Rick Bodziak is a leader in Booz Allen’s national security and military intelligence business. He manages a large-scale program for the Directorate for Intelligence (J2) supporting U.S. European Command, U.S. Africa Command, Special Operations Command, Europe, and their mission partners. In his 13 years at the firm, Rick has been a project and market lead driving effective outcomes and solutions for the Department of Defense (DOD) and the intelligence community.
Prior to joining Booz Allen, Rick served in the U.S. Navy for nearly 26 years, starting out as a surface warfare officer and then transitioning to special duty, cryptology. Among his roles, Rick led the Cyber Defense operational support division within the National Security Incident Response Center; managed more than 1,200 officers, sailors, and civilians in direct support of a DOD agency; and served as a senior operations officer within the National Security Operations Center.
Rick has an M.S. in operations research from the Naval Postgraduate School, an M.S. in national security strategies from the National War College (National Defense University), and a B.S. in ocean engineering from the United States Naval Academy. Rick is a certified project management professional.