Ron Fritzemeier

Director, Mission Solutions

Intel Foundry

Ron joined Intel in 2022 as part of Intel Government Technologies. Ron advises DoD and Intelligence Community leaders on options to achieve mission success through modernization and enhanced processing and employment of data as a strategic asset. A native of Camino, California, Ron earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from California State University, Fresno, and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. Ron joined Sandia National Laboratories in 1983, working in radiation hardened microelectronics design & test. He later joined the Lab’s Field Intelligence Element, specializing in reverse engineering and risk analysis. In 1994, Ron moved over into the Intelligence Community where he led intelligence operations blending human and technical collection methods. As a Senior Intelligence Service officer, Ron established the Agency’s first combined offensive/defensive cyber strategy office; and served as the Agency senior lead to the President’s Cyber Interagency Policy Committee. Concurrently, Ron was an Information Warfare specialty Engineering Duty Officer in the Navy Reserve, holding several command and leadership positions in maintenance, acquisition, cyber operations, and C4I systems engineering. In 2016 Ron promoted to flag rank and was recalled to active duty, serving as Chief Engineer for the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, followed by a two-year assignment as Director, Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Enterprise Center under Commander, U.S. Strategic Command. Ron retired from the Navy in Fall 2021 and then the Agency at the end of 2021.

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