Full Name
Ted Maliga
Job Title
Chief Technology Officer
Company
U.S. Secret Service
Speaker Bio
Ted Maliga serves as the Chief Technology Officer of the United States Secret Service.

Mr. Maliga is responsible for coordinating and managing the Secret Service’s engineering,
scientific and physical security technology programs. In this position, he formulates the
Secret Service’s strategic goals related to the use of operational technology and specialized
personnel for the agency’s integrated mission. Mr. Maliga is responsible for the planning,
budgeting and prioritization of physical security systems as well as comprehensive
countermeasure programs implemented by the Secret Service’s diverse workforce of
scientists, engineers, administrative professionals and law enforcement personnel.

Prior to being named Chief Technology Officer, Mr. Maliga served as the Deputy Assistant
Director of the Secret Service’s Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information, where he was
responsible for planning, directing and coordinating all efforts involving the evaluation and
dissemination of intelligence information affecting the agency’s protective mission.

Mr. Maliga also served as the Deputy Assistant Director of the Office of Protective Operations,
where he led the Secret Service’s tactical operations, dignitary protection functions and
specialized armor vehicle operation. Mr. Maliga ensured all protected persons, places and
events received the appropriate level of specialized assets based on a thorough assessment
of associated threats and vulnerabilities.

Mr. Maliga’s first senior executive position was as the Special Agent in Charge of the Technical
Security Division, where he led technical experts as they supported the Office of Protective
Operations and the Office of Investigations. He was responsible for providing a technicallysecure environment for the President and Vice President at the White House, Vice President’s
Residence and other places that the President and Vice President visit.

Mr. Maliga joined the Secret Service in 1999 and was assigned to the New York Field Office.
Prior to joining the agency, he was a police officer for Cary, N.C., and a member of the North
Carolina Army National Guard. Mr. Maliga attended North Carolina State University and
graduated from the College of Design with a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Desig