Dave is a leader on the Crisis and Investigations team, helping clients navigate and manage complex investigations, crisis and emerging technology risk. He is a former US government senior executive with 26 years of national security leadership experience spanning cyber operations, counterterrorism and crisis management. He has demonstrated success in shaping interagency policies, leading high-stakes incident response teams and advising senior officials.
Most recently, Dave was Assistant Director, Counterterrorism for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, DC. He also served as head of the Operations Branch of the FBI’s Cyber Division, Director of the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force, and was the Special Agent in Charge of the Washington Field Office Criminal & Cyber Division.
Dave holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Master of Science in Administration of Justice degree from the University of Louisville.
How Dave is shaping the future with confidence
Dave’s background in coalition building, developing public-private partnerships across industries, bringing some of the top minds together in the higher education space, and elevating the awareness and training of all parties on the importance of collaboration to stay ahead of threats all help to develop a brighter future for the groups he works with.