Rear Admiral (Ret.) Mark Montgomery serves as senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation (CCTI) and as a senior fellow at FDD. Mark served for more than three decades in the U.S. Navy, held senior leadership roles in Congress, and is a recognized expert on cyber and technology policy. At CCTI, Mark leads efforts to advance U.S. national and economic security through technology innovation, and counter cyber threats against the United States and its allies, and combat adversary cyber campaigns. He also directs CSC 2.0, an initiative to implement the recommendations of the congressionally mandated Cyberspace Solarium Commission, where he served as executive director. Mark was policy director for the Senate Armed Services Committee under Sen. John S. McCain, where he coordinated efforts on national security strategy, force posture, capabilities, and cyber policy. Mark served 32 years in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear-trained surface warfare officer, retiring as a rear admiral in 2017. His flag officer assignments included director of operations (J3) at U.S. Pacific Command; commander of Carrier Strike Group 5 aboard the USS George Washington in Japan; and deputy director for plans, policy, and strategy (J5) at U.S. European Command. From 1998 to 2000, he served at the National Security Council as director for transnational threats. Mark frequently testifies before Congress and appears on major media outlets including CNN and the BBC. His writing has been widely published in outlets such as The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, and he regularly travels to Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel to support policy discussions, tabletop exercises, and military planning. Mark holds graduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Oxford and completed the U.S. Navy’s nuclear power training program. He is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University.