Michael Thomas

Dr. (Lt Col ret) Michael L. Thomas is currently assigned to Joint Base Charleston as a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer. Immediately prior to this he was assigned to Maxwell AFB, AL as a Professor of Cyberwarfare Studies. He has previously served with the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) as a C4ISR Systems Engineer stationed in Stuttgart Germany. In this capacity he is responsible for the design, implementation and fielding of major Systems Engineering projects initiated by the Navy, sister services and other US government customers. In 2007 he was activated on detached special duty and served a short tour at the Pentagon, served as a Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) LNO to the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), and with the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) as an instructor teaching Cyberwar courses.

Born in Pensacola, Florida, in June, 1956, Lt Col Thomas earned a Bachelor of Science degree in with specialties in Mathematics and Electrical Engineering from the University of the State of New York, a Master of Arts degree in Mathematics (Applied Statistics) from the University of West Florida, a Masters of Science in Military Arts and Sciences from the Air Command and Staff College (ACSC), a Masters in Strategic Studies from the Air War College and lastly  finished a Doctorate in Information Systems from the University of Sarasota while stationed at Georgia Tech.  His military education includes completion of the Army Signal Officers Basic Course at Ft. Gordon, Ga, the Basic Communications Officers Course at Keesler AFB, MS, Air Command and Staff College, and Air War College (AWC) at Maxwell AFB where he won the 2008 8th AF Award in Cyberspace Research.