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Dr. Prescott Winter

CURRENT: Dr. Winter is CTO, Federal Sector at ArcSight, a leading cyber security public company.

PRIOR POSITIONS: Dr. Prescott Winter was appointed by the Director of National Intelligence as the Associate Deputy DNI for Information Integration, where he worked to bring together not just technology, but also the policies, processes, people and risk management and security aspects necessary to achieve true information sharing across the Community. Dr. Winter will move mission, business, and enterprise information together so that we may more effectively find it, integrate it, and deliver it back to users across the Intelligence Community.

Previously, Dr. Winter served at the National Security Agency as the first Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer. Prior to his appointment as CTO/CIO, Dr. Winter was the Director, NSA/CSS Commercial Solutions Center, one of the first organizations responsible for integrating the full range of NSA's relationships with industry. In 2003, Dr. Winter was the Chief of Customer Response, within the Customer Relationships Directorate for the SIGINT Directorate, responsible for reporting policy and for dissemination operations and policy. He began his career at NSA as a linguist and reporter, and subsequently worked as a collection manager and as a developer of new types of collection systems, established a new industrial relations program and worked in a variety of other positions across the organization.

In 2001, he served first as the Deputy Principal Director for Corporate Strategy, then in the Information Assurance Directorate as the Deputy Chief of the Defensive Information Operations Group. In 2003, Dr. Winter was the Chief of Customer Response, within the Customer Relationships Directorate of the SIGINT Directorate, responsible for reporting policy and for dissemination operations and policy. Prior to his current assignment, Dr. Winter was the Director NSA/CSS Commercial Solutions Center (NCSC), one of the first organizations responsible for integrating the full range of NSA’s relationships with industry. The NCSC integrated the Agency’s strategic industry activities with the appropriate SIGINT, Information Assurance, and Information Operations missions.

EDUCATION: Dr. Winter attended Stanford University, where he studied history; physics and engineering, with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in history in 1969. He continued at Stanford to earn a Masters Degree in East Asian Studies, and a PhD in History, specializing in East Asian history. His doctoral study and research in Japan were supported by awards from both the Fulbright Program and the Social Science Research Council. Since joining NSA he has also taken courses in Electrical Engineering at George Washington University and at the Wharton School of Business.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND: Dr. Winter is a member of the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). While pursuing his graduate studies at Stanford, he served as an instructor in East Asian and Japanese history, and as the Assistant Director of the Stanford/Berkeley Joint Center for East Asian Studies

PERSONAL: From his home in Annapolis, where he lives with his wife Lynn and son, Dr. Winter enjoys various sports, including running, kayaking and cross-country skiing. He also enjoys classical music and is an avid amateur musician.