Dr. Robert H. Latiff retired from the Air Force as a Major General in 2006. He is currently a Research Professor and Director of the Intelligence and Security Research Center, George Mason University. He is also a private consultant. Most recently, Dr. Latiff was Vice President and Chief Technology Officer in the Space and Geospatial Intelligence Business of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). He is Chairman of the National Materials Advisory Board of the National Academies and serves on the Intelligence Committee of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA). General Latiff’s last active duty assignment was at the National Reconnaissance Office where he was Deputy Director for Systems Engineering.

Prior to that, General Latiff was Director, Advanced Systems and Technology at the NRO. He has served as Vice Commander, Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air force Base, MA and in a previous assignment at Hanscom AFB he was the program director for the E-8C, Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS). General Latiff also commanded the US Space Command, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Joint Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he was responsible for the national integrated attack assessment mission. General Latiff received his commission from the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps program at the University of Notre Dame. He entered active service in the Army and later transferred to the Air Force. General Latiff has served on the staffs of Headquarters U.S. Air Force and the Secretary of the Air Force. He received his Ph.D. and his M.S. in materials science from the University of Notre Dame and his B.S. in Physics from the University of Notre Dame. He is also a graduate of the National Security Fellows Program at Harvard’s JFK School of Government and he is currently enrolled at Georgetown University, pursuing a masters degree in the Humanities. General Latiff is a recipient of the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal and the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal.