Joe Kernan is SAP NS2’s Chief Security Officer. He advises the company on best practices surrounding security to facilitate corporate strategies and the adoption of commercial technology in the government and public sectors. He was a founding board member and first chairman of NS2 Serves, a veteran training and employment program that continues to be conducted by SAP NS2.
Joe has experience and expertise in establishing defense and intelligence enterprise strategies, policies and priorities, and developing related investments programs. Joe is a retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral and former Under Secretary of Defense, Intelligence and Security. He served in both the Surface and Naval Special Warfare communities for 36 years. In his most recent government role, he was the principal intelligence, counterintelligence, and security advisor to the Secretary of Defense and the Director of Defense Intelligence in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Joe graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1977 (BS) and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1997 (MS).