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  Dan Wolf
  Cyber Pack Ventures, Inc.
 

After departing government service after 39 years on March 3, 2006, Daniel G. Wolf became the President of Cyber Pack Ventures, Inc. specializing in consulting on a variety of Information Assurance, Intelligence, and Homeland Security topics. Prior to this, he was the Director of the Information Assurance Directorate of the National Security Agency (NSA), where he held the responsibility for implementing an Information Assurance strategy to protect government communications and networks carrying classified National Security Systems information. This included support for 22 government agencies in DoD, the Intelligence Community, and Homeland Security. His organization provided direct support to the U.S. military worldwide and worked with numerous foreign partners to provide interoperable secure communications and networks. He managed seven lines of business: vulnerability discovery, solutions generation and development, solution deployment and maintenance, defensive information operations, research, microelectronics, outreach, and awareness. As the Director of Information Assurance at NSA, he was responsible for the world’s largest single cadre of IA professionals, which provided America’s National Security Systems with trusted and protected IA products and services.

Prior to his appointment as Director of Information Assurance, Mr. Wolf was the Directorate’s Deputy. Other major NSA assignments include the Chief of the Technical Support Group (1994-97) and the Chief of the Technical Analysis Group in the Operations Directorate (1997-2000). As leader for both organizations, he was responsible for providing time critical information to the national leaders and to military leaders worldwide. Mr. Wolf has received numerous awards for his many contributions to the Defense and Intelligence Communities - the Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Executive in 2003, the Presidential Rank Awards of Meritorious Executive in both 1996 and 2001, the DoD Distinguished Civilian Service Award in 2000, and the DoD Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service in 2006. He also received the NSA Exceptional Civilian Service Award and the NSA Director’s Distinguished Service Medal.

Mr. Wolf earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Case Institute of Technology, and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering (Computer Systems) from the University of Maryland College Park. He is also a graduate of the Senior Executive Fellow Program at Harvard University (Kennedy School of Government) and the Federal Executive Institute (FEI) in Charlottesville, VA. For the last eleven years, he has been a member of the Adjunct faculty of Howard Community College, where he teaches C, Advanced C, and Java programming. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland University College in the Graduate School of Management and Technology teaching Homeland Security courses.