Currently, Mr. Cardillo is Executive Chairman of IonQ Federal where he is focused on integrating IonQ’s proprietary technologies to serve the U.S. government and its allies. He is also Chairman of the Board of Planet Federal and president of The Cardillo Group, which offers strategic consultation services to support the growth and development of the intelligence profession to secure and defend the American way of life. Mr. Cardillo also serves as an Outside Director at Seerist Federal and an Independent Director on the Board of SynthetAIc.
Previously, Mr. Cardillo was the sixth Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and served as a national intelligence advisor to President Obama, where he drove the President's daily U.S. intelligence briefing. He is the only person to lead the analytic operations at four different organizations in the US Intelligence Community – ODNI, DIA, NGA, and the Joint Staff.
Mr. Cardillo's non-profit service includes the US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Board of Directors (Chairman), the National Intelligence University Board of Visitors, the International Spy Museum Board of Directors, the Cortex Innovation Community (St Louis) Board of Directors, and the National Academy of Sciences. He has been awarded the Presidential Rank of Distinguished Executive (twice), the Presidential Rank of Meritorious Executive, the Director of National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal (twice), the Secretary of Defense Distinguished Service Medal (twice), and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Meritorious Civilian Service Award.
Mr. Cardillo earned a Bachelor of Arts in Government from Cornell University in 1983 and a Master of Arts in National Security Studies from Georgetown University in 1988.