Stephen (Steve) Hood

Biography

Steve Hood has over fifteen years of experience as an intelligence officer for the United States Army, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). He is currently a Research Fellow at the Ann Caracristi Institute for Intelligence Research at National Intelligence University under the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. His work there focuses on risk and how to improve integration of Artificial Intelligence agents in an expert analytic workforce.

Stephen received his B.A. in English from the University of Southern California in 2003.  He holds a M.A. in Theology and Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literature from Fuller Theological Seminary in 2006, and an MBA from Virginia Tech in 2017. Steve’s research focuses on consumer bidding behavior in auctions is influenced by assessments of own and competitor expertise and how contingent wins and losses influence product valuations. Starting in 2018, Steve has presented his research at multiple INFORMS Marketing Science Conferences.