Colonel James Black is the Director Canadian Geospatial Intelligence Centre Implementation within the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command. Originally from Cambridge, Ontario, he enlisted in 2000 as a Naval Electronics Technician before becoming an Army Intelligence Officer. He has served across the Canadian Army, Defence Intelligence Enterprise, and Special Operations community, including command of 12 All Source Intelligence Centre, the Joint Task Force-Iraq All Source Intelligence Centre, and the Canadian Army Intelligence Regiment. His operational deployments include the Gulf of Oman, Afghanistan, and Kuwait. Col Black holds graduate degrees from the Royal Military College and Carleton University.