He has over thirty years of professional experience in managing complex, multi-million dollar programs ranging from intelligence and military operations worldwide to research and development of information technology applications and solutions for both tactical and national-level government clients. He has extensive knowledge in the areas of national security, technology and related government policies, and how to implement technological solutions for national-level agencies as well as tactical field commands. His expertise also includes working with the Intelligence Community, Inter- Agency, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Department of Defense assets in combating the current multinational terrorist threat. Mr. Stone also served as an Intelligence Operations Officer with the United States Army until he was honorably retired in 2003.
Prior to starting S3, Mr. Stone was the Chief Executive Officer of Circinus, LLC in the United States, and Chief Executive Officer of SC Circinus Defense SRL in Bucharest, Romania.
Previously, he was a Senior Intelligence Officer with the National Security Agency. During his tenor there he served as the Senior Intelligence Liaison Officer for Asia Pacific Special Operations Capabilities and Policy within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations, Low-Intensity Conflict, and Interdependent Capabilities; and earlier as the Deputy Chief C4ISR Space & Cyber in the Joint Staff/J8 - Force Structure, Resources, and Assessment Directorate Capabilities and Acquisition Division; within the Pentagon. He also served as a Senior Program Manager with the Advanced Research and Development Activity, now known as the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity.
Mr. Stone has also been as a guest lecturer speaking on “Combating Violent Extremism” at the National Defense University’s Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies; multi-lateral conferences in El Salvador and Cambodia; and with the U.S. Department of State Foreign Visitors program.
In the private sector, Mr. Stone worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratories; and Battelle Memorial Institute as a Senior Program Manager and Senior Research Scientist.
Mr. Stone has a M.A. from Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, a M.S. in Software Development and Management from Rochester Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in International Business from Hawaii Pacific University.
He has made significant contributions to the nation through his military, government, and continued private-sector service, which has had a positive effect on our country’s national defense posture. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II honored Mr. Stone by inducting him into the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem for his service to his country, coalition partners, and contributions to the Jerusalem Eye Hospital and other charitable works of the Order worldwide. Mr. Stone was also made a Knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus of the Royal House of Savoy, by the Prince of Naples and the Duke of Savoy.
