David Allen Winks

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David Winks has expertise and experience in critical infrastructure protection, including cyber-hardening, electromagnetic resiliency, and physical security, to include critical infrastructure protection of nuclear power plants.  He developed cyber defense architectures utilizing binary hardening, software-defined perimeters, artificial intelligence, and automated orchestration and restoration for Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) networks. He led the development of containerized electromagnetic pulse (EMP)-shielded computing systems with certified, secure supply chains, as well as EMP shielding for hydrogen fuel cells used to power remote sites. To power large facilities, he led a team of companies in the development of EMP-shielded multi-megawatt combined heat and power (CHP) systems incorporating gas turbines and liquid natural gas (LNG) storage.

In addition to critical infrastructure protection, Mr. Winks has expertise and experience in communications and telephony systems.  He led the deployment of multi-carrier satellite transceivers and the commercialization of demand assigned multiple access control (DAMA) systems for thin-route telephony in emerging markets. He led projects for wireless local loop, digital cellular, and satellite networks in Eastern Europe, Africa, and Latin America, assisting clients in deploying data networks, optimizing telephone switching infrastructure, and consolidating data centers.

Mr. Winks is an expert in nuclear power plant design and very small modular reactor (vSMR) technologies.  He served on the design team for a megawatt-scale transportable nuclear reactor and was the project lead for infrastructure resilience.  He is also an expert on energy conversion systems associated with nuclear power systems including Stirling engines and supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) turbine generators.

Mr. Winks holds a B.S. in Physics from the University of Lynchburg.  He also completed post-graduate coursework in electrical and mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech.

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