COL Carl W. Hunt, Ph.D.

COL Carl Hunt, US Army, is the J-9, Director of Technology and Analysis for the United States Strategic Command’s Joint Task Force - Global Network Operations, Arlington, VA.  His responsibilities include overseeing the assessment, coordination and implementation of computer network defense and analysis capabilities for DoD computer networks.

 COL Hunt has served over 25 years in the Army both as a military policeman and as an information systems technology officer.  His most recent assignment prior to the JTF-GNO was as the commander of the US Army Criminal Investigation Command’s Computer Crime Investigative Unit.  As an Army Information Systems Technology Officer, he has developed and managed several advanced technology projects, including joint collaborative high-speed communications efforts representing United States Army Military Intelligence within the national intelligence community.  He is also the principle author of the Net Force Maneuver proposal that seeks community collaboration on new ways to operate and defend the Global Information Grid.

 COL Hunt holds the Ph.D. in Information Technology from George Mason University and is a graduate of the United States National War College.

 COL Hunt has published numerous papers and articles about computer network defense and agent-based modeling and simulation as enhancements to intelligence collection and assessment as well as information assurance within the Department of Defense.