Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Nelson

LTC Nelson graduated from the United States Military Academy (USMA) with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and served as an infantry officer deploying 3 times to Afghanistan and Iraq in the US Army.  In 2019, LTC Nelson transitioned to Army Cyber Command as CTOC Chief. The Army recently chose him to take command of the 782D MI BN in June 2021.  He holds numerous industry certifications and has nine publications and conference presentations in mathematics, computational fluid dynamics, intrusion detection systems, military strategy, cyber education, and pedagogy.