William Parquette

Professor of Practice

E367 Westgate Building
288 Burrowes Road
University Park, PA 16802

Email wap5103@psu.edu
Phone 814-863-8520

Areas of Expertise

Strategic Deception
National Intelligence
National Security
Government and Policy
Terrorism

Education

Adjunct Professor, National Intelligence University, Washington, D.C., 2008-present
Harvard Business School, Kennedy School, Certificate in Leadership Decision Making, October 2017
Harvard Business School, Kennedy School, Certificate in National and International Security, December 2016
Full-Time Faculty and Professor, National Intelligence University, Washington, D.C., 2002-2010
M.Ed., Education, Loyola University, Maryland, 2008
Graduate, US Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1992
M.A., Business Management, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1992
B.S., Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1979

Mr. Parquette was formerly the Chairman of the Foreign Denial and Deception Committee (FDDC) of the National Intelligence Council (NIC), Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Mr. Parquette was full-time faculty at the National Intelligence University (NIU) for thirteen years and currently at the National Intelligence Council (NIC) for the past sixteen years.

Mr. Parquette is a highly effective and proven senior leader with forty years of decision-making, problem solving, and international operations experience with ever-increasing management responsibilities with a wealth of experience in Intelligence Community and DoD policy issues. Mr. Parquette has twenty-two years' experience in strategic intelligence, denial and deception operations, planning, analysis, and collection as an operator, educator, and senior policy advisor. Mr. Parquette is well versed in the sources of foreign knowledge, adversarial reasoning, information security and management as they pertain to issues in the government and the of the Intelligence Community (IC). Mr. Parquette has provided subject matter expertise in the areas of strategic intelligence, deception analysis, Foreign Denial & Deception (FDD), Military Deception, Information Operations (IO), Information Warfare (IW), and Strategic Planning for a variety of clients.

Mr. Parquette is a retired Lieutenant Colonel with twenty-two years of active service and twenty-two years' experience as a program manager in the United States Government (USG). He was successful in negotiating numerous complex operational problems using a combination of technical and interpersonal skills. Mr. Parquette has a clear understanding of the functions of the Intelligence Community (IC). He has personal living and working experience in several European, Asian, and Middle Eastern countries.

Professional Affiliations

National Intelligence University (NIU) Foundation, 2004-Present
Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs, 2002-Present
Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP), 1996-Present
American Society of Training Development (ASTD), 1990-Present
82nd Airborne Division Association, 1980-Present
Field Artillery Association, 1979-Present

Military Experience

Date of Service: June 1979 – June 2001, Army
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Last Award: Legion of Merit
Units (Last ten yrs): 3rd Armored Division (Gulf War); TRADOC Analysis Command (TRAC); 2nd Armored Division; HQ III Corps; Army DCSOPS, Pentagon
Units (1979-1989): 82nd Airborne Division, 1st Armored Division

National intelligence expert William Parquette retires from the College of IST

IST recognizes faculty and staff at annual awards ceremony

William Parquette

Areas of Expertise

Education

Professional Affiliations

Military Experience

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