Terry Halvorsen is a retired American military officer who is a former Chief Information Officer at the

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. He previously served as the Acting Department of Defense Chief Information Officer and the

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Chief Information Officer. As the DoD CIO, Mr. Halvorsen was the principal advisor to the

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for Information Management / Information Technology and Information Assurance as well as non-intelligence space systems, critical

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, and timing programs, spectrum and

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. Halvorsen provided strategy, leadership, and guidance to create a unified information management and technology vision for the Department and to ensure the delivery of information technology-based capabilities required to support the broad set of Department missions. Before serving as the Department of the Navy CIO, Mr. Halvorsen was the deputy commander of the

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. He began that position in January 2010 as part of the Navy Cyber reorganization. Previous to that, Halvorsen served as the Deputy Commander,

Naval Network Warfare Command The Naval Network Warfare Command (NAVNETWARCOM) is the United States Navy's information operations, intelligence, networks, and space unit. Naval Network Warfare Command's mission is to execute, under Commander United States Tenth Fleet, TENT ...

. Halvorsen administered over 16,000 military and civilian personnel supporting over 300 ships and approximately 800,000 globally dispersed computer network users. He was responsible for the business performance of Navy network operations, space operations, information operations and knowledge management. Halvorsen retired from the

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after serving as an intelligence officer in a variety of assignments, including

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and

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. He holds a bachelor's degree in history from

Widener University Widener University is a private university in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. Established in 1821, the university was known as the Pennsylvania Military College until 1972. Widener enrolls approximately 3,500 undergraduate students across s ...

, and a master's degree in educational technology from the

University of West Florida The University of West Florida (West Florida or UWF) is a public university in Pensacola, Florida, United States. Established in 1963 as a member institution of the State University System of Florida, the University of West Florida is a comprehe ...

. He is a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow and an Excellence in Government Leadership Fellow.

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