CSS Threat Operations Center National Security Agency

Gerald N. ‘Chip’ Willard is currently serving as a senior Technical Leader within the NSA/CSS Threat Operations Center (NTOC) supporting the Chief Operating Officer and Technical Director on strategic mission integration, technology, and research requirements. Mr. Willard is also the NSA representative to the National Science and Technology Council Committee on Homeland & National Security Interagency Working Group for Special Cyber Operations Research & Engineering (SCORE), which serves as part of the Committee’s internal deliberative processes and principle venue for coordination of federal classified cyber research. Mr. Willard holds a B.S. in Information Systems Management from University of Maryland University College and an M.S. in Information and Telecommunications Systems from Johns Hopkins University.