The Gate 15 Interview EP 36: Chris Anderson, Lumen Technologies on ‘working hard, trying to make a difference,’ the wild west days of DHS, private-public partnership, the glory of coffee, and more!

In this episode of The Gate 15 Interview, Andy Jabbour visits with Chris Anderson, Principal Advisor, National Security & Emergency Preparedness, Lumen Technologies. Chris Anderson is an incident management and infrastructure protection expert with three decades of government, military, and private sector experience. He is currently the Principal Advisor for National Security & Emergency Preparedness at Lumen. In addition to his role at Lumen, he is the 2023 Industry Chair of the Communications Sector Information Sharing and Analysis Center.Chris previously held a variety of emergency management and national security positions at the Federal Communications Commission and US Department of Homeland Security. He served as the FCC’s Chief of Operations and Emergency Management, leading the Commission’s incident management activities, operations centers, national security coordination, and Continuity of Operations programs. Prior to joining the Commission, Chris worked in critical infrastructure protection at the Department of Homeland Security, serving in a variety of leadership positions in the Office of Infrastructure Protection, including serving as Director of the National Infrastructure Coordinating Center. Chris began his career with a decade on active duty in the U.S. Navy as a helicopter pilot and retired from the Navy Reserve in 2016.Chris is a 2010 graduate of the National War College with a master’s degree in National Security Strategy; he holds a second master’s degree in Management Information Systems from Bowie State University and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia.

• Chris’s background, in the Navy, at DHS, at the FCC and today with Lumen.
• The wild west days of DHS and what has become CISA
• ‘working hard, trying to make a difference’
• Incident response
• Working in the public and private sector.
• Chris’s thoughts on CISA and improving the private-public partnership
• Working with NATO.
• With shout outs to some great leaders and old friends including Bob Stephan, Linda Solheim, Bob Kolasky, Caitlin Durkovich, Steve Bieber, and others
• 4th of July celebrations, the glorious drink that is coffee, saving the world, and more!