Jaak Tarien
VP of Sales and Business Development for Defence Technologies, Cybernetica
Brigadier General (ret) Jaak Tarien has recently begun a new career with Estonia’s established technology company Cybernetica, where he leads the development of the European Secure Digital Military Mobility System (SDMMS). The SDMMS project is a consortium of 11 partners from 10 nations and will develop a secure, ICT-based solution that will facilitate a direct and secure exchange of information between nations requesting and approving any military movement. Prior to his recent retirement, he had a distinguished 28-year military career, and amongst other positions, he has served as the Commander of the Estonian Air Force (2012-18) and as the Director of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) (2018-22). He is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in 1998. Later in his career, he also added two Master of Science degrees— from USAF Air University Air Command and Staff College in 2005 and National Defense University’s Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy in 2018.
Updated: September 7, 2023