This seems like a BFD. This kind of guy helps when you are trying to get contracts. He can walk in, know all the guys in the Pentagon on the blue and red teams players in Washington, and get grants. If you want to be R1, you need these kinds of guys to secure big dollars.
TU selects inaugural executive director of Oklahoma Cyber Innovation Institute
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Chad Raduege, who most recently served as chief information officer at U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, Germany, has been
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