{"id":702,"date":"2025-09-03T11:44:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/intelligence-and-security-studies\/?page_id=702"},"modified":"2025-09-03T11:44:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:44:42","slug":"john-youssef","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/intelligence-and-security-studies\/john-youssef\/","title":{"rendered":"John Youssef"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-osint-conference-2025-guest-speakers\">OSINT Conference 2025 Guest Speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"237\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/intelligence-and-security-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/Picture1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-703\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:350px;height:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/intelligence-and-security-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/Picture1-1.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/intelligence-and-security-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/Picture1-1-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-john-youssef-defense-orbis\">John Youssef<br>Defense Orbis<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>John Youssef is the Executive Vice President of Defense for Orbis Operations. He is responsible for defining and implementing the technical sales and product strategy for adoption of Orbis\u2019s entire portfolio of mission centric technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to coming to Orbis, he formally worked at Microsoft where he led several DoD-wide initiatives including the rollout and adoption of Microsoft 365 for both unclassified and classified environments. Additionally, a large focus of his effort was spent with tactical and special operations unit, where he drove innovation at the tactical edge in conjunction with Microsoft\u2019s hyperscale cloud capabilities. Through his technical expertise and understanding of the hardships of the mission, he was able to drive efficiencies and deliver capabilities to the Warfighter that historically were unable to be accomplished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He earned a bachelor\u2019s degree from the University of Minnesota and later his Masters in Information Security.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OSINT Conference 2025 Guest Speakers John YoussefDefense Orbis John Youssef is the Executive Vice President of Defense for Orbis Operations. He is responsible for defining and implementing the technical sales and product strategy for adoption of Orbis\u2019s entire portfolio of mission centric technologies. 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