Craig Clapperton

Vice Admiral (Retired) Craig Clapperton is a national security, leading edge technology, and leader development consultant and educator. He served in the United States Navy for 36 years and held executive leadership positions in aviation, surface warfare, cyber, space, electronic warfare, and nuclear power. He leads his own consulting corporation providing subject matter expertise, analysis, and red teaming across a spectrum of government and industry organizations.

While in the Navy, Clapperton had command at every level from Commander to Vice Admiral, including serving as: Commanding Officer USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Commander Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, Co-Director of the National Security Agency / U.S. Cyber Command China Outcomes Group, and Commander Fleet Cyber Command / Navy Space Command. His scope of experience and breadth of technical expertise and leadership positions are diverse and unique.

He has an extensive of list of personal awards and commendations to include the prestigious Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Award for Inspirational Leadership.

Clapperton is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, a master’s degree in national security studies from the U.S. Naval War College where he was a member of the elite Stockdale Group, and is a distinguished graduate of the Navy Nuclear Power School.

Clapperton and his wife, Sheila, live in State College, Pennsylvania and have two sons, Cole and Grayson.