Jan Elizabeth Tighe (born September 16, 1962) is a retired

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vice admiral who served as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare and 66th Director of Naval Intelligence from July 15, 2016 to July 2018. Prior to that, Tighe served as the Commander of the

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and Fleet Cyber Command. She became an independent director of Goldman Sachs in December 2018.

Early life and education

Tighe was born in

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, and raised in

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. In 1984, she graduated from the

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and receive her commission as a cryptologist. She studied Russian at the

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, graduating in 2001 from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, with a doctorate in electrical engineering and a M.Sc degree in applied mathematics.

Naval career

Tighe's tours include Naval Security Group duty in Florida, Virginia and Japan, Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 1 (VQ-1) and

Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC Pacific), formerly Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific or SSC Pacific) provides the US Navy with research, development, delivery and support of integrated co ...

. She was also assigned to the headquarters of the Pacific Fleet, Naval Security Group,

Naval Network Warfare Command Naval Network Warfare Command (NETWARCOM) is the United States Navy's information operations, intelligence, networks, and space unit. Naval Network Warfare Command's mission is to execute, under Commander TENTH Fleet Operational Control, tactica ...

. She served as executive assistant to the Commander of the

United States Cyber Command United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). It unifies the direction of cyberspace operations, strengthens DoD cyberspace capabilities, and integr ...

. She held command of over 2,800 multi-service and multi-agency personnel at the

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and

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in Kunia. As a

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, Tighe served in various roles, including as commander and vice-admiral of the U.S. Fleet Cyber Command for two years, 2014—2016, and of the

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. She was a

Deputy J3; N2N6 director of the

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(OPNAV); interim president of the Naval Postgraduate School; and deputy commander of the United States Fleet Cyber Command and United States Tenth Fleet. In July 2016, Tighe became the deputy chief of

Naval Information Warfare Systems Command The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWARSYSCOM), based in San Diego, is one of six SYSCOM Echelon II organizations within the United States Navy and is the Navy's technical authority and acquisition command for C4ISR (Command, Contr ...

, and the 66th director of the

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. She retired from active duty in August 2018. Tighe earned her Navy

Information Warfare Specialist The Enlisted Information Warfare Specialist Insignia (EIWS) is a military badge of the United States Navy which was created in 2010. The insignia recognizes those members of the Navy's enlisted force who have acquired the specific professional ...

pin and Naval Aviation Observer wings, while deployed as an airborne special evaluator aboard a VQ-1 EP-3E aircraft in the

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during

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and

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Awards and decorations

Tighe is a member of the Acquisition Professionals Community and holds a Level III Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification in program management.

References

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