Robert Potter is an Australian cyber-security and national security executive specializing in emerging technology and the future of warfare. He is Founder of Cyber Activities Group and Chair and CEO of Internet 2.0. Robert currently conducts research supporting the U.S. Department of Defense through ARLIS at the University of Maryland, with a particular focus on lessons from the war in Ukraine. His work has included extensive frontline embeds with Ukrainian military and intelligence units examining drone warfare, cyber operations, electronic warfare and the evolution of Ukraine’s defence industrial base.
Robert is also a Board Member of Ukraine’s Cyber Diia and previously served for more than five years as a cyber-security subject matter expert supporting the U.S. Department of State’s Cooperative Threat Reduction program. Earlier roles included Head of Cyber Operations at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence and cyber-security leadership at The Washington Post.