In October 1998, Dr. David was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Analytic Services, Inc, and in 1999, she initiated the corporation’s Homeland Defense Strategic Thrust to address the growing national concern of multidimensional, asymmetric threats from rogue nations, substate terrorist groups, and domestic terrorism; formally creating the ANSER Institute for Homeland Security in May 2001 to enhance public awareness and contribute to the dialogue on national, state, and local level. In 2004, the corporation was selected by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish the legislatively-mandated Homeland Security Institute, later renamed the Homeland Security Studies & Analysis Institute (HSSAI). Today, the corporation operates two business units—ANSER, which supports clients in the national security, homeland defense, and public safety sectors; and HSSAI, a federally funded research and development center dedicated to homeland security—as well as the Applied Systems Thinking (ASysT) Institute, a collaborative endeavor initiated in 2007 to advance the application of systems thinking principles to critical national issues.

From September 1995 to September 1998, Dr. David was Deputy Director for Science and Technology at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). As Technical Advisor to the Director of Central Intelligence, she was responsible for research, development, and deployment of technologies in support of all phases of the intelligence process. She represented the CIA on numerous national committees and advisory bodies, including the National Science and Technology Council and the Committee on National Security. Upon her departure from this position, she was awarded the CIA’s Distinguished Intelligence Medal, the CIA Director’s Award, the Director of NSA Distinguished Service Medal, the National Reconnaissance Officer’s Award for Distinguished Service, and the Defense Intelligence Director’s Award.

Previously, Dr. David served in several leadership positions at the Sandia National Laboratories, where she began her professional career in 1975. Most recently, she was Director of Advanced Information Technologies. From 1991 to 1994, she was Director of the Development Testing Center that developed and operated a broad spectrum of full-scale engineering test facilities. Dr. David has also been an adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico. She has technical experience in digital and microprocessor-based system design, digital signal analysis, adaptive signal analysis, and system integration.

Dr. David is a senior fellow of the Defense Science Board and a member of the Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council, the National Security Agency Advisory Board, the Corporation for the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., and the Hertz Foundation Board. She was elected into the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in 2002 and currently serves as a Councilor of the NAE, chairs the National Research Council Board on Global Science and Technology, chairs the NRC Standing Committee on Technology Insight–Gauge, Evaluate, and Review, and is a member of the Standing Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy. She also serves on industrial advisory boards for the University of Southern California, the Stevens Institute of Technology, and Wichita State University.

Dr. David previously served on the President’s Homeland Security Advisory Council, the NRC Naval Studies Board, the AAAS Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility, the Department of Energy Nonproliferation and National Security Advisory Committee, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Technical Advisory Group, and the Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Advisory Group. She is a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society and the Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Society. In 2003, she received the Wichita State University Alumni Association Achievement Award. In 2010, she was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame. Dr. David frequently provides speeches, interviews, lectures, briefings, and articles on technology-related issues. She is the co-author of three books on signal processing algorithms and has authored or co-authored numerous papers.

Dr. David received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Wichita State University in 1975, a master of science degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1976, and a doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1981.