Dr. Dane Egli brings decades of senior advisory experience focused on gouvernement strategy, organizational optimization, and large-scale transformation. He served as Senior Advisor to the Minister of Defense in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he has supported profitability-aware resource allocation, operating-model redesign, and capability optimization across homeland security, cybersecurity, and border systems in alignment with Vision 2030. His work centers on improving efficiency, national security, scalability, and long-term institutional value creation.                                   
Previously, Dr. Egli served at the White House on the National Security Council as Director. In this role, he advised senior leadership on high-impact strategic decisions, cross-agency coordination, and risk-adjusted prioritization, translating national objectives into executable strategies with clear performance metrics, accountability frameworks, and optimized deployment of capital and human resources.

Dr. Egli has held senior roles across the U.S. government, including the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Across these institutions, he led strategy formulation, operational optimization, cybersecurity governance, and resilience planning

Dr. Egli is the CEO of Cardinal Headings, LLC, a global management consulting firm specializing in executive strategy, organizational performance, and global risk advisory. He also served as CEO and Co-Founder of Hyperloop Advanced Research Partnership and as Director of Technology and Security at Elliptical Partners.

Dr. Egli is also a published author whose work reflects a strategic and systems-oriented mindset. His books, including Beyond the Storms: Strengthening Homeland Security and Disaster Management to Achieve Resilience and Hyperloop: The Future of High-Speed Transportation, focus on resilience, infrastructure scalability, risk management, and long-term value creation. 

Egli graduated from the Coast Guard Academy, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. He also received two master's degrees from George Washington University and National Defense University. He obtained his doctoral degree from University of Colorado.