Speakers

Dan Delgado is a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Academy civil engineering graduate, a veteran of 15 years, who flew 2000 hours as a USCG helicopter pilot, performing Law Enforcement and Search & Rescue missions, including rescuing over 30 lives at sea.  Thereafter, Dan served as a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent accumulating a myriad of criminal and counter-terrorism investigative experience with a focus on countermeasures to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) threats.  In his 22-year career, he also served as SWAT operator, FBI Tactical Medic/EMT, Crisis Management Coordinator and flew an additional 2000+ hours.  With a master’s degree in WMD Studies, his last assignment was Unit Chief at FBI Headquarters WMD Directorate, Critical Infrastructure, Emerging Threats & Technologies Unit, where he led a staff identifying malicious or intentional misuse of advanced or evolving technologies and directing proactive measures to conduct outreach to prevent/prepare for potential WMD attacks utilizing these new technologies.  Throughout the years, he also served his local communities as a volunteer fire fighter, HazMat technician and EMT.  Dan now devotes his efforts with his new passion, serving as a Program Technical Lead for AVIAN LLC, growing DOD and U.S. Government programs to promote awareness of the risks related to the continued evolution of unmanned systems and development of opportunities to mitigate related threats to U.S. critical infrastructure.  Dan is currently directly supporting New Mexico Tech University, as he led the development of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Drone Awareness and Response Techniques (DART) suite of courses, offered free of cost, for U.S. domestic first responders and police agencies.