Daniel W.

Daniel W. is currently serving as a Principal Security Architect at Aquia, where responsibilities include scaling an agency-wide Software as a Service (SaaS) Governance program and enhancing security measures for third-party applications within a major Federal healthcare agency. Previous positions include Senior Security Architect at the same agency, focused on advancing Zero Trust maturity and implementing an advanced threat detection pipeline. Daniel W. co-chairs the CMS Information Security Advisory Board and has extensive experience in cybersecurity consulting, demonstrated through tenure as Managing Partner and Chief Consultant at Federal Computing. Additionally, contributions as an RSA Security Scholar included autonomous research on AI risk management frameworks. Academic qualifications include a Master of Information and Cybersecurity from UC Berkeley and a Professional Certificate in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence.