About Dan

Key areas of expertise

• Fractional vCISO & AI governance: security strategy, risk management and compliance programs built on NIST CSF 2.0, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 42001, CMMC, HIPAA and the EU AI Act.
• Cybersecurity leadership: building security programs and leading defense teams that protect critical assets, and translating cyber risk into boardroom decisions.
• Cybersecurity engineering: System Security Engineering (SSE) for aerospace projects, RMF processes and secure systems integration.
• Cyber intelligence leadership: led strategic planning and budgeting, managed a multi-million-dollar budget and built teams of cyber defenders and threat emulators.
• Cyber threat intelligence: co-author of Advanced Cyber Threat Intelligence and Hunting and an editor of the Geneva Manual on Cyber Threat Intelligence.

Education & research

• PhD candidate in Cybersecurity Leadership at Capitol Technology University, researching the return on investment of incident response in aerospace.
• The University of Texas at Austin; Defense Language Institute.

Community & knowledge sharing

• OWASP AI Exchange core team member, helping shape open AI security guidance for the global community.
• Forbes Technology Council contributor and co-author of The AI Mindset.
• Speaker and trainer on cybersecurity, threat intelligence and AI governance.
• Mentor to veterans and newcomers starting careers in cybersecurity.

Beyond work

Certified personal trainer, nutrition coach, bodybuilding specialist and Pilates instructor (ISSA Elite Trainer), and a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver.