Dan Porter has extensive experience in firearms instruction and management, currently serving as the General Manager of Production at Strategic Armory Corps, LLC since July 2024. In addition to this role, Dan is an Agency Firearms Instructor with the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service, where responsibilities include creating and running firearm simulator courses and evaluating police academy cadets. Previous positions include Firearms Compliance Officer at Horizon Firearms, Use of Force Consultant at Simlabs Studios, Training Coordinator for Columbia County Oregon, and various roles related to firearms instruction at INTREPID FIREARMS. Dan's background also encompasses a significant tenure in information technology, highlighted by a Senior Director position at Enron Broadband Services, where key accomplishments included developing IT infrastructure and managing large-scale contracts. Additional earlier roles include Lead Systems Engineer and Programmer at BlueCross BlueShield organizations, alongside establishing a pro-fishing guiding business.
Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service - TEEX
The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) is an internationally recognized leader in the delivery of emergency response, homeland security and workforce training, as well as exercises, technical assistance and economic development. TEEX serves more than 169,000 people annually from every U.S. state and territory and 79 countriesworldwide.Renowned for its hands-on, customized training, TEEX offers a wide range of technical and skills training programs aimed at employed workers and those entering the labor force. Both public and private sector organizations count on TEEX for outstanding training and the technical expertise of its instructors, many of whom are the top experts in their respective fields.TEEX operates a comprehensive emergency preparedness campus, which includes some of the world’s top training facilities in the Brayton Fire Training Field, Disaster City® and the Emergency Operations Training Center, as well as state-of-the-art facilities for public utilities, law enforcement and unexploded ordnance training.