Brian Kropa
AFLCMC/HNI, Chief Engineer
U.S. Air Force
Brian A. Kropa is the Chief Engineer for the Enterprise Information Technology (IT) & Cyber Infrastructure Division for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC/HNI). He leads the engineering workforce and technical direction across the AFLCMC/HNI portfolio. HNI develops, produces, deploys and sustains the enterprise networks, cloud computing environments and applications that make up the AFNET. Before coming to HNI, he was the Branch Lead Engineer for the Advanced Technology Branch, Special Programs Division (AFLCMC/HNJ) and led the technical direction for SAP Enterprise IT. Before coming to Hanscom AFB, Brian was an in-house researcher and computer scientist in offensive and defensive cyber operations for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Information Directorate (RI), in Rome, NY.