Jude R. Sunderbruch, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Executive Director of the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center, Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He leads DC3 in providing innovative capabilities and services, including digital and multimedia forensics, vulnerability disclosure, cyber training, technical solutions and analysis. He leads cooperation with law enforcement, cybersecurity and national security partners globally. DC3 is a Federal Cyber Center and a Field Operating Agency aligned with the Department of the Air Force Inspector General.
He entered the Air Force in 1994 as a distinguished graduate of the Reserve Officer Training Corps. He served as an active duty Air Force Office of Special Investigations special agent from 1994 until 2001, when he became a civil servant and a reservist. He has extensive interagency and international leadership experience in cybersecurity and national security. He served in deployed leadership roles in Bosnia-Herzegovina as an officer, and in Iraq as a civilian. He is also a colonel in the Air Force Reserve, a Joint Qualified Officer, a Foreign Area Officer, a Certified Fraud Examiner and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional. Prior to his current position, he served as Executive Director, Headquarters AFOSI.
EDUCATION
1994 Bachelor of Science, Economics; Certificate in International Business, University of Iowa, Iowa City
1996 Master of International Management, Whitworth College, Spokane, Wash.
2006 Advanced French Language, Defense Language Institute, Washington, D.C.
2006 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., by correspondence
2008 Doctor of Philosophy, Public Policy, The George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
2011 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2013 Distinguished Graduate, Master’s and Certificate in Long-Term Strategy, Eisenhower School, Washington, D.C.
2014 Defense Senior Leader Development Program – Certificate of Completion
2016 Air Force Cyber 400 Course and iCollege Chief Information Officer 2.0 Course, Washington, D.C.
2020 Joint Foreign Area Officer Couse–Phase I
2021 Air Force Senior Leader Orientation Course
2021 Digital Transformation in Government, Harvard Kennedy School, Executive Education
2022 Professional Certificate in Data Science for Executives, ColumbiaX
2022 Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for Leaders, University of Chicago
2022 Air Force Advanced Senior Leader Development Seminar
2023 Joint Foreign Area Officer Couse–Phase II–Africa Command Seminar
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. August 2001–September 2002, Staff Officer, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. (with periods at FBI Headquarters and Headquarters Air Force Office of Special Investigations)
2. September 2002–September 2006, Desk Officer, then Branch Chief, Headquarters AFOSI, Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
3. September 2006–September 2009, Special Agent in Charge, AFOSI Detachment 538, U.S. Embassy, Paris
4. September 2009–August 2012, Associate Director for Counterintelligence, Headquarters AFOSI, Quantico, Va.
5. August 2012–August 2013, Student, Eisenhower School, National Defense University, Washington, D.C.
6. August 2013–March 2015, Special Advisor to the Assistant Director, Cyber Division, FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
7. March 2015–May 2019, Counterintelligence Coordinating Authority, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany
8. May 2019–August 2022, Executive Director, Headquarters AFOSI, Quantico, Va.
9. August 2022–present, Executive Director, DoD Cyber Crime Center, Linthicum Heights, Md.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
National Counterintelligence Executive Award for Superior Achievement
Air Force Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service
Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Meritorious Civilian Service Award
Army Superior Civilian Service Award
Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award (four awards)
NATO Counter Intelligence Centre of Excellence Medal for Merit
French Médaille de la Défense nationale (silver)
(Current as of February 2024)