Dr. Eric W. Burger is Research Director of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative and Research Professor of NextG Security, with appointments as Research Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Research Professor of Public Policy at Virginia Tech. He is also affiliated with Wireless@VT, the National Security Institute, and the Department of Computer Science. He serves as the Technical Program Director of the Next G Alliance. Prior to Virginia Tech, he served as the Assistant Director for Telecommunications and Cybersecurity of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and as the Chief Technology Officer of the Federal Communications Commission. Prior to academia, Dr. Burger started or turned around several network equipment companies, serving as CTO and SVP Engineering, from venture-backed startups through large private equity, NASD-listed, and NYSE-listed companies. Dr. Burger has a SBEE, MBA, and PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven, and Illinois Institute of Technology. He is a Life Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, a Life Distinguished Member of the ACM, a Senior Member of the IEEE, and a Life Member of AFCEA.