Academia Clancy joined
Virginia Tech in 2010 to launch the Hume Center for National Security and Technology, and was named Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the center's first permanent director in 2011. His research focused on wireless communications, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. He was a driving force behind the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative and served as its first interim director. In 2018 he was named the Bradley Distinguished Professor of Cybersecurity. Clancy's research in spectrum sharing shaped the technical approach to the
Citizens Broadband Radio Service, and he chaired the
Wireless Innovation Forum spectrum sharing security working group that developed the system's security standards. Additionally his work on using neural networks for signal processing influenced the use of artificial intelligence in the cellular
radio access network.
Private Sector Clancy co-founded several technology companies, including
Federated Wireless and
HawkEye 360. In 2019, Clancy joined the
Mitre Corporation as vice president for intelligence programs, and was subsequently named senior vice president for MITRE Labs in 2020, and chief technology officer in 2023 == References ==