Norman T. Roule served for 34 years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing numerous programs relating to the Middle East. Mr. Roule held multiple senior intelligence assignments in Washington, as well as during over 15 years of overseas work. He served as the National Intelligence Manager for Iran (NIM-I) at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence from November 2008 until September 2017. As NIM-I, he was the principal intelligence community (IC) official responsible for overseeing national intelligence policy and activities related to Iran and Iran-related issues, to include IC engagement on these topics with senior policymakers in the National Security Council, the Department of State, the Department of Defense, and Congress. Mr. Roule received multiple national intelligence awards during his career.

Mr. Roule works as a business consultant on Middle East political, security, economic, and energy issues with an emphasis on the Gulf Cooperation Council states and Iran.

Mr. Roule is currently a non-resident fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School, a non-resident senior adviser with the Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and an Associate Fellow at the Middle East Institute. He also serves as senior adviser to the Nuclear Threat Initiative, Counter Extremism Project, and United Against Nuclear Iran. Mr. Roule is a regular contributor to The Cipher Brief. He is frequently asked to speak on Middle East issues on US and international media, including BBC, Bloomberg, CNN, Israeli international television (I24), NewsNation, Sharq, and Sky News Arabia. He is a frequent contributor to The Cipher Brief and has written for U.S. and international print media.