Dave Bryan
Major General (US Army-Ret.)
Former Vice Director, Defense Information Systems Agency and Commander, Joint Task Force - Global Network Operations, Vice President and Deputy, Defense Group, Northrop Grumman Information Technology
Major General James David “Dave” Bryan, US Army-Retired, serves in Northrop Grumman Information Technology (IT) as Vice President, Department of Defense (DoD) Transformation. In this role, Dave is responsible for thought leadership, strategic planning, coordination and capture of markets related to the operational and business transformation of the defense community in the United States and internationally. Dave is one of the leading experts in the information technology aspects of defense transformation. Most recently, he was Vice Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency and the Commander of the Joint Task Force for Computer Network Operations. In this unique, dual-hat assignment, he directed two critically important organizations with global missions to develop, acquire, provide, operate and defend telecommunications and computer systems and networks for the President of the United States, the military services, the defense agencies, and defense activities of the DoD. Dave began his career in 1970 as the Signal Officer for the 3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division. As a Lieutenant Colonel/Colonel he became Director of Joint C4 Architectures and Integration, Joint Staff J-6. He authored and implemented the “C41 for the Warrior” program that completely revamped the DoD’s approach to information system interoperability and introduced the concepts of “network-centricity” and “knowledge- centricity” to achieve the goals of Joint Vision 2010/2020.

Among numerous other accomplishments, Dave has been credited for transforming the Defense Information Systems Agency and re-establishing its credibility as a premier combat support agency. He has also been credited for developing and implementing the most innovative overhaul of network operations doctrine in the history of the DoD, which resulted in the ability for the first time to manage and secure the DoD Global Information Grid of more than 3.5 million computers, 17,000 local enclaves and more than 150,000 servers.