Dave Lyon is a global intelligence and security executive with extensive experience in the private sector as an international business consultant advising clients on issues relating to people risk / insider threat, intelligence and security issues, and geopolitical risk and strategy. He is intent on leveraging his experiences, networks, and access to cutting-edge technology to do good in the world. Dave brings the strength of his global network of professional intelligence operations practitioners – a private sector CIA of sorts – to the table for his Clients, and serves as the Chief Intelligence Advisor for a number of organizations. Dave served for over a decade as an undercover operations officer with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)’s Directorate of Operations / National Clandestine Service. He completed multiple overseas field tours where his missions focused primarily on counterterrorism, foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, counterespionage, cybersecurity, and political-military issues. Additionally, Dave served as a commissioned intelligence officer with the U.S. Navy and is qualified as an Information Dominance Warfare Officer (IDWO), all-source intelligence analyst, and subject matter expert in human intelligence (HUMINT). The bulk of his military service was with a naval intelligence unit attached to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). He is the recipient of various military decorations, as well as a number of awards from his time at CIA. Prior to joining CIA and being commissioned in the Navy, Dave was an Assistant Country Director for China within the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) at the Pentagon. He also worked at OSD’s Office of Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, for the Foreign Commercial Service at the US Embassy in Beijing, China, and at the White House. Dave attended the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. where he earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in International Relations and East Asian Studies. He also received a Master of Science in Criminal Justice with a concentration in the Analysis of Criminal Behavior from the University of Cincinnati. Additionally, he has taken graduate-level coursework in national security and strategic studies at the U.S. Naval War College. Dave is a member of the Central Intelligence Retirees’ Association and the OSS Society. He was also a Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations. He speaks Mandarin Chinese along with rudimentary Indonesian and Spanish.