Admiral Rogers retired from the U.S. Navy in 2018 and culminated his career in uniform with a four plus year tour as both the Commander of U.S. Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency – creating the DoD’s then newest combatant command (the senior-most war-fighting organizations within the DoD) and leading the largest intelligence organization in the free world.  In those roles he worked with the senior-most leadership of the U.S. government, the DoD and the Intelligence community as well as their international counterparts in the conduct of cyber and intelligence activity across the globe.  He also assisted in the development of national and international policy with respect to cyber, intelligence, privacy and technology – including extensive work with corporate leadership in the finance, IT, telecommunications and technology – and global security more broadly.

Prior to his final duties he also served as Commander, U.S TENTH FLEET/Fleet Cyber Command and the Director of Intelligence for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the INDO-PACIFIC Command.

He is a graduate of Auburn University and holds a Masters in National Security (East Asia) and is a distinguished graduate of the National War College and a graduate of highest distinction from the Naval War College.  He is also an MIT Seminar XXI Fellow and a Harvard Senior Executive in National Security alum.