Daniel Cotter Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C.

Principal Director of the Office of Science and Technology (OSE), Science & Technology Directorate, DHS. OSE is responsible for a broad range of functions supporting homeland security innovation. This includes technology scouting and transition planning for S&T research and development programs, as well as subject matter expert support to research program.

Washington, D.C.

Director of the First Responders Group (FRG) in the Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Lead programs for first responder advanced personal protective equipment, communications interoperability, incident information sharing, situational awareness, and disaster resiliency. Coordination with international partners.

Washington, D.C.

As Director, Office for Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC), First Responders Group (FRG), Science & Technology, lead research and development programs for public safety voice and data interoperability, incident management information sharing, and alerts warnings and notifications (AWN). Oversaw OIC programs for Project 25 Land Mobile Radio (LMR).

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Executive Director of the Office of Applied Technology (OAT). Managed a portfolio that included information sharing, enterprise architecture, enterprise data management, geospatial information technologies, identity, credentialing and access management, the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) Program Management Office, the Homeland Security.

Washington, DC

Directed the DHS Geospatial Management Office in supporting homeland security law enforcement, intelligence, emergency management, and critical infrastructure / key resources protection missions. Deployed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to direct the Hurricane Katrina / Rita Joint Field Office Geospatial Intelligence Unit in fall 2005. Lead internal and.

Gaithersburg, Maryland

Lead the Geospatial Information Technologies (GIT) practice. Developed Integrated Emergency Management Plans for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) deployment of Biological Detection Systems for the detection of anthrax in the mail stream. Program Manager for the USPS Postal Emergency Management System (PEMS). PEMS included a mobile solution for the role-based.

The Woodlands, Texas

President and CEO of TerraPoint, LLC, a jointly owned business unit of Transamerica and the Houston Advanced Research Center, providing digital terrain mapping services using advanced airborne Light Detection and Ranging Systems (LIDAR). Developed corporate business plan for start-up, arranged financing, and managed all aspects of initial stand up..

Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey

Transamerica Flood Hazard Certification (TFHC) provided flood zone determination services, based on interpreting FEMA flood maps, for mortgage lenders, insurance companies and other customers. Created and implemented the vision to reengineer TFHC from primarily a manual, paper-based operation, to an automated environment based on leading edge GIS.

Washington, DC

Initially joined FEMA as a Hydraulic Engineer, with primary responsibility to manage FEMA Flood Insurance Studies, appeals of Base Flood Elevations, and amendments / revisions to FEMA flood maps for regions 4, 5 and 7. Developed streamlined methods that reduced the time and cost to process flood map amendments and revisions. Piloted the use of airborne.

Engineer Topographic Laboratories, Ft. Belvior, Virginia

Performed interdisciplinary military terrain studies. Developed methodologies and guidelines for the production of water resources terrain analyses to support military operations. Introduced use of Landsat MSS imagery to support terrain analysis studies.

Washington, DC

Completed three year internship with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Assignments at USACE headquarters, field and research units. Supported USACE response to Mt. St. Helens and Hurricane Frederick. Management team member for the 1980 Atlantic Remote Sensing Land-Ocean Experiment (ARSLOE 80). Supported USACE remote sensing research program.

Miami, Florida

Performed water resources investigations and data collection throughout the south Florida area. Prepared groundwater surface elevation maps, constructed stream gages, and interpreted geology at drill sites.

Reston, Virginia

Part time student employment; digitized land use and land cover maps; air photo interpretation.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Hydrology

Graduate Certificate, Executive Certificate For Chief Information Officers

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Associate Of Arts And Sciences (A.A.S.), Computer Information Systems

Master Of Science (M.S.), Geographic And Cartographic Sciences