Daniel G. Alvarez is a Program Coordinator at the Institute for Security and Technology (IST), where he works on UnDisruptable27, IST’s initiative to strengthen the resilience of the lifeline critical infrastructure that communities depend on. He conducts research and analysis on emerging cybersecurity issues for the project, represents UnDisruptable27 in public settings through briefings and engagement with peer organizations, and leads production of the project’s monthly newsletter. He also manages the project’s operations, including planning, budget tracking, reporting, and stakeholder engagement across the UnDisruptable27 community, and builds the repeatable processes that allow the team’s interventions to scale.

Daniel joined IST from Capitol Hill, where he worked with the minority staff of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. He produced policy memos, briefing materials, and oversight correspondence on alliance management, strategic competition, emerging technology, and AI chip export controls while supporting preparation for hearings and member-level engagements. Earlier, he led a team advising Estonia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on hybrid threats and other forms of foreign coercion. He has also worked on-site for the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, in a disputed post-conflict environment shaped by competing external influence.

Before moving into policy, Daniel spent nearly four years in management consulting and enterprise software as a Senior Consultant at IBM incorporating emerging technologies into client strategies and as a Solution Engineer at Celonis, leading project workstreams, building reporting and analytics for senior client leaders, and running design workshops for government and Fortune 100 clients. He holds a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Richmond.

Daniel is an Emerging Scholar Research Fellow at the Indo-Pacific Studies Center, where he contributes research on Indo-Pacific security. He was one of 15 Americans named an Emerging Leader in Foreign Policy by the Formosan Association for Public Affairs, a delegation that met with Taiwan’s president, legislative leadership, security officials, and industry across the island, and one of 35 participants selected nationwide for the Stennis Center’s Congressional Program, which builds working knowledge of Capitol Hill dynamics and legislative decision-making alongside sitting Members of Congress. He is also affiliated with the British American Security Information Council focusing on nuclear policy.

Areas of Expertise: international security policy; strategic competition and emerging technology; critical infrastructure resilience; cybersecurity policy; program management and operations