Michael Wertheimer (born February 6, 1957) is a

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. From October 31, 2005, until June 2009, he was the assistant deputy director and chief technology officer of the

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for Analysis. Wertheimer oversaw the coordination of Intelligence Community efforts to bring increased depth and accuracy to analysis through technology. In 2008, Wertheimer successfully launched A-Space, the U.S. Intelligence Community's "

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for Spies."CIA, FBI push 'Facebook for spies'
CNN, September 5, 2008 This new social network opened in September 2008 for U.S. intelligence analysts and covert operatives across some 16 intelligence agencies to share information. He continues to advocate for reforms in the intelligence community and is currently involved in pressing for adopting

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, a

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wiki. Before this appointment, Wertheimer spent two years in industry building a research group focused on the intelligence community. From 1982 to 2003, he was a cryptologic mathematician at the

National Security Agency The National Security Agency (NSA) is an intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the director of national intelligence (DNI). The NSA is responsible for global monitoring, collection, and proces ...

. In 1999 he was selected as technical director for the Data Acquisition Office in the NSA's Signals Intelligence Directorate. He co-authored the 2001 Signals Intelligence Strategy and the 2002

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architecture model. Wertheimer returned to the

in June 2009 and, in June 2010, became its current director for research. In 2014 he retired from the NSA and now works at the

University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the Univ ...

Education

Wertheimer received B.A. degrees in mathematics and philosophy from the

University of Rochester The University of Rochester is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York, United States. It was founded in 1850 and moved into its current campus, next to the Genesee River in 1930. With approximately 30,000 full ...

. He also received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

Personal life

Wertheimer married Christina Grot on May 16, 1993. They have two children Daniel, born on May 13, 1996, and Marissa, born on November 17, 1993.

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