David is Facebook's Director for Global Threat Disruption, where he coordinates the disruption of influence operations, cyber-espionage, and other adversarial networks and develops policies to deter misuse of the platform. Prior to joining Facebook, David served as Director for Intelligence at the National Security Council (NSC) in the White House, where he led the United States Government's efforts to address foreign interference in democratic systems and elections. While at the White House, he also oversaw efforts to improve U.S. government cybersecurity and coordinated the international response to Russia's targeting of dissidents in Europe. In addition to his time at the White House, he has served in a variety of roles at the Department of Defense focused on Russian counter-intelligence, organized crime, and corruption and contributed to the bestselling expose on Russian government corruption, "Putin's Kleptocracy." He speaks Russian, Spanish, and some Mandarin Chinese. In his free time he teaches people to fly planes.
