LTC (ret) Michael Williams is a retired Army Information Operations officer. Following his
retirement in 2006, Mike became an advisor to the Information Operations policy office in the
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and later to the Undersecretary of
Defense for Policy and worked on Secretary Gates’ program review of IO among many other
projects from 2008-2014. Since leaving his advisory position, he has become a Senior Analyst
for Cognitive Performance Group which focuses on analyzing decision-making and developing
models of expertise in support of training and leader development in DoD. He is also a
consultant to Crescent Bridge which is focused on providing government solutions to
problwems in the cognitive domain. Mike was the Executive Director of IPA during its
formative period and currently supports IPA’s efforts to expand understand of Cognitive
Security as a board member. Mike also owns a real estate brokerage and construction business
in a small town in the Finger Lakes region of central New York where he makes his home.