Colonel Noel Zamot (born December 21, 1965) is a retired United States Air Force officer who was the first Hispanic Commandant of the Air Force's elite Test Pilot School. Zamot is a former combat and test aviator with over 1900 hours in B-52, B-1B, B-2A, F-16D and over 20 other aircraft. He created the first system for testing complex military systems in contested cyberspace for the United States. Zamot is also the founder of Corvus Analytics, a consulting firm which helps its clients to design and develop cyber resiliency for complex systems. Early years Zamot (birth name:Noel Zamot Cordero) was born and raised in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. He was accepted in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after he completed his primary education and graduated from high school. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Engineering Degree from MIT in 1986. In 1987, he earn a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering Degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Military career He joined the United States Air Force in 1987, after graduating from the University of Michigan and became a commissioned officer with the rank of second lieutenant. In 1999, he completed a course called "Programa Avanzado de Administracion de Empresas" (Advanced Business Management Program), of the "Escuela de Administracion de Negocios para Graduados" (Graduate School of Business Administration) in Lima, Peru. That same year he graduated from the Air Command and Staff College. His experience as a pilot include more than 2,000 flight hours. Included among his flight hours are over 200 combat hours and combat support hours. He has flown the B-52G, B-1B, B-2A, F-15, F-16, AT-38 and MiG-15. In 2001, he was assigned to the Directorate of Operations, United States Space Command, Paterson Air Force Base in Colorado as Deputy Chief of Operations Integration. According to the United States Air Force, Zamot's mission as Deputy Chief of Operations in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks was to integrate emerging national capabilities into a joint counter terrorism operation. He developed concepts for long-term Information Operations and Space Control activities for the US enabling a multi-spectral combat response. He was also involved in the development of the Special Access Program (SAP) systems and in the development of new counter-space capabilities which resulted in a more effective counter-terrorism operation across 3 combat zones. In 2006, he served as the Chief of the training and exercises division