Colonel Michael Convertino, AF
Commander of the 318th Information Operations Group
Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
Colonel Convertino holds bachelors and masters degrees in computer engineering, information systems management, and international security studies and has held numerous assignments supporting intelligence collection and communications operations at both the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency. He has served as a communications and information squadron commander twice, once deployed to Bosnia in support of Predator intelligence drone operations and once in-garrison leading hundreds of airmen in operating of over $300 million in signals intelligence and mission-critical communications assets. He was assigned to the Joint Staff where he overhauled joint data interchange requirements and standards to focus on interoperable intelligence capabilities after 9/11. He has also served as a four-star generals Aide, responsible for planning, coordination and execution of policy statements, public speeches and congressional responses.