KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dave Komenda concluded his Boeing career as the vice president and chief security officer for The Boeing Company in 2022, a role he held for 14 years of his 36 years within the security profession. Komendat was responsible for the company’s global security and fire protection policy and procedures, site security, executive protection, supply chain and aviation security, structural and aircraft fire protection, government and proprietary information security, classified cyber security, strategic intelligence, international security, business continuity and disaster preparedness, Global Security Operations Center, and security background investigations.

Komendat was also the lead Boeing interface for both national and international security policy engagement with government and industry advisory groups. He represented Boeing and the private sector as past co-chairman and current advisory board member for the Domestic Security Alliance Council, past president of the International Security Management Association and served as a member of the Threats and Information Committee for the Overseas Security Advisory Council.

Dave Komendat is now the founder and president of DSKomendat Risk Management Services, a security risk management consultancy where he serves in an advisory board capacity for multiple companies and holds board leadership roles with non-profit organizations whose missions are to protect people globally, including Hostage U.S. and The International Security Foundation. In 2018, Dave received the Director’s Award for Exceptional Public Service by FBI Director Christopher Wray.

Komendat graduated from California State University at Long Beach with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice specializing in industrial security and is a graduate of the executive development program at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.