Daniel Freeman

Senior Program Manager and former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer with 20 years of national-security experience supporting the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and allied missions. Led cyber, ISR, collection-management and multinational intelligence programs involving high-value assets, complex technical requirements and senior government stakeholders.

Experienced in program execution, intelligence operations, contract performance, interagency coordination, risk management and executive-level communication.

Owner and Senior Program Manager - Memphis Restoration Solutions - Memphis, TN

(2023-03 - 2025-12)

• Founded and managed an eight-person company, growing the organization from inception to $560,000 in first-year revenue.
• Directed budgets, personnel, operational planning, risk management, quality control and customer delivery.
• Increased operational efficiency by 35% through standardized procedures, workflow automation and performance monitoring.
• Developed long-term business strategies informed by market research, financial analysis and operational requirements.
• Expanded revenue by 23% through strategic partnerships and relationships with industry decision-makers.
• Maintained a 100% five-star customer rating by establishing service standards, accountability systems and continuous-improvement practices.

Senior Program Manager / Chief Operations Officer - National Security Agency - Honolulu, HI

(2021-03 - 2023-02)

• Led 14 personnel in developing and executing cybersecurity solutions for Department of Defense and Intelligence Community missions.
• Directed efforts that reduced more than 1,500 critical vulnerabilities across U.S. and allied defense networks.
• Orchestrated a multinational cyber task force of 34 analysts from three countries, four federal agencies and nine NSA offices.
• Coordinated a two-week intensive operation that identified and neutralized five high-value cyber threats.
• Improved cross-agency collaboration and reduced response times to priority threats by 12% through streamlined intelligence reporting and dissemination.
• Implemented standardized threat-assessment frameworks that reduced analytical bottlenecks by 20%.
• Converted classified cyber-threat information into actionable unclassified reporting distributed to more than 600 industry partners.
• Directed partnerships with Australia, the CIA, FBI, NSA Headquarters and other mission stakeholders, contributing to a 250% increase in intelligence reporting and trilateral operations.
• Tracked program performance, mission objectives, analytical output and operational risks across multiple organizations.

Senior Analyst - Huntington Ingalls Industries

(2019-03 - 2020-06)

• Led execution of multiple U.S. Army intelligence contracts involving collection planning, polling data and operational intelligence support.
• Managed contractual deliverables across four programs, maintaining 100% on-time fulfillment of customer and mission requirements.
• Served as the principal liaison between senior Army intelligence officials and technical teams.
• Integrated a civilian polling and data-collection capability into Army intelligence operations, increasing reporting accuracy by 7% and reducing turnaround time by 13%.
• Established and operationalized a new polling-based intelligence program, including standard operating procedures, collection plans, stakeholder-engagement strategies and risk-management frameworks.
• Achieved full operational capability within six months, approximately 15% ahead of schedule.
• Identified and mitigated more than 100 technical and operational risks associated with intelligence collection and data quality.
• Collaborated with technical teams to implement corrective measures that improved data reliability by 20%.
• Developed KPIs to monitor analytical projects, contract performance, operational milestones and mission alignment.
• Secured three contract renewals and two contract expansions through trusted relationships with senior Army stakeholders and consistent program performance.

Reconnaissance Operations Manager (Active and Reserve) - US Air Force - Honolulu, HI

(2017-08 - 2021-02)

• Directed 18 intelligence officers and analysts responsible for daily and strategic intelligence support to a four-star combatant commander.
• Delivered intelligence assessments influencing more than 20 senior-level mission decisions monthly and approximately $400 million in national-security operations.
• Produced and briefed multi-source intelligence assessments on People's Republic of China and Korean military activities.
• Informed approximately $820 million in ISR resource-allocation decisions through timely threat assessments and collection analysis.
• Managed ISR asset allocation for airborne and space-based collection platforms, reducing operational gaps by 15% and increasing threat-response efficiency by 21%.
• Established a new ISR operations area in Korea, increasing regional geospatial and signals-intelligence collection capacity by approximately 15%.
• Authored a longitudinal study for the Joint Chiefs supporting the acquisition of $1.3 billion in additional ISR assets through congressional appropriation.
• Managed real-time operations for 24 high-value intelligence assets, increasing intelligence yield by 21% and generating an estimated $57 million in additional collection value.
• Developed collection plans supporting Presidential intelligence requirements while improving mission efficiency by 10%.
• Reduced fuel and crew waste by approximately $1 million annually through improved ISR planning and tasking.
• Optimized targeting related to United Nations sanctions violations, contributing to the identification and prevention of more than 20 illegal fuel transfers.

Senior Intelligence Officer - US Air Force, TN Air National Guard - Memphis, TN

(2004-08 - 2017-08)

• Led a team of 10 intelligence analysts conducting all-source analysis, threat assessment and operational briefing.
• Reduced intelligence-report turnaround time by 15% through process improvements and production-management practices.
• Directed production and dissemination of more than 250 all-source intelligence products annually.
• Authored and briefed more than 100 strategic intelligence reports to senior military and civilian leaders.
• Translated complex intelligence and operational data into concise assessments supporting high-visibility missions.
• Protected approximately $2.7 billion in assets and more than 500 personnel through threat assessment and risk-mitigation planning.
• Integrated multi-INT reporting and analysis to produce high-confidence assessments across more than 20 deployments.
• Led compliance and readiness efforts involving 128 self-inspection requirements, resulting in zero discrepancies during formal inspections.

Master of Arts - Leadership in Global Affairs - The Fletcher School at Tufts University

Bachelor of Arts - International Affairs - University of Memphis

Associate of Applied Sciences - Intelligence Studies & Technology - Community College of the Air Force

Program on Negotiation (PON) - Harvard University

Advanced Analytical Frameworks - US Air Force