John  Coale, MS

As a career government employee, Mr. Coale has over 25 years of government service, including 16 years in the intelligence community. He teaches courses in clandestine communications. After beginning his career as a civilian electrical engineer with the Navy, he moved on to modeling and simulation of foreign platforms and weapons systems in support of US naval capabilities. He spent ten years at the Defense Intelligence Agency; his work there included all-source senior intelligence analysis and reporting in the areas of advanced telecommunications technologies, information warfare, national and foreign critical infrastructures, computer network operations, modeling and simulation, and foreign naval platforms and weapons. He is still employed by the Department of Defense as a technical director. Major career achievements include Intelligence Community Officer Designation (2002), US Navy Civilian Meritorious Service Award and Medal (2002) and National Y2K Medal (2002). Mr. Coale received his MS in Strategic Intelligence from Joint Military Intelligence College in 1996.