Dan O’Sullivan

2023 Next Gen National Security Fellow

U.S. Space Force

Dan O’Sullivan is a developmental engineer and acquisition program manager in the United States Space Force. Currently, he serves as the Senior Executive Officer to Chief Strategy & Resourcing Officer on the U.S. Space Force Headquarters Staff in the Pentagon.

Previously, Dan served as budget analyst for space programs in the Pentagon and as a satellite development program manager in Los Angeles, California. Dan’s assignments also include tours in space operations where he led sustainment activities for military satellites. Additionally, Dan had the honor of serving as an aide to the late Mr. Terry Duncan, a former Director of the National Reconnaissance Office’s Communications Systems Directorate.

Dan graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado with a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering with a concentration in Astronautical Engineering. He also holds a Master of Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology, an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and is a Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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