SPADAC hires Col. Matthew Artero (USA-Ret.) to lead its ISR programs

SPADAC, of McLean, VA, a provider of geospatial and predictive analytics technology solutions, has hired recently retired Army Colonel Matthew Artero as Vice President of ISR Programs.

Artero will support the company’s work with the Department of Defense, intelligence community and homeland security. He is a recognized expert within DoD ISR circles and has advised senior officials at DoD, NATO, the United Nations, and a number of foreign defense ministers.

Additionally, Artero is a recipient of several U.S. and foreign awards honoring his superb contributions in the ISR arena, including the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Slovenian NATO Medal, and he was submitted for the Italian Medal of Honor.

“We are extremely excited to welcome Matt to our team,” said Mark Dumas, founder and CEO of SPADAC. “His contributions to the full spectrum of ISR from collection to operations to analytical production have directly contributed to intelligence and operational successes in current conflicts and were instrumental to maintaining peace during the recent turbulent and violent environment surrounding the Serbian province of Kosovo’s declaration of independence.”

Artero’s most recent position was as the Operational Integration Chief for the Secretary of Defense’s ISR Task Force (TF). During his tenure, the ISR TF invested over $10 billion in new ISR capability that impacted and enhanced collection, analysis and dissemination, said a press release issued by SPADAC on August 25. Those programs and systems ranged in their support from the individual soldier, marine, airman and sailor on the ground to high ranking senior managers and analysts at the Pentagon and the White House.

Artero has extensive experience, education and training in employing ISR systems and providing detailed and predictive analytics. He also commanded a military intelligence battalion in the Balkans, was the senior intelligence officer for a NATO HQ and was forward deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Over the past two years, SPADAC has worked closely with the DoD to support its fusion centers in various locations. Artero will play a key role in helping SPADAC further expand its predictive and analytical tools, not only for the DoD and the intelligence community, but also at the state and local levels, and potentially with NATO partners. Artero will also look for niche technology development and enhancement opportunities, which would build upon SPADAC’s Multi-INT fusion and exploitation technology, as well as its EarthWhere solutions and high-performance computing applications for large data management issues.

Artero earned his bachelor’s degree in history from the Norwich University, the Military College of Vermont, and his master’s in human relations from the University of Oklahoma. He is also a graduate of the Army’s resident Command and General Staff College, and completed a Senior Service College fellowship with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC.