About
Matt Zullo is a retired U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer who has more than 40 years’ experience in Radio Intelligence, now more commonly known as Communications Intelligence. He holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Intelligence from the National Intelligence University, where he researched and wrote his master’s thesis on the On-the-Roof Gang. He has published the definitive two-volume history about the birth of US Navy communications intelligence along with numerous articles on the On-the-Roof Gang in the Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association’s Cryptolog magazine and on social media platforms. As the world's only quantifiable expert on the subject, Matt has spoken at the 2009, 2011, and 2013 Cryptologic History Symposiums, as well as at several Navy events around the world. He is currently pursuing a master's degree in Screenwriting at the University of York (UK). Matt continues his research into the On-the-Roof Gang as he looks for opportunities to spread the word about these U.S. Navy's cryptologic pioneers.
Featured Work
The U.S. Navy’s On-the-Roof Gang
The riveting untold story of the 176 Sailors and Marines who learned the Japanese katakana telegraphic code and how to intercept Imperial Japanese Navy communications, setting in motion events that would lead to the birth of the US Navy's communications intelligence organization
