Alan Wade – Advisor
Mr. Wade retired from federal service in 2005 after a thirty-five-year career with the Central Intelligence Agency. He retired as the agency’s Chief Information Officer, a position he held since 2001. During his career, assignments at the CIA involved technical programs in the United States and overseas, principally in the areas of telecommunications and technical security. During the last fifteen years of his government career he held a series of executive positions, including the Director of Communications, Director of Security, and Chief Information Officer. During his tenure as CIO, Mr. Wade was simultaneously tasked as the CIO for the United States intelligence community. Throughout his career, Alan’s contributions were recognized several times. He received the Meritorious and Distinguished Officer designations, and is a recipient of the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal and the Director of Central Intelligence’s Director’s Medal. Mr. Wade graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia in 1973, receiving a bachelor’s in electrical engineering. In 1978, he received his master’s in electrical engineering from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.