Currently working on technology to enhance natural processes to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at global scale to reduce global warming and achieve Climate Restoration.

42TEK LLC provides consulting services to help organizations conceive, develop, implement, and maintain secure technologies in healthcare, critical infrastructure, and environmental systems. In particular, 42TEK helps startups and small- to medium-size organizations understand and address cybersecurity concerns in the early stages of development when small efforts can provide large benefits.

Program management, product management, and compliance experience at Apple, Google, PayPal, Yahoo!, First Data, and Kaiser Permanente, as well as startups. Extensive experience with complex system integrations and troubleshooting issues in healthcare, electronic payments, and data security.

Also experienced in environmental regulations compliance, environmental monitoring, environmental impact analysis, energy facility siting, hazardous materials management, and hazardous waste cleanup. Clinical experience as a Certified Respiratory Therapy Technician in hospital Intensive Care Units.

Organizer, moderator, or speaker for more than 20 conferences and seminars on payments, data security, and healthcare topics, including the Blockchain Symposium – It’s Not Just About Bitcoin And Finance: Opportunities for the Internet of Things, Healthcare, and More in June 2016, Blockchain and Its Applications in IoT at the 38th IEEE Sarnoff Symposium at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in September 2017, Network-Connected Medical Devices: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? and the Cybersecurity For Medical Devices Is A “Team Sport” workshop in 2018, and the Cybersecurity & the Future of Remote Patient Monitoring workshop in 2019 and 2020, and Remote Patient Monitoring Ecosystem Security in 2021. In 2022, David helped organize and moderate sessions for the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference.

IEEE World Technology Summit on AI Infrastructure Organizing Committee & Chair for Security and Standards session. (November 12-14, 2024 in San Jose, CA.)

In 2019, 2020, and 2021 David was a volunteer at the DEFCON 27, 28, and 29 Biohacking Village focusing on medical device cybersecurity (https://www.villageb.io). He was a volunteer for the 2023 DEFCON 31 Policy Department.

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), California-registered Civil Engineer (PE), and IEEE Senior Member.

David is CNSV Chair. He was a CNSV Director in 2024, and CNSV Secretary in 2021-2023.

Also see my CNSV Board of Directors profile…