David An is currently a cybersecurity manager within management consulting while continuing his academic endeavors. Within management consulting, David has spent the past four years leading the strategic branch of cybersecurity team—geopolitical team, technical operational team, and indicators of compromise collection team. He also leads due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, and regularly briefs C-suite executives of Fortune 500 companies.
In academia, David continues to speak and present research papers at academic conferences and speak at universities. He is authoring a forthcoming book on ransomware cyber threat actors.
David received his Ph.D. from the Politics Department at The Catholic University.