Riley Repko

Senior Adviser, Cyber Operations and Transformation, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Requirements
Headquarters U.S. Air Force

Mr. Riley Repko is Senior Adviser, Cyber Operations and Transformation, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. He is responsible for leveraging existing cyber programs and policies and developing new transformational strategies paramount to supporting the CSAF-directed priorities in air, space and cyber operations. He serves as a functional expert collaborating with Department of Defense, federal government organizations and private industry on how to effectively integrate cyber capabilities with current operational forces within the Air Force. He establishes and maintains essential relationships, specific lines of communication and critical processes that ensure continued success across the entire Air Force operational enterprise. Mr. Repko is a Highly Qualified Expert who will serve in this assignment for three years.

Mr. Repko entered the Air Force in 1979 after graduating from St. Bonaventure University, N.Y. While on active duty, he served in staff assignments as an electronic warfare systems engineer and major command aide-de-camp. Mr. Repko separated from active duty in 1984 and continued his military career in the Air Force Reserve for the next 22 years. As an individual mobilization augmentee on the Air Staff, he held assignments in space operations, modeling and simulation wargame/exercise support, and budgeting and programming. He then held senior Reserve positions as a mobilization assistant both at Air Force Space Command and on the U.S. Strategic Command staff. In March 2004, he deployed to Balad, Iraq, as the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Vice Commander and Director of Staff.

As a civilian, Mr. Repko spent 25 years as a technology industry executive specializing in software and product sales and strategic business development.

EDUCATION

• 1979 Bachelor of Science degree in physics and mathematics, St. Bonaventure University, N.Y.
• 1981 Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
• 1983 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
• 1984 Master's degree in business administration, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas
• 1987 Marine Corps Command and Staff College, by correspondence
• 1989 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
• 1994 Air War College, by seminar
• 2002 Reserve Component National Security Course, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.

CAREER CHRONOLOGY

1. September 1979 - April 1981, student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2. April 1981 - July 1983, electro-optics systems engineer, Headquarters Air Force Electronic Warfare Center, Kelly AFB, Texas
3. July 1983 - October 1984, aide-de-camp and assistant executive officer to the Commander, Headquarters Electronic Security Command, Kelly AFB, Texas
4. October 1984 - August 1988, space planning and programming officer, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
5. August 1988 - July 1994, planning, programming and budget officer, Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs and Resources, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
6. July 1994 - October 1998, individual mobilization augmentee to the Director, Air Force Modeling, Simulation and Analysis, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
7. October 1998 - October 1999, Reserve adviser to the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Air and Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
8. October 1999 - May 2001, senior individual mobilization augmentee to the Director, Architecture and Interoperability, Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications and Information, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
9. May 2001 - January 2003, mobilization assistant to the Director, Communications and Information, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
10. January 2003 - January 2006, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Space Warfare Center, Air Force Space Command, Schriever AFB, Colo. (March 2004 - June 2004, Vice Commander and Director of Staff, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, Balad, Iraq; July 2004 - December 2004, special assignment as Liaison Chief, U.S. Strategic Command, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.)
11. January 2006 - August 2006, mobilization assistant to the Deputy Chief of Air Force Reserve, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
12. February 2009 - present, Senior Adviser, Cyber Operations and Transformation, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Legion of Merit
• Bronze Star Medal
• Defense Meritorious Service Medal
• Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
• Air Force Commendation Medal
• Air Force Achievement Medal
• Meritorious Unit Award with "V" device
• Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
• National Defense Service Medal
• Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
• Air Force Expeditionary Service Medal
• Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon
• Major command Junior Officer of the Year

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS

• World Board of Governors and Secretary, United Services Organization
• Life member, Air Force Association
• Board of Advisers, American Electronics Association
• Industry adviser, Information Technology Association of America
• Board of Advisers, Council on Competitiveness
• Board member and former President, Association of Technology Business Councils
• Board member and Vice President for Programs, Northern Virginia, Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association