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Bob Gourley

Bob Gourley is the editor of CTOvision.com and is the founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Crucial Point LLC, a technology research and advisory firm.

Mr. Gourley’s first career was as a naval intelligence officer, which included operational tours afloat and ashore. He was the first J2 at DoD’s JTF-CND.

Following retirement from the Navy Mr. Gourley was a senior executive with TRW and Northrop Grumman, and then returned to government service as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).

Mr. Gourley was named one of the top 25 most influential CTOs in the globe by Infoworld in 2007, and selected for AFCEAs award for meritorious service to the intelligence community in 2008. He was named by Washingtonian as one of DC’s “Tech Titans” in 2009. Mr. Gourley was named one of the “Top 25 Most Fascinating Communicators in Government IT” by the Gov2.0 community GovFresh. At Crucial Point, Mr. Gourley leads efforts in due diligence assessments and strategic consulting.

Mr. Gourley holds three masters degrees including a master of science degree in scientific and technical intelligence from Naval Postgraduate School, a master of science degree in military science from USMC university, and a master of science degree in computer science from James Madison University. Bob has published over 40 articles on a wide range of topics and is a contributor to the 20 Jan 2009 Book titled “Threats in the Age of Obama”

Mr. Gourley serves on advisory boards for a number of companies including Invincea, Twiki, Spacecurve, JackBe and Triumfant. He is also on the board of Naval Intelligence Professionals, on the Intelligence Committee of AFCEA and the Cyber Committee of INSA.