Jose Machuca is a staff officer for United States Air Forces - Cyber, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. In this role, he directs adversary analysis efforts for enduring and contingency operations as conducted by United States Cyber Command. Prior to his current position, Jose commanded a 53-member cyber intelligence organization executing persistent surveillance and threat characterization for the Air Force’s Information Network. He has served as an Air Force officer in the European, Middle East, and Korean areas of operations, and has supported intelligence efforts for Operation INHERENT RESOLVE against the Islamic State. 

Jose holds an MS in Global Security Studies from Angelo State University, and a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations and Global Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a member for the Air Force’s Language Enabled Airman Program for Spanish. He wasn’t born in Texas, but he got there as soon as he could.

I recently graduated with a Bachelors and Masters in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley and commissioned from AFROTC Detachment 085. Now I am beginning my career as  a cyber officer in the Air Force Reserves and a software engineer at Nvidia. In the future, I would like to leverage my background to contribute to the intersection of tech, defense, and China.