Cuban-born US vet to be tapped to lead Navy
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced he plans to tap Carlos Del Toro, a Navy veteran and CEO of a technology company, to be the next Navy secretary.
Born in Cuba, Del Toro is a 1983 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy who spent more than two decades in the Navy, including serving as the commanding officer of the USS Bulkeley, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
In 2004, Del Toro founded SBG Technology Solutions and has served as the firm’s CEO ever since.
“Carlos rose through the ranks of the Navy with a distinguished record of service, leadership, and innovation,” Senate Armed Services Chairman Jack Reed, D-R.I., said in a statement Friday. “As a Naval Officer, a White House Fellow, entrepreneur, and a tech CEO he’s had success at every step of his career in both the military and private sector.”
Del Toro also was a White House fellow at the Office of Management and Budget during the Obama administration, according to his Naval Academy bio.
He was also the senior military assistant to the director of defense programs analysis and evaluation in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
In addition to his degree in electrical engineering from the Naval Academy, Del Toro earned master’s degrees in space systems engineering, national security and strategic studies, and legislative affairs from the Naval Postgraduate School, the Naval War College, and George Washington University, respectively.
Under the Biden administration, only one service secretary has been confirmed. Last month, the Senate confirmed Christine Wormuth as Army secretary.