2016 AFCEA Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium

VADM Jan Tighe, USN
Commander
U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/TENTH Fleet


Vice Admiral Jan Tighe was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and raised in Plantation, Florida. In April 2014, she assumed duties as the commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command / U.S. 10th Fleet. Tighe’s previous tours include duty with Naval Security Group Activities in Florida, Virginia, Japan, VQ-1 and Naval Information Warfare Activity. She also had staff assignments on the Headquarters of the Pacific Fleet, Naval Security Group, Naval Network Warfare Command, and served as executive assistant to Commander, U.S. Cyber Command. Tighe commanded more than 2,800 multi-service and multi-agency personnel at the National Security Agency/Central Security Service Hawaii in Kunia. As a flag officer, Tighe served as U.S. Cyber Command Deputy J3; OPNAV N2N6 director, Decision Superiority; Naval Postgraduate School interim president; and deputy commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command / U.S. 10th Fleet. Tighe is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and was commissioned as an ensign (special duty cryptology) in 1984. She attended the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, where she studied Russian. She also attended the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, and in 2001 was awarded a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and a M.S. in Applied Mathematics.

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