Daniel O’Neill

Dan O’Neill has 20 year of security consulting experience. In 2001, he founded and was the chairman, president and CEO of Applied Risk Management where he led security engagements for clients throughout the world, including Europe, South America, Asia and the Middle East. Notable clients included Logan Airport, Harvard University, MIT, Empire State Building, U.S. Embassies around the world, Level 4 biosafety laboratories capable of housing the Ebola virus, and military bases worldwide. Dan successfully sold ARM in 2011 and recently started a new company, Advanced Data Risk Management.

In 2015, Dan served as the Interim Emergency Manager for MIT where his primary focus was on immediate notification of the community during emergency incidents. This included policy development, procedure development, training and testing. He has also assessed the effectiveness of immediate notification and timely warning at numerous colleges and universities. 

Dan is the author of two books on campus security: The Handbook for Campus Threat Assessment and Management Teams and Security Design for Sustainable Buildings and Campuses. He was also the primary author of a report for the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education titled: Campus Violence Prevention and Response, Best Practices for MA Higher Education.

Dan has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business from Northeastern University and a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.