Roger Cressey

Roger W. Cressey (born August 9, 1965) is a cyber security and counter-terrorism expert and served in senior positions under presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. He is a former member of the United States National Security Council staff and the founder and former president of the Good Harbor consulting group.

Cressey served as an adjunct professor of counter-terrorism policy at Georgetown University and is currently a Partner with Liberty Group Ventures, LLC.

Education and early life Cressey received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts Lowell in 1987 and a Master of Arts in Security Policy Studies from George Washington University in 1991.

He has taught a graduate course on U.S. counter-terrorism policy at Georgetown University, where he served as an adjunct professor from 2000-2006. During his time at the NSC, Cressey called for steps to be taken against al-Qaeda and Bin Laden, which were largely ignored until 9/11.

In 2002, Cressey founded the corporate security and risk management company Good Harbor Consulting.

He has also served as a foreign policy advisor to President Barack Obama.

For more than ten years Cressey was an on-air counter-terrorism analyst for NBC News, regularly appearing on NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, MSNBC and CNBC and other national and international print and non-print media outlets. He has also been speaking on his topics of expertise at different forums, conferences and panels.

Cressey served as senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, a technology consulting firm, where he worked on cybersecurity projects in the Middle East.

He is currently a Partner with Mountain Wave Ventures.

Awards Cressey has been awarded the State Department's Meritorious and Superior Honor Awards, and the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Civilian Service Award.