Dane Egli

Senior Military Advisor at Ministry of Defense Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Speaker

Dr. Egli served at the White House on the National Security Council staff as Director for Counterterrorism & Global Counternarcotics; and was senior advisor to President for hostage rescue policy, and chaired the Interagency Hostage Working Group.

He currently serves as Senior Military Advisor to the Minister of Defense in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Dr. Egli recently served as Senior Policy Advisor for Counterterrorism and Defense Operations Policy at the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard in Washington, DC. Before that, he served as an International Management Consultant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Interior to develop their first Homeland Security Strategy, and support transformation of the Border Guard.

Dr. Egli previously held a senior government position in the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico; and was National Security Advisor for Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland, specializing in Homeland Security, Resilience, Cyber, and Maritime Security.

He is President of Cardinal Headings, LLC, focused on leadership development and international consulting to support national security and homeland security. He is the former President and Co-Founder of Hyperloop Advanced Research Partnership (HARP), exploring next generation high speed transportation systems. In the private sector, he was a Senior Systems Engineer for Integrity Applications Inc., supporting the Naval Research Laboratory, Pentagon, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and several Fortune 500 Companies.

Dr. Egli is the author of “Beyond the Storms: Strengthening Homeland Security and Disaster Management to Achieve Resilience,” and “Hyperloop: The Future of High Speed Transportation.” He has appeared on ABC, CNN, FOX News, C-SPAN, Al Jazeera, and NPR to address national security, risk management, and hostage rescue policy.

As a career Coast Guard officer, he served in operational leadership conducting search & rescue, homeland security, and maritime law enforcement missions. He also served at NORAD/US NORTHCOM as Director of Future Operations (J35), and as Senior Maritime Advisor to the Combatant Commander.

He was adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University: Carey School of Business and Whiting School of Engineering; Distinguished Professor at the Colorado Technical University in Homeland Security Studies; and at University of Colorado taught National Security, Public Administration, and Cyber Security.

Dr. Egli graduated from the Coast Guard Academy, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering (honors). He received graduate degrees from George Washington University and National Defense University, a doctoral degree from University of Colorado (Denver) in Public Policy and is a distinguished graduate of the Naval War College. He is also a graduate of Harvard University, Kennedy School Executive Education Program, specialized in Homeland Security, Leadership & Management.