Tom Zelibor

Background

About Tom Zelibor

With over 30 years of significant senior leadership positions in government, industry and academia. Widely recognized as a leader that maximizes organizational efficiency and effectiveness. With his background in aerospace, information technology, knowledge management and medical devices, Tom provides Companies with unique insights into both commercial and government markets. Tom is a retired Navy Rear Admiral with 30 years of senior leadership experience in Naval Operations, Information Operations, Space Operations, C4ISR, IT, and Nuclear Operations. In his final military active duty assignment, he served as the Director, Global Operations (J-3) at US STRATEGIC COMMAND where he was responsible for maintaining full-spectrum global strike, and coordinating space, and information capabilities to meet both deterrent and decisive national security objectives. In his varied Navy career, Tom, a seasoned combat veteran, commanded a fighter squadron, carrier air wing, Naval Space Command and a carrier battle group. Additionally, he pioneered transformational efforts in his Battle Group to create the environment and tools for network centric warfare capabilities and a knowledge management culture. His significant C4ISR expertise culminated in his assignment as the Navy’s N-61 and N6F where he led the definition of warfighting requirements for all Navy C4ISR programs and budgets and became the Department of the Navy, Deputy Chief Information Officer (CIO), Navy, responsible for implementation of IT policy and procedures. Specialties: Leadership and Leadership Development, Business Management, Change Management, Education