Lieutenant General  Ed Cardon, USA (Ret)'s service to our nation spans over 36 years where he honed his profession both domestically and internationally including work in Germany, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iraq, and the Republic of Korea. 

General Cardon has extensive experience establishing, leading, and transforming 14 very different organizations with diverse mission sets such as operations, education, cyber, and innovation.  He created an entirely new combat brigade to a strength of more than 4,000 Soldiers and deployed to Iraq.  While commanding one of the Army’s premier Infantry Division’s located in the Republic of Korea, he led the merger of disparate multi-national organizations with distinct and contrasting missions into a single, unified organization.  He both transformed and scaled Army Cyber Command into a world-class cyber force, while simultaneously standing up new cyber organizations to meet the demands of this contested domain.

His last assignment was as the Director of Business Transformation for the Army, and he led the task force that helped create Army Futures Command responsible for modernizing the Army.  The foundation of this work enabled the reorganization of the Army’s command structure and created the Army’s first new major Command since 1973.

Since retirement, General Cardon created a wide portfolio focused on helping individuals and teams solve hard problems.