KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Our keynote speaker, Dave Komendat, was the first "homegrown" CSO for The Boeing Company, having risen from a security intern in 1986 to CSO. He concluded his Boeing career as the vice president and chief security in 2022, a role he held for 14 years of his 36 years with the company. During his tenure, he 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. He 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.

Komendat is 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.  Dave is also a partner and Chief of Security for Corporate Security Advisors (CSA) a security consultancy specializing in "The Business of Security". In addition, he has been a special government employee with the FBI and, in 2018, 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.

A globally recognized security leader with over 40 years of industry experience, Dave Komendat will share a "behind the scenes look" at the challenges faced when leading security at one of the world's most iconic brands. His address will include his personal insights, learnings and poignant moments about some of the most challenging incidents during his career.