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Joe Ruffini JPR & Associates
Joe Ruffini was born in Washington, D.C. He attended the University of Virginia on an Army ROTC scholarship and was commissioned upon graduation in 1974. His diverse military experience includes command of tank units in both the U.S. and British Armies and counter-terror operations in Germany and Cyprus.
In the early 1990s as a space operations expert, Joe commanded the United States Space Surveillance Center and the Space Defense Operations Center at Cheyenne Mountain. Circa Desert Storm, then Lieutenant Colonel Ruffini became a practitioner of military deception, psychological operations, and in the highly classified, “deep black” world of Defense Department Special Plans and Special Technical Operations. Immersed within and responsible for the security of Top Secret Codeword plans and operations, Joe honed his expertise across the full spectrum of security disciplines, from operations and communications security, to computer, information, and physical security. One of the first Information Warfare and Information Operations Officers in DOD, Joe Ruffini studied current and emerging world threats to the United States Government and private enterprise on a wide scale –from the overseas theft of American intellectual property to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, which he predicted as early as 1993.
In the private sector, Joe is a seasoned business developer, marketer and program manager. His commercial initiatives span the spectrum from entrepreneurial projects in the Middle East funded by venture capitalists to enterprise security consulting for Fortune 1000 companies. For more than a decade, Joe has been a strategic information operations and counter terror practitioner and theorist. A core presenter for the National Counterintelligence Executive, CIA-Langley, his common sense, no nonsense approach to personal, corporate, and national security educates, enthralls and entertains thousands. Joe’s dynamic and passionate presentations are embraced by government and private sector audiences alike, and include attendees from such noted organizations as the National Security Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, National Reconnaissance Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). He presents to Fortune 100 companies such as Lockheed Martin, Bechtel, Raytheon Corporation, GE Access, and General Dynamics, as well as law enforcement communities on topics such as citizen preparedness, law enforcement training techniques and school safety and security.
Recently, Joe served our nation as an Executive Consultant supporting United States Space and Strategic Commands, and the White House National Security Council in support of counter insurgency and information operations for operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. His first book, When Terror Comes to Main Street: A Citizens Guide to Terror Awareness, Preparedness, and Prevention,” was published in May 2006.
Joe resides in Colorado Springs with his wife
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