Summary
Dan Little is a strategic technologist and security diplomat with 25 years of software design experience and two decades of high-level engagement across governments, international organizations and C‑level partners. As minority owner and long-time executive, he has built sales pipelines, PMOs and export compliance programs, led bids that contributed to billions in wins, and combined Capture-trained business development with hands-on program and proposal leadership. His work spans defense, counter‑trafficking, and AI/ML research—supporting NATO, UN bodies and multiple national agencies—while also lecturing and publishing in international security. Notably, he translates complex policy and operational requirements into practical technical systems, having stood up interoperability programs and counter-smuggling networks across dozens of countries. Based in Pennsylvania, he pairs academic rigor (extensive PhD coursework and executive MBAs) with operational command experience and a curiosity about how and why systems fail or succeed.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Graduate Coursework, International Relations. International Security, Economics, PhD Graduate Coursework, International Relations. International Security, Economics at Virginia Tech
Certificate, ITIL v.3, Certificate, ITIL v.3 at Syracuse University
MBA, Executive, MBA, Executive at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
PhD Fellow (ABD), Manse Scholar, PhD Fellow (ABD), Manse Scholar at Syddansk Universitet - University of Southern Denmark
International Relations, International Relations at University of Cambridge
Certificate, Lean Six Sigma, Certificate, Lean Six Sigma at Villanova University
PhD Fellow (ABD), PhD Fellow (ABD) at Maastricht University
Kellogg School of Management