Commanding Officer
Hopper Global Communications Center
Captain Matt Cegelske assumed command of the Hopper Global Communications Center in September 2023. He was previously assigned as the Carrier Strike Group 10 (CCSG-10) information warfare commander aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) supporting NATO, allies and partners in the European theater.
Cegelske attended Maine Maritime Academy and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Marine Systems Engineering in 2001. He transferred into the information professional community in 2006 as part of the U.S. Navy’s larger information warfare community.
Cegelske’s command assignments include the Cyber Defense Activity 64 as the plank-owning commanding officer; Cyber National Mission Force, as Commander, Task Force 4; and officer in charge of the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic Hampton Roads Detachment.
His afloat assignments include deployments in the Atlantic, Arctic, and the West Pacific aboard the submarine USS Alexandria (SSN 757) supporting Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom; the Carrier Strike Group 1 (CCSG-1) communications officer embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) supporting Operations Unified Response, Enduring Freedom and New Dawn; the Expeditionary Strike Group 3 (ESG-3) command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, and intelligence systems (C5I) assistant chief of staff supporting Operation Pacific Reach
Cegelske’s ashore assignments include the U.S. Central Command Joint Operations Center executive officer; the Defense Threat Reduction Agency information systems officer, program manager and contracting officers representative for research and development modeling systems; a Carnegie Mellon University cyber federal executive fellow; the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Information Warfare (OPNAV N2N6) deputy executive assistant; and the Joint Chiefs of Staff (J6) Cyberspace Division cyber policy branch chief.
He holds a Master of Science in Management, Strategy and Security from the American University, Kogod School of Business (2022). Additionally, he holds a Master of Science in Technology Management from University of Maryland (2009), is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seminar XXI fellow, holds the Certified Information Systems Security Professional and Certified Information Security Manager certifications, and is a part of the Navy’s Acquisition Corps.