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Professional experienced in leading comprehensive security operations and risk management programs globally to include managing program operations, strategic planning, risk/threat analysis, physical and technical security, counterterrorism, counterintelligence, executive protection, investigations, crisis management, training, emergency preparedness and response capabilities to ensure resiliency.Throughout his career, David successfully worked in complex and fast-paced settings requiring persistent attention to detail and collaboration with multiple stakeholders. David has developed impactful relationships and built successful teams to manage multi-faceted programs that rapidly change due to the security situation and organizational priorities. David leads with a strong focus on outcomes, repeatable processes, and continuous improvement, based on data, available intelligence, and common sense.He is certified as a Project Management Professional, has a Master's degree in Strategic Intelligence with a concentration in Leadership and Management and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration.Key Accomplishments:• Managed a $350 million annual budget and operations of a 1,500-person security team in war torn Afghanistan.• Led an office with a 35% operational readiness score to a 96% rating in under two years by improving processes, training, stakeholder engagement, and team morale.• Improved operational processes including reduction of a 60% past due / six-month backlog of security certifications to a 100% on-time efficiency with 4-month, advance notification process, while digitizing all paper records and adding automated processes.• Managed a team located throughout the U.S. responsible for counterterrorism investigations in the U.S., Central and South America, Europe, and the Middle East.• Led Executive Branch operations representing U.S. interests during an economics gathering in a West African nation as well as during the Ebola epidemic. • Developed and instituted metrically-based KPIs that enabled Department leadership to best determine where to distribute its limited human capital, helping shape the Department’s vision, driving changes in the organization's participation on various joint duty positions. • Provided security protection to the Secretary of State, members of Congress, and numerous other VIPs. Assisted in the development of foreign security plans supporting the protection of the President, Vice President, and other senior members of the US. government in numerous countries.

Listed skills include Leadership, Team Building, Firearms Handling, Contingency Planning, and 47 others.