Michael Hodge

Michael Hodge is a Business Development Manager for Cisco’s Strategic Programs Office. He is currently working on developing solutions for ISR, C4I, simulation, connected bases and network integration across the Department of Defense.

Mike retired from the US Air Force as a Colonel in 2007 following a 27-year career. During his time in the Air Force, Mike was involved in over 100 combat missions and held numerous leadership and command positions in Special Operations, Combat Search and Rescue and the Intelligence community.

Mike holds a MBA from Virginia Tech and a Masters Degree in International Relations from Troy University. He was the National Defense Fellow to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he studied the integration of commercial off-the-shelf technologies into defense applications. He also attended War College as the US Air Force fellow to the US Army’s highly selective Advanced Operational Studies Fellowship.