Dr. Dale W. Meyerrose Major General (Ret.) | |
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Born | Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. | April 29, 1953
Allegiance | United States |
Service/ | United States Air Force |
Years of service | 1975-2005 |
Rank | Major General |
Awards | See below |
Other work | U.S. Intelligence Community Chief Information Officer |
Dr. Dale W. Meyerrose, Major General (Retired) was the first President-appointed, Senate-confirmed Associate Director of National Intelligence/Intelligence Community Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Information Sharing Executive for the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). [1]
Dr. Meyerrose is president of the MeyerRose Group, LLC, a company that consults with a wide range of business, government, and academic organizations on strategy, business planning, technology, education, and executive development issues. He is a visiting associate professor at the School of Information Studies, Syracuse University. [2] He is an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer of Science with the Institute for Software Research and director for the Cybersecurity Leadership (CSL) certificate program. [3] Additionally, Dr. Meyerrose is a Trustee and Treasurer for the U.S. Air Force Academy Falcon Foundation. He was formerly the president and chairman of the board for the Air Force Historical Foundation, [4] and advisor to the U.S. Air Force Heritage Program.
Dr. Meyerrose was recently a vice president and general manager for Harris Corporation, a Global Fortune 500 company. He was responsible for leading all aspects of strategy, business development and program execution for cyber growth initiatives across the corporation—and participated in multiple merger and acquisition activities. [5]
In 2018, Dr. Meyerrose became president and chairman of the board for Imcon International, Inc. and joined the Board of Directors of ThinkRF. [6]
Dr. Meyerrose was the first President-appointed, Senate-confirmed Associate Director of National Intelligence/Intelligence Community Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Information Sharing Executive for the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). [7] He managed activities relating to the information technology infrastructure and enterprise requirements of the U.S. Intelligence Community. He had the procurement approval authority over all information technology items related to the enterprise architectures of all Intelligence Community components. He directed and managed all information technology-related procurement for the Intelligence Community and ensured that all expenditures for information technology and research and development activities were consistent with government enterprise architectures. He also led the information sharing strategy and policy for the Intelligence Community. This position was created by the 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Protection Act. [8]
Dr. Meyerrose initiated an effort to test and ultimately use blogs as a tool for intelligence gathering. While the blogosphere is well known amongst Internet users, it was new terrain for the secure information culture of the intelligence community. Recognizing the trappings of large scale initiatives, Dr. Meyerrose pursued "thinking big, starting small, and scaling fast" through the use of Web 2.0 technology. He fostered the development of Intellipedia and pilot projects such as a U.S. government-wide focused on avian flu, in which participants numbered in the tens-of-thousands in just a few months. Information sharing contributions were made worldwide, and content and quality grew rapidly, becoming the impetus for information sharing across the U.S. government. [9] [10] [11] [12]
While on military active duty, Major General Dale W. Meyerrose served as chief information officer of three major U.S. Air Force Commands and three unified U.S. military combatant commands. He was the director of Command Control Systems for the North American Aerospace Defense Command during 9/11, helping to safeguard the air sovereignty of North America. He subsequently became the first chief information officer for U.S. Northern Command, the first modern U.S. military command responsible for homeland defense. General Meyerrose served as the director of communications for coalition task forces supporting post-DESERT STORM operations in Southwest Asia and subsequent combat operations in the Balkan Peninsula. [13]
In his last military assignment, General Meyerrose was the Director of Command Control Systems, Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command, and Director of Architectures and Integration, Headquarters U.S. Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. He also served as the Chief Information Officer and Air Force Element Commander for Air Force personnel for both commands. General Meyerrose ensured the availability and performance of the command and control systems to safeguard the air sovereignty of North America. He facilitated communications and information sharing for military assistance to civil authorities for incident response responsibilities assigned to Northern Command. [14]
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, General Meyerrose entered the Air Force in 1975 after graduating from the United States Air Force Academy. The general wears the master communications badge and is a master parachutist.
Master Parachutist Badge | |
Master Communications and Information Badge | |
Insignia | Rank | Date |
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Major General | March 1, 2002 | |
Brigadier General | October 1, 1998 | |
Colonel | January 1, 1992 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | July 1, 1988 | |
Major | August 1, 1984 | |
Captain | June 4, 1979 | |
First Lieutenant | June 4, 1977 | |
Second Lieutenant | June 4, 1975 |
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