Jack Thomas Tomarchio is a principal with the Agoge Group, LLC, a strategic advisory firm based in Wayne, Pennsylvania. He works with businesses, law firms, financial services firms, federal contractors and government organizations on trends and changes in geopolitical markets and issues affecting international security.
Mr. Tomarchio was appointed by President George W. Bush to be the first Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis. In 2007 he was elevated to Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis Operations. In his work at the US Department of Homeland Security he was the primary senior official in charge of the Intelligence Directorate’s partnership with state and local governments to build a domestic intelligence sharing network. In that capacity, he led the Department’s efforts to build out and assist in standing up the national network of Intelligence Fusion Centers. He also worked closely with other components of the federal intelligence community.
Prior to joining the Department of Homeland Security, Mr. Tomarchio was a partner at the national law firm of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, where he was co-chair of the firm’s Government Relations Department and National Security Law Group.
He began his career as a judge advocate and paratrooper in the Army’s 82d Airborne Division, participating in the Grenada invasion and later as counsel to the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in the Sinai, Egypt. As a reservist he served in the Persian Gulf War in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. He is a retired colonel in the US Army Reserve.
He is a frequent television commentator, writer and speaker on national security issues and has provided on air commentary for ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, CNBC, BBC, BBC America, FOX News, FOX Business News, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera America, MeTV, Canadian Television (CTV), i24News (Israel) and numerous radio stations around the country. He has also lectured on international security and geopolitical issues in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
