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Date: Friday, September 11, 2009
Time: 9:00 am - 11:30 am
Location: Bellevue University - Hitchcock Humanities Center
Address: 1000 Galvin Road South - Bellevue, Nebraska 68005
Speaker: Anthony (Tony) Campanella

• Speaker Bio

  Anthony (Tony) Campanella is the Vice President for Intelligence Programs at CMX Technologies, a small defense consulting firm in the Washington, D.C., area. He currently supports the International Programs Division of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Prior to joining CMX, Tony provided consulting support to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Department of Defense Counterintelligence Field Agency and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). At DHS, Tony provided support to the Office of Intelligence and Analysis.

  Prior to entering private industry, Tony served as an Intelligence Officer with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Tony served in numerous crisis and contingency support roles at DIA, coordinating national intelligence support to deployed military units. At DIA, Tony was selected to represent the Agency at the White House, serving as a Senior Duty Officer at the White House Situation Room. There, Tony had the opportunity to produce intelligence products for President Clinton and his National Security Council. Tony briefed the President on numerous items of national security, including the near-simultaneous bombings at U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, the Indian and Pakistan nuclear tests, and the Good Friday Peace Agreement in Northern Ireland.

  A former Marine, Tony served six years based out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., with Second Marine Regiment and the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable). While in the Marines, Tony completed three NATO deployments to northern Norway and two sixmonth Mediterranean “cruises” aboard U.S. Navy ships.

  A native of Everett, Massachusetts, Tony is a graduate of Salem State College in Salem, Massachusetts. In his spare time, Tony enjoys international travel (32 countries), golfing poorly, and playing ice hockey and softball.