Sean G. Manning

Sean Manning is the Strategic Challenge lead executive for Revitalizing the Nation’s Strategic Capabilities at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). In this role, Mr. Manning engages key military and government stakeholders and directs Laboratory initiatives to drive accelerated development and transition of high-impact capabilities to address the most critical areas of this mission. Previously, Mr. Manning served as APL’s program area manager for Cyber Operations and Intelligence, where he worked closely with senior leaders across the combatant commands and Intelligence Community to provide offensive cyber and intelligence capabilities to meet emerging challenges, most recently for the commander of U.S. Strategic Command. Mr. Manning also developed APL’s portfolio of special capabilities to enable global cyber operations and established a technical group focused on cyber defensive hardware and software solutions for weapons and space systems. His expertise spans systems and network security architecture, cyber engineering and operations, vulnerability assessment, and tailored cryptographic applications. Prior to joining APL, Mr. Manning served in the U.S. Air Force. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer and information science from University of Maryland University College (UMUC) and master’s degrees in cybersecurity and business administration from UMUC.