Jeff Hoffmann - President and CEO - Cyber Intelligent Partners

Jeff Hoffmann

President and CEO

Cyber Intelligent Partners

Mr. Jeff Hoffmann is a CISO certified, retired war college military veteran with over 25 years of public and private experience in national security, cyber, and economic development that began in the United States Senate, congressional affairs for the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Technology, and the Office of Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) for five years. He is an Adjunct Instructor for the New York University Global Security, Conflict and Cyber Crime and the President and CEO of Cyber Intelligent Partners, which received the outstanding leader award in Las Vegas, NV at the ’23 Education 2.0 and ’24 CXO 2.0 Conference for cyber and digital transformation solutions. At the 2024 conference, he also served on the panel titled, “The Futurist CEO — Anticipating Trends, Cultural Shifts, and Disruptive Technologies.” In private sector capacity, he also serves as a manager for the Department of Homeland Security/Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and is a Senior Cyber Fellow of The Gold Institute for International Strategy. Prior to CISA, in 2021, Mr. Hoffmann returned from the UK where he designed cyber threat intelligence (CTI) analysis, counterintelligence, and targeting capabilities for the U.S. European Command. He is the former Regional Cyber Lead for a U.S. defense program that advised foreign partner cyber command elements, Presidential staff/council members, interagency, and Ministry of Defense groups on incident response, cyber intelligence fusion, workforce development, protection of critical infrastructure, crisis planning, and security operations center infrastructure. In 2017, Mr. Hoffmann was awarded by the ODNI for managing a four-year technology modernization initiative that advanced data analytics and open-source techniques through new innovations such as Artificial Intelligence (AI). He was a contributing author for two National Intelligence Council annual cyber threat assessments and a representative on the CTI Integration Center Cybercrime working group. For the U.S. government from 2008-2015, Mr. Hoffmann led missions and activities across air, space, and cyberspace in Europe, the Pacific, and Middle East with successful operations reported in the Presidents Daily Brief. He was a contributor to corporate proposals valued over $15 billion and other requests for information, including a White House Office of Science & Technology alternative GPS/6G project. Mr. Hoffmann recently completed the NYU Tandon School of Engineering Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Executive program certification, and in 2007, received an M.S., International Commerce, Policy & Security from George Mason University. He published additional research on cyber terrorism for the University of Oxford Global Cyber Security Capacity Center and on emerging technology competition for a University of Cambridge/Kings College London program chaired by the former Head of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Mr. Hoffmann sits on an Advisory Board for the Virginia Department of Education, which is updating standards of learning for Computer Science in K-12 public schools and is a member of the Northern Virginia Technology Council. He served on the Foreign Area Officer Association Board of Governors for over 10 years and is former Chair for the United Nations Association-National Capital Area Peace and Security Committee. Mr. Hoffmann is a long-time member of the American Legion, the Heritage Foundation, and the Atlantic Council of the United States. Jeff is a two-time General Assembly level candidate with over 20 years of campaign experience, including graduate of the Leadership Institute Senior Campaign college. He is past member of the 58th and 60th Trump Presidential Inauguration Committee and the current National Operations Director of Veterans for America First. ** Full Political resume can be shared upon request.