Brigadier General Robert Spalding, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)

Currently one of The Jamestown Foundation's Board Members, US Air Force Brigadier General (ret) Robert Spalding is the former White House National Security Council senior director for strategic planning and served in senior positions of strategy and diplomacy within the Defense and State Departments for more than 26 years. General Spalding is the founder and CEO of SEMPRE. The SEMPRE micro datacenter ensures access to data—anytime, anywhere, in even catastrophic conditions—by offering high-performance edge computing and diverse, secure communications, including 5G, all in a tamper-resistant, EMP-hardened enclosure.