Dave has over 40 years of combined DoD, USMC, and DHS/CBP experience, including significant experience in Small Arms, Tactical Vehicles, and Information Technology Systems. His most recent assignment as the Senior Executive Service Executive Director for Border Enforcement and Management Systems within CBP provides great insight into Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Homeland Security.
He dedicated over 35 years of service to the United States Marine Corps, serving several different leadership roles. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in May 1985, he served in various positions in the operating forces and at Marine Corps Systems Command. He medically retired, as a Major, from the Marine Corps in 1997 and returned to the USMC as a Civilian employee later that same year.
Mr. Hansen USMC (Ret.) served in the Joint Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicle Program Office as the Deputy Program Manager from 2007-2010 and as the Joint Program Manager from 2010 to 2013. He also served as the acting Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Research Development and Acquisition (ASN(RDA)) for all matters related to the Joint MRAP Vehicle Program and led the Source Selection for the MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV), Program Manager for the Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad, Program Manager and Business Manager for Infantry Weapons, and Deputy Program Manager for Non-Lethal Weapons.
In 2013, Dave was then assigned as the Program Manager, Global Combat Support System - Marine Corps (GCSS-MC). GCSS-MC is an ACAT I Major Automated Information System (MAIS) program that is intended to provide the technology enabler and backbone for all logistics information required by the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF).
Beginning his career with Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Information and Technology (OIT) in July 2018. Dave served as the Deputy Executive Director of Passenger Systems Program Directorate (PSPD) from February 2019 until May of 2020 where he was then designated as the Acting Executive Director of PSPD until March 2021. In March 2021, Dave was promoted to the Senior Executive Service (SES) as the Executive Director of Border Enforcement and Management Systems Directorate (BEMSD).
