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Admiral William O. Studeman, USN (Ret.)
Bill Studeman retired in 2005, from Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) as Vice President and Deputy
General Manager of Mission Systems (NGMS) (now consolidated into NGIS), a $5.2B annual revenue
Sector (formerly part of TRW) focused on System Integration/ System Engineering of large complex
systems. In this position, he focused on strategies, programs, business development, marketing related
to Intelligence and Information Warfare, as well as corporate cross-Sector integration, and on managing
technology partnerships and concepts related to Net Centricity/Cyber matters, ISR, IO/IW and advanced
command environments. He served in this position for approximately 9 years, and has continued as an
NGC consultant.
Admiral Studeman was born in Brownsville, Texas, in 1940, and was raised in Coral Gables, Florida. He
holds a BA in History from the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, and an MA in Public and
International Affairs from George Washington University and several honorary doctorates. He is a
Distinguished Graduate of both the Naval and National War Colleges. As a restricted line Naval
Intelligence Officer, Admiral Studeman’s flag tours included: OPNAV Director of Long Range Navy
Planning, Director of Naval Intelligence, Director, National Security Agency, and Deputy Director of
Central Intelligence and the CIA (with two extended periods as Acting Director of Central
Intelligence/CIA). As DDCI, he served in both the Bush I and Clinton Administrations under DCI’s Bob
Gates, Jim Woolsey and John Deutch. Admiral Studeman retired from the Navy in 1995 after almost 35
years of service.
Admiral Studeman has served on corporate boards, and government, university and corporate advisory
boards. He was a Commissioner on the Presidential Commission on WMD, and is currently serving on
National Archives Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB). He is also a member of the DNI Senior
Advisory Group, NGA Advisory Group, NRO Gold Team, Chairman of the SECNAV Advisory Panel,
Chairman of the Sandia National Lab Intelligence Advisory Panel, JIEDDO Senior Advisory Board, Center
for Naval Analysis Defense Advisory Council, advisor to DIA DT and other advisory boards. ADM is also
the Chairman of the Board of the Naval Intelligence Foundation. He is also the recipient of the 2007
INSA “William Oliver Baker Award” and the AFCEA 2007 Distinguished Service Award for Intelligence
Community support.
Admiral Studeman is married to the former Diane Jeans of Milford-on-Sea, UK. The Studeman have
three children: Dr. Kim Studeman of Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, CDR Mike Studeman, USN
(Intelligence Specialist and N-2 on STRIKEGRU 8 Staff embarked in the USS Eisenhower Strike Group and
recent White House Fellow), Norfolk, and Kate Studeman doing SETA support for DOD agencies.