Hume Seminar Series: Mission Management: Integrating the Intelligence Community (IC) to Achieve Unity of Effort
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Date: Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Time: 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Location: Virtual via Zoom; Link provided upon registration.
Open to students, faculty, and alumni from Virginia Tech and all other IC CAE institutions and CCI affiliations.
About the Event
Michael G. Dickerson, Deputy Chief of Operations Group & Chief in the Communication Division at Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) will discuss strategic management of intelligence missions. In this session, participants will gain an understanding of the various intelligence disciplines, the importance of mission management and integration led by the ODNI, and the challenges in uniting a federation of 18 agencies spread out across the entire executive branch.
About the Speaker
Mike Dickerson
Mike Dickerson has over 20 years of national security, Intelligence Community (IC), policy, technical, and organizational management experience in both the private sector and as a federal employee at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He is adept at creating, piloting, and launching new roles, organizations, and processes. Dickerson has extensive experience in a variety of national security areas, including intelligence operations, analysis, legislative affairs, resource management, policy development, and information technology. Dickerson has over a decade of experience managing high-performing teams while creating and orchestrating the creation of strategic intelligence products and business operations processes. He is a noted instructor on public speaking and briefing techniques.
Dickerson is a proud Virginia Tech graduate, with degrees in business management and political science.