Colonel Carl Bottolfson serves in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment as the Cyber Warfare Directorate Deputy. Prior to this assignment he was the Director of the Force Modernization & Design Directorate at Headquarters US Space Force in Washington, DC. In that position, he was responsible for assessing the military utility of emerging technologies and conducting future force design and capability development planning to enhance Joint Force lethality, assured space access, and space superiority.
Colonel Bottolfson received his commission through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program at the University of Wisconsin. He has served in multiple operational assignments in both the intercontinental ballistic missile and space operations areas. Colonel Bottolfson is a US Air Force Air War College graduate having also served as the 12th Space Warning Squadron Commander, Deputy Commander of the 21st Operations Group and in three separate staff assignments in the Plans and Policy Directorates at United States Strategic Command, Headquarters US Air Force, and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.