People

Paul M. Nakasone

Retired United States Army general, former NSA director and commander of U.S. Cyber Command; founding director of Vanderbilt’s Institute of National Security. Ballistic Ventures affiliation: Retired General Paul M. Nakasone is an external adviser to Ballistic Ventures. He served for nearly four decades in the US Army and ended his military career as director of the National Security Agency and commander of US Cyber Command. His published professional profile includes founding leadership of Vanderbilt’s Institute for National Defense and Global Security and OpenAI board service. He is the same Paul M. Nakasone already profiled with WitnessAI; existing affiliations and financial references are preserved.