ROBERT 'Bus" bussian - executive partner
Robert “Bus” Bussian was the Vice President for Mission Solutions within Oracle’s National Security Group. In this role, he supported Oracle’s NSG General Manager in strategic development and programs aligned to DoD and Intelligence Community objectives and requirements. Recent accomplishments include his leading capture and subsequent award for DoD’s Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC), the Department’s largest enterprise cloud contract valued at $9B as well as multiple classified cloud efforts for DoD and the broader National Security community.
Mr. Bussian joined Oracle following a long career in the Department of Defense, as both an active-duty Air Force Officer and civilian Senior Executive. Most recently, “Bus” served as the Director for Cyber and Strategic Enabling in the Secretary of the Air Force’s Concepts, Development and Management (SAF/CDM) office. In this role, he was the principal adviser to the Director, CDM, for assessing technical and operational risks, identifying optimized strategies, and determining operational efficacy to meet cyberspace, information and applied technology requirements for intelligence and operational activities across DoD and the broader IC.
“Bus” began his military career in 1985 after graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy. While on active duty, he served in a variety of operational and intelligence assignments, at both unit and staff levels. He has more than 4,000 hours in the B-52G/H to include assignments as an Air Force Weapons School instructor and operational squadron commander, leading expeditionary units for combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. He also held a variety of joint assignments in Defense Agencies, Combatant Commands, the Joint Staff and Office of the Secretary of Defense. Upon retirement from the military, Bus joined the civil service with the Office of Naval Intelligence under a joint duty assignment to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. He rejoined the Air Force when appointed as a Senior Executive within Defense Intelligence.