Robert Peacock, Ph.D.

Bio

Dr. Peacock has spent the last five years leading cybersecurity development in the Global South including roles on USAID-funded programs in Ukraine and the Balkans. Dr. Peacock previously spent more than a decade managing US Department of Justice’s International Criminal Investigatory Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) offices in four former soviet republics. While getting his doctorate, Dr. Peacock developed and led the implementation team for the US Department of Justice-funded patrol police department program that selected, trained, and mentored an entirely new patrol department of 18,000 officers in Ukraine. Prior to pursuing an academic career, Dr. Peacock served eleven years working in grey arms and UN sanctions enforcement in the US Department of State and as Program Manager in the former Soviet Union for the Department of Homeland Security. Dr. Peacock has an MBA in Finance and is currently pursuing an M.S. in Cybersecurity and Cyber Governance at Boston College.