Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Wartenberg has been appointed as a subject matter expert for Research, Analysis, and Intelligence Support in the Assessment, Coordination, and Engagement Branch of the JAPCC in October 2022. His primary responsibility is to provide intelligence to the expert team and contribute to the JAPCC’s products regarding intelligence matters.

Lieutenant Colonel Wartenberg previously served in the Regional Territorial Command in Lower Saxony (Germany), where he demonstrated his leadership skills as the Head of the Commission for Guarding and Protection from 2019 to 2022. He was responsible for all guard and physical security issues in the Bundeswehr bases in Lower Saxony and Bremen. During this time, he was deployed to Kosovo, where he served as the Security Management Advisor for the NATO Advisory and Liaison Team in Pristina.

From 2014 to 2019, he was a Military Intelligence Officer in the 9th Armoured Demonstration Brigade in Lower Saxony. As the chief processing officer, he was responsible for collecting, processing, and disseminating intelligence. His past experiences include serving as deputy company commander and platoon leader in the Mechanized Infantry, as well as holding key positions in the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force 2019 and participating in Trident Juncture 2018 exercises.

Lieutenant Colonel Wartenberg graduated from Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg with a Master of Arts degree in Political Science and International Relations in 2012. He also holds a Master of Arts degree in Security Studies (Europe and Eurasia) from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey and won the International Student Award for Excellence in Regional or Security Studies in 2024.