Major GENERAL JOHN T. "TOM" SHERIDAN, DDNRO
Deputy Director of the NRO

Major Gen. John T. "Tom" Sheridan is Deputy Director, National Reconnaissance Office, and Program Executive Officer and System Program Director for Space Radar, Chantilly, Virginia. As Deputy Director, he assists the Director and Principal Deputy Director in the day-to-day direction of the NRO, and also serves as the senior Air Force officer for Air Force civilian and uniformed personnel assigned to the organization. For Space Radar, he directs a program designed to satisfy both Department of Defense and Intelligence Community needs as part of a system of systems integrated approach toward persistent surveillance and reconnaissance capability for the nation.

General Sheridan graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1973 with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering. He completed the university's Air Force ROTC program as a distinguished graduate. Following an educational delay to earn a Master of Business Administration degree from Bryant College in Rhode Island, he entered active duty in August 1975.

General Sheridan's experience includes acquisition leadership of aircraft, simulator and classified space programs; requirements development across all Air Force space programs; and operational leadership in four different national space programs. He has served as military assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space, and as the Commandant of Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Prior to assuming his current position, the general was the Director of Requirements, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colorado.

EDUCATION:

1973 Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering, University of Connecticut

1975 Master of Business Administration degree, Bryant College, Smithfield, R.I.

1978 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, ALA.

1983 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence.

1988 Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, VA.

1992 Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, VA.

1994 Air War College, by correspondence.

1996 Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 1996 Master of Science degree in resource strategy, and Senior Acquisition Course, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.

2003 Senior Executive Program in National and International Security, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

2005 U.S. Navy Executive Business Course, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. August 1975 - August 1979, simulator and training systems engineer, Airborne Warning and Control System Program Office, Hanscom AFB, MA.

2. September 1979 - September 1982, air vehicle and propulsion engineer, NATO Airborne Early Warning Program, Brunssum, Netherlands.

3. October 1982 - July 1987, Chief of Satellite Operations, later, Chief, Ground Systems Division, Operating Division 4, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Sunnyvale Air Force Station, CA.

4. August 1987 - January 1988, student, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, VA.

5. February 1988 - June 1991, Director of Operations, Space Systems Division, Detachment 1, Arlington, VA.

6. July 1991 - January 1992, Program Manager, Advanced Systems Program Office, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles, CA.

7. January 1992 - June 1992, student, Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, VA.

8. July 1992 - June 1994, Deputy Chief, Space Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence Division, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.

9. July 1994 - June 1995, military assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space, Washington, D.C.

10. July 1995 - July 1996, student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.

11. August 1996 - April 2000, Group Commander, Directorate of Projects, Operating Division 2, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, United Kingdom.

12. May 2000 - June 2002, Commandant, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, ALA.

13. June 2002 - May 2005, Director of Requirements, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, CO.

14. June 2005 - July 2006, Program Executive Officer and System Program Director for Space Radar, Chantilly, VA.

15. July 2006 - present, Deputy Director, National Reconnaissance Office, and Program Executive Officer and System Program Director for Space Radar, Chantilly, VA.

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