<p>Former NSA Director and head of US Cyber Command—and a trusted expert in geopolitical risk—Admiral Mike Rogers shows leaders how to embrace chaos as an opportunity for change.</p><p>A four-star Admiral with 37 years of service, including his leadership roles as the Director of the National Security Agency (NSA), Commander of U.S. Cyber Command and the Central Security Service, Admiral Rogers’ experience as a cybersecurity practitioner and policymaker is unmatched. Serving in these roles at the highest levels of government under both Presidents Obama and Trump, Admiral Rogers helped the country navigate some of the most pivotal security matters since the Cold War.</p><p>At the helm of the largest intelligence organization in the free world—with a multi-billion-dollar budget and a global team of military, civilian, and contractor employees that numbered in the tens of thousands—Admiral Rogers worked across all three branches of the U.S. government to develop and implement cyber solutions, partnering with the DoD, DHS, FBQ, Department of State, the Congress, the FISA court, and the U.S. and global intelligence community as well as foreign civilian and military cyber organizations. He also worked across the military to recruit, train and deploy the special cadre of cyber warriors the nation relies on to detect and respond to terrorist threats and carry out cyber operations and intelligence on foreign adversaries. As he poignantly shares in his presentations, it was leading people that gave him the greatest hope for the future of creating more resilient organizations. According to Rogers, today’s leaders—in government and the private sector—need to inspire a new level of engagement within their people—one that ignites passion, creates a profound connection to the organization, and ultimately empowers teams with a mindset for growth.</p><p>Admiral Rogers retired from active duty in the US Navy in June of 2018. He currently serves as an advisor or board member to multiple private-sector firms on cybersecurity and speaks globally to business and academic groups internationally in the cyber and national security arenas. Rogers is also a Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor with Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Managements’ Public Private Initiative and a member of the advisory board of Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure.</p>
Former NSA Director and head of US Cyber Command and the Central Security Service; Consultant; Senior Fellow and Professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management
<ul><li><strong>Navigating Global Risk, Geopolitics and the Opportunities of Tomorrow</strong></li><li>How can an organization assess the risks and opportunities of tomorrow without understanding the impact of world events that are unfolding daily? They can’t. Each industry is affected in different ways by world events—from energy, infrastructure and finance to manufacturing, supply chains and technology. And turmoil in hot spots such as China, Iran, Russia and Ukraine demands that business leaders gain better insights into emerging threats, opportunities and risks to their business.</li><li>Former National Security Agency head Admiral Mike Rogers is a preeminent voice on these critical issues and is uniquely positioned to offer major enterprises a clear-eyed view of where, why and how they can make smart bets when planning their global future.</li><li><strong>Leadership: Chaos is Opportunity</strong></li><li>Admiral Rogers shows audiences why and how periods of turmoil and chaos are often a leader’s greatest opportunity to shepherd transformational change.</li><li>While people and organizations seem hard-wired to favor stability and resist change, necessity forces the hand of invention. According to multiple analysts and headlines, the global pandemic accelerated the digital transformation of entire industries by three to seven years—and that window of opportunity is still open—not only for technological change but for shifts in organizational culture and the future of work. Admiral Rogers shows leaders how to embrace the power of chaos and fully leverage its momentum for change.</li><li> <strong>Cybersecurity, the Big Picture for Industry Leaders</strong></li><li>Understanding cyber risks, threats, and opportunities is now a critical knowledge area and a strategic imperative for every leader. Admiral Rogers gives leaders and teams a big-picture view of the forces at play around the world as bad actors attempt to exploit the technological vulnerabilities of American industry to weaken both the economy and the nation’s security infrastructure—an issue of particular concern for energy, telecommunications, finance and technology companies.</li><li>Over the past few decades, Admiral Rogers has been instrumental in building the public-private partnerships, national and international policy frameworks and industry coalitions that he believes are key to successful cybersecurity efforts, and he is passionate about showing business leaders how to harness and support that network to ensure the safety and health of American enterprise.</li><li><strong>Your Business and the Global Race for Technological Dominance</strong></li><li> China and the U.S. are the two dominant players in a global race for power based on technological dominance. As both powers focus on developing the greater prowess in quantum computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning, industry will need to be prepared to adapt to new strategies, regulations and policies at home and abroad with regard to trade, privacy and ethics considerations, data collection and national security.</li><li> Admiral Mike Rogers gives leaders an insider’s view of the current technology landscape, the areas of greatest disruption and competition, and helps audiences understand what’s at stake for American industry and society as the race for hegemony plays out on a global scale.</li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p><em>Note: Admiral Rogers will tailor any of these presentations to fit your needs as a keynote or an Executive Roundtable.</em></p><p><em>Keppler Executive Roundtables—informal and off the record—make it possible for you and your leadership team to sit down with thought leaders uniquely qualified to help you consider the biggest trends and forces impacting your business today and in the future.</em></p>