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Dan Swartwood Dan has focused his career on data protection, privacy and intellectual property protection issues in the technological world. Dan is currently the Director, Information Safeguarding for the Walt Disney Company, one of the largest entertainment companies in the world. In this role he manages the risk to intellectual property and works closely with his IT counterparts in identifying risk and implementing creative solutions. Prior to Disney, Dan and his team provided leadership to all aspects of Motorola’s global operations. Before Motorola, he was the Data Privacy Officer at HP and the first ever Corporate Privacy Manager at Compaq Computer. While at Compaq, he also served as the Corporate Information Security Manager. In that role he developed an industry leading data protection effort. He was recently named as one of the top 25 privacy professionals in America. He was the first and only Chairperson of the International Association of Privacy Professionals Certification Panel, which created the first privacy certification program. Dan is one of the original Certified Information Privacy Professionals. He is the co-author of five bi-annual proprietary information loss surveys sponsored by the American Society for Industrial Security, International, and has authored articles and speaks at national and international conferences. He holds a Master of Science degree in Strategic Intelligence from the US Defense Intelligence College.
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