Roberto Mazzolin
Senior Research Fellow
BGen (Retired) Robert Mazzolin Ph.D., P.Eng., OMM, CD, SMIEEE, CIGI Senior Fellow
BGen (Ret’d) Mazzolin currently serves as Strategic Advisor and Space, Cyber, Defence, Security and Technology Strategist for the RHEA/Starion/Nexova companies that advise and deliver secure solutions to large enterprises, governments and institutions in Europe, Canada and other parts of the globe. He also serves as a Senior Fellow with the Centre for International Governance Innovation.
Notable appointments include serving as the Vice Director of Strategic Plans and Policy at United States Cyber Command at the National Security Agency, the Director General Information Management Operations responsible for all CAF and DND strategic network, signals intelligence, electronic warfare and cyber operations, Commander of the Canadian Forces Information Operations Group, and Director Land Command Systems Program Management responsible for the Canadian Army C4ISR engineering and acquisition programme during Afghanistan operations. He served in a variety of other Command and Staff roles in overseas operations and was one of the Canadian Forces leading experts in Communications and Information systems, Signals Intelligence, Network Operations and Electronic Warfare.