Creating Decision Dominance & Faster Mission Impact with Agentic AI Planning

Mr. David Wiltse is EUCOM’s Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO), leading all aspects of EUCOM data, analytics, and AI digital transformation efforts to enable warfighting decision advantage across the theater.  Before joining EUCOM in 2020, Mr. Wiltse was a Special Advisor to Deputy Secretary of Defense (DSD) Norquist and his predecessor DSD Shananhan.  He advised both on policy issues; led management of the Deputies Management Action Group (DMAG); managed DSD oversight of the joint Warfighting Concept and JADC2; and led the data analytics portfolio for the Deputy Secretary of Defense.  In this role, David was charged with initiating efforts to accelerate data modernization and the expansion of modern joint data platforms to support decision making for DOD leadership. 

Prior to that position, Mr. Wiltse worked in OSD Policy for 10 years as the Chief of Staff for the Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs (ISA); the Director for Middle East policy; and as the Director for Israel Policy.  In addition to his policy and strategy roles in these positions, he led several major multi-lateral arms sales negotiations for the Middle East, and a task force to resupply the Peshmerga in the early days of ISIS expansion into Iraq.

Before joining OSD Policy, Mr. Wiltse was a Presidential Management Fellow and worked with the USD(I&S) ISR Task Force, the Joint Staff J-3 Special Operations Directorate, the U.S. Mission to NATO, and OSD Policy – Plans.

Mr. Wiltse holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Notre Dame in Economics and Master’s Degrees from Georgetown University and the National War College.  He has also worked in corporate finance for General Electric and is the Chairman of a non-profit dedicated to development in Madagascar – Caring Response Madagascar Foundation (CRMF).

Mr. Wiltse, his wife Andrea, his daughter, Taylor – 10, and son, Jacob – 7, live in Germany.  He is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Dan Tadross is the Head of Public Sector at Scale AI, a dual use technology company that builds the infrastructure for the most ambitious artificial intelligence projects in the world. In this role, Dan oversees all aspects of Scale’s support to the U.S. public sector.

Prior to Scale, Dan served 12 years on Active Duty in the Marine Corps where he was a founding member of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), a precursor to the Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office. At the JAIC, Dan established the Joint Warfighting National Mission Initiative and led project Gargoyle, which focused on deploying Computer Vision for enhancing force protection.

Prior to the JAIC, Major Tadross, an Air Traffic Control Officer, was hand selected as a member of the Secretary of the Navy’s Innovation Advisory Council, where he conducted independent research at the MITRE Corporation on integrating AI into Aviation Command and Control. His previous tours included Marine Air Tactical Command Squadron 18 in Okinawa, Japan where he served as the Senior Air Coordinator and supported exercises in South Korea, the Philippines, and Australia. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Old Dominion University and a Masters in Technology Management from Georgetown University.