Colonel Ryan Schiffner is the Division Chief for Cyberspace Superiority and Information Technology (IT), Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington D.C. He leads the development and integration of the resource allocation plan for the cyber & IT enterprise. As the portfolio’s lead programmer, he develops, evaluates, integrates and resources cyber & IT programs across the Department’s Future Years Defense Plan.

Colonel Schiffner is from Killeen, TX and was commissioned as a distinguished graduate of Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, Texas A&M University in 2004. His previous assignments include delivering tactical communications, managing Air Force enterprise networks, defending DoD networks, and providing air base communications, as well as serving on various major command and combatant command staffs. Prior to his current assignment, Colonel Schiffner was a student at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

Colonel Schiffner has deployed three times to Iraq and Qatar in support of expeditionary operations. He holds a CISSP-ISSMP certification and wears the Master Cyberspace Operations badge.

Colonel Schiffner is happily married to his amazing wife Michelle of 22 years and they have three mind-blowing children who fill their lives with excitement. Together they continue to have great adventures.