Dennis Gilbert

CEO, Vector9 Consultants

Dennis Gilbert is currently CEO of Vector9 Consultants. He was most recently Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Duke Energy Corporation and worked with Exelon from 2014 – 2018 as Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer. Mr. Gilbert served as the Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity for the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer (DoD CIO).
Previous to his return to federal service, Mr. Gilbert was a Principal with Booz Allen Hamilton where he was responsible for leading a 185-person team delivering a complete suite of cybersecurity solutions to clients. In 2005, Mr. Gilbert retired from the U.S. Air Force. During his years of service, he held key leadership positions in many national-priority programs involving cyberspace operations, information warfare, satellite communications, counterspace operations, and electronic warfare.