Michael Wertheimer
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Dr. Michael Wertheimer (b. February 6, 1957) is a cryptologic mathematician and, as of October 31, 2005, the Assistant Deputy Director and Chief Technology Officer of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for Analysis.[1] Wertheimer oversees the coordination of Intelligence Community efforts to bring increased depth and accuracy to analysis through technology. He is currently involved in getting the Intelligence Community to use a new wiki tool dubbed Intellipedia.
Prior to this appointment, Wertheimer spent two years in industry building a research group focused on the intelligence community. From 1982 to 2003 he was a cryptologic mathematician at the National Security Agency. In 1999 he was selected as Technical Director for the Data Acquisition Office in the NSA’s Signals Intelligence Directorate. He is the co-author of the 2001 Signals Intelligence Strategy and the 2002 SIGINT architecture model.
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[edit] Education
Wertheimer received B.A. degrees in mathematics and philosophy from the University of Rochester. He also received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania.
[edit] Awards
Wertheimer is the recipient of the CryptoMathematics Institute President’s Award, the Sir Peter Marychurch Award (NSA/GCHQ cryptology award), the NSA Adjunct Faculty of the Year Award, and the Exceptional Civilian Service Award.
[edit] Personal life
Wertheimer married Christina Grot on May 16, 1993. They have two children.
