Reza Ghaffari

Dr. Reza Ghaffari is the CEO and founder of Cyber Vet Solutions, LLC. Prior to founding Cyber Vet Solutions, he worked at various Aerospace, High Tech, and Steel Industries that were in the Fortune 100/500 companies' rankings, such as Northrup Grumman Corporation, General Electric, U.S. Steel, and Intergraph Federal System for over 35 years supporting various aviation aircraft/missions, Industrial Control Systems/Robotics, Commercial and Military Communication Systems, Automatic Test Equipment design, and implementation.

Dr. Ghaffari led the JITC-East Information Assurance activities and supported DITSCAP and DIACAP activities tasked to JITC, including Red/Blue team vulnerability assessments and cyber threat analysis for JFCOM/COCOM. He also supported Joint Command and Control (JC2) as Cybersecurity Technical Lead and Architect. Dr. Ghaffari worked on various DoD JC2 systems, including Joint-STARS, GCCS-J, GCSS-J, GCSS-A, Rapid O-Planning, Defense Security Service Facility C&A Automation, and weapon systems such as Patriot, Hawk, and MLRS. Also, he retired as a Captain from the United States Navy after serving for 30 years in active and reserve status duties. Throughout Dr. Ghaffari's career, including his services as a Naval Officer (Reserve and Active), he was a part of several tours in the Pentagon, where he supported the OPNAV with strategy and planning, Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) / Lean Six Sigma (LSS) as Lead Black Belt, and presently supporting OPNAL/N-98 Naval Aviation and Weapon Systems cyber requirement.

Dr. Ghaffari is fluent and communicates as or near a native speaker in multiple foreign languages such as Afghan-Dari, Azeri, Persian-Farsi, and Tajik. He is current with their regional cultures, religions, and history. Moreover, Dr. Ghaffari is familiar with Turkish, Pashto, and Arabic languages. He has provided various Socio-cultural, political, and geographical briefs on Middle Eastern and Central Asian countries to DoN, DoD, and NATO members. He was one of the four Naval Officers who helped draft the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) strategy.

Finally, Dr. Ghaffari has received many distinctions. Following are some noteworthy honors: The Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (two awards), and Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (four awards).