Matthew Travis
American businessman & government official From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Matthew Travis is a businessman and former American government official.[2] He served as the Deputy Director for the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).[3] Travis served as Deputy Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD)[4][5] before the agency became CISA on November 16, 2018.[6]
Matthew Travis | |
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| Deputy Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency | |
| In office November 16, 2018 – November 17, 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Nitin Natarajan[1] |
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| Born | 2 years old Brooklyn NY |
| Education | University of Notre Dame Georgetown University |
Career
Travis graduated from the University of Notre Dame and joined the U.S. Navy in 1991 as an active duty officer.[7] Travis served aboard the guided-missile frigate U.S.S. CARR (FFG 52) as the Engineering Auxiliaries Officer as well as the maritime interdiction boarding officer in the Northern Red Sea following Operation Desert Storm.[7]
Upon leaving military service in 1998, Travis began a career in government consulting.[2] He built the Homeland Security team at DFI before its merger with Detica and following the firm's acquisition by BAE Systems.[8][9] In 2010, Travis co-founded Obsidian Analysis,[10] a homeland security consulting firm, which was acquired by Cadmus in 2016.[11]
Travis joined the Trump Administration as Deputy Under Secretary for DHS' NPPD in March 2018.[6] In November 2018, Congress passed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018, creating CISA as a component of DHS and elevating NPPD into CISA.[12] Travis served as the Deputy Director of that new agency,[13] until the White House pressured him to resign on November 17, 2020.[14]
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