Pete Dowdy

A native of Athens, Georgia, Dr. Dowdy is a retired Navy Chief Warrant Officer and has over 34 years of Cyber (Defensive and Offensive), Information Operations, and Cryptologic experience. He specializes in providing Cyber and Information Operations planning and training in support of Joint, Coalition and military service operations, as well as Command Post and Field Training exercises. Past and current customers have included every Combatant Command, the Joint Staff J7, the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), and all military services and agency certified/accredited Red Teams.

Dr. Dowdy is responsible for setting company Cybersecurity Compliance goals, technical approach, implementation, budget, and management of corporate Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) compliance efforts, to include NIST SP 800-171 assessments and continuous monitoring. He directly supported the Persistent Cyber OPFOR (PCO) initiative and was responsible for coordinating with service and agency Red Teams during Mission Assurance (MA) assessments of Combatant Commands (CCMD) and service exercises and operational assessments. Dr. Dowdy was also the data collector/observer (DCO) for PCO activities. As the DCO, he coordinated with PCO team members to develop weekly anatomy of a hack briefings for DOT&E, CCMD, and service leadership. Additionally, Dr. Dowdy provides cybersecurity and customized cyber training in accordance with applicable DoD and organizational requirements.

He lives in the Tidewater area of Virginia and enjoys fishing, golfing, shooting, and staying current on cyber threats and trends. Dr. Dowdy and his wife, Cheri, have been married 34 years and have three children and two grandchildren.

EDUCATION
D.Sc., Capitol Technology University, 2015
M.S., Troy University, 1997
B.S., Southern Illinois University, 1996

CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Authorization Professional (CAP) – (ISC)2
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) – EC-Council
Security + – CompTIA