Daniel Holtzman

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). (Former) Director, Acquisition Servies DOW USW(R&E); Authorizing Official (AO); (Former) First Air Force Cyber Highly Qualified Expert ( HQE)

Windham, New Hampshire, United States

About

Experienced leader, evangelist, and change agent in large scale, complex real time, high latency dependent information systems, systems engineering and weapon systems development and acquisitions in support of the U.S. Department of Defense, NATO, Private/Public Industry and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers ( FFRDC). Recruited for Chief Information Officer assignment in large public company. Appointed by the Secretary of the Air Force as the First Highly Qualified Expert (HQE) for Cyber, with a focus on complex, real time, latency driven weapon systems. Creator of Operation Vulcan Logic (OVL) - A Risk Based Cyber Security execution model based on the "YesIF" philosophy. As the First Air Force Highly Qualified Expert (HQE) responsible for the areas of cyber security, program protection planning, security engineering, supply chain risk management, mission and system assurance and resiliency. Responsibilities include technical authority for security engineering, cyber resiliency and systems and mission assurance; engineering resilient systems; and defensive security engineering. Appointed as the Authorizing Official for multiple boundaries/Capabilities, including: Command and Control Systems (Collateral & SAP); Rapid Cyber Acquisition (Collateral & SAP); Enterprise IT as a Service (Collateral & SAP); Cloud & DevSecOps; F-35 Cloud & DevSecOps; F-35 ALIS and GBSD Cloud & DevSecOps. Additionally appointed as the AF Director of Cyberspace Innovation.

Experience

  • Chief Information Security Officer at Draper
    May 2026 - Present · 2 mos

    Accountable for protecting Draper's information systems and mission critical AI capabilities. Responsible for enterprise leadership over cybersecurity, cyber resiliency, and cyber related risk across unclassified, controlled unclassified, and corporate environments.

  • Deputy Executive Director at DoD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office
    Jan 2025 - Apr 2026 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Authorizing Official (AO), DOD Chief Digital & Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) at Office of the Secretary of Defense
    Jan 2023 - Apr 2026 · 3 yrs 4 mos

  • AFNWC Cyber Tech Advisor at United States Department of the Air Force
    Nov 2022 - Jan 2023 · 3 mos

  • United States Air Force (Full-time · 6 yrs 1 mo)
    • Director, Cyberspace Innovation.
      Oct 2019 - Oct 2022 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    • Cyber Technical Director.
      Oct 2016 - Oct 2019 · 3 yrs 1 mo