Dan Wolf

Mr. Wolf is the former Director of the Information Assurance Directorate at the National Security Agency (NSA), where he was responsible for implementing an Information Assurance strategy to protect the Defense Information Infrastructure, and as appropriate, the National Information Infrastructure.
He ensured, through ongoing contact with NSA's customers, that the Information Assurance programs of the NSA continue to evolve to meet the challenges of their current and future requirements for secure communications.
For the past several years, he has served in a variety of technical and analytic organizations within NSA. Prior to his recent appointment as the Director, Information Assurance (IA), he was the Directorate's Deputy.
Other NSA assignments include: Chief of the Technical Support Group (1994-1997), and Chief of an Analytic Support Group in the Operations Directorate (1997-2000).
As leader for both organizations, he was responsible for providing time critical information to National leaders and to Military leaders worldwide.
He has received numerous awards for his many contributions to the Defense and Intelligence Communities, including the prestigious DoD Distinguished Civilian Service Award in 2000 and the Presidential Rank Award in 2001.
Mr. Wolf earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Case Institute of Technology in 1967, and a Masters of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from University of Maryland College Park in 1978.
He is also a graduate of the Senior Executive Fellows Program at Harvard University.
For the last nine years he has been a member of the Adjunct Faculty of Howard Community College, where he teaches classes in C, Advanced C, and JAVA programming.