VADM Michael Vernazza USN
Commander, Naval Information Forces
VADM Michael Vernazza USN is listed as Commander, Naval Information Forces. VADM is scheduled to speak at WEST 2027 on 16 February 2027.
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About
Vice Admiral Mike Vernazza is a native of New Jersey and a 1990 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Political Science. He earned a Master of Arts in Public Administration from Troy State University, a Certificate in Legislative Studies from Georgetown University, and is a graduate of the Naval War College and the Joint Forces Staff College. Additionally, he is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seminar XXI Fellow and a Harvard Kennedy School of Government Senior Executive Fellow. His initial assignments in the Surface Warfare Community included serving as an electrical officer aboard USS Aylwin (FF 1081), main propulsion assistant aboard USS Capodanno (FF 1093), and officer-in-charge of Engineering Training Group, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. As an intelligence officer, Vice Admiral Vernazza’s assignments included Asian tactical officer and Northeast Asia naval branch chief at Joint Intelligence Center Pacific; fleet intelligence support officer
Upcoming
WEST 2027 16 February 2027 – 18 February 2027
- Adapting at Warfighter Speed: How Naval Forces are Evolving for the Next Fight Speaker · 16 February 2027
Spoke alongside
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- LtGen Eric Austin USMC Commanding General · Marine Corps Combat Development Command; Deputy Commandant, Combat Development and Integration; Portfolio Acquisition Executive Marine Corps 1 shared session
- RADM Bradley Andros USN Commander · Navy Expeditionary Combat Command 1 shared session
- RDML Walter Allman USN Commander · Naval Special Warfare Command 1 shared session
- VADM Douglas "V8" Verissimo USN Commander · Naval Air Forces and Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet 1 shared session
- VADM Joseph Cahill USN Commander · Naval Surface Forces and Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet 1 shared session
- VADM Peter Daly USN (Ret.) Former CEO and Publisher · U.S. Naval Institute 1 shared session
- VADM Richard "Rick" Seif USN Commander · Naval Submarine Forces and Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic 1 shared session