Austin Wang

Austin Y. Wang is vice president, Intelligence Center at MITRE. In this role, he leads MITRE’s efforts to drive whole-of-nation, joint, and multi-agency solutions through integration across the intelligence community and our larger national security enterprise, while shaping MITRE’s and our nation’s response to national security challenges. A senior intelligence community executive with nearly 30 years in leadership roles, Wang joined MITRE after 21 years with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), most recently as a senior executive and clandestine technical operations lead.

During his CIA tenure, he directed the HUMINT [human intelligence] Technology Office for the Directorate of Science and Technology (DS&T). Wang also directed a joint intelligence community global organization, managing end-to-end activities related to unique intelligence, from collection and processing, through analysis and dissemination.

As chief, European Regional Technical Bases, he led CIA technical officers providing capabilities and executive management across a dozen locations in Europe, Africa, and the Near East. Earlier, he led and implemented organizational changes to ensure alignment of DS&T capabilities with CIA strategic objectives.

Wang served as chief of a technical base in the Asia region, managing operations and facilities to support clandestine HUMINT and technical collection operations. Prior to his CIA service, Wang served eight years in the U.S. Marine Corps as a Signals Intelligence and Ground Electronic Warfare Officer.

Wang serves on the board of directors for the Central Intelligence Retirees Association, the External Advisory Board for the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) and formerly served on the Advisory Committee for the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA).

He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and completed executive leadership programs at Harvard Business School and MIT Sloan School of Management. He also holds Clandestine Technical Operations and Program Management Certifications from the CIA and is a recipient of the Career Intelligence Medal.