Anthony Vinci was the first Chief Technology Officer and Associate Director for Capabilities at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), one of the ‘big five’ US intelligence agencies. As CTO, he was tasked with bringing artificial intelligence into NGA and connecting the agency with commercial technology in Silicon Valley. As Associate Director he managed the agency’s technology, R&D, contracting, procurement, strategy and budget. Earlier in his career, he served as an intelligence officer in Iraq, Asia, and Africa.
He is currently a Managing Director at Cerberus Capital Management, where he invests in next generation national security technologies and businesses that shore up supply chain vulnerabilities. He is also an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a leading national security think tank. He is a former member of the Core Management Team at Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, and was also the Founder and former CEO of Findyr, a technology company that crowdsources data from around the world, as well as Leviathan Analytics, an AI and geospatial data analytics company.
He received his PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and studied Philosophy at Reed College and the University of Oxford.