David Grover

David Grover is currently serving as Senior Director for Cyber Initiatives at Baylor University in Waco, Tx. His role is to spearhead cybersecurity education, training, research, and community engagement efforts at Baylor University. He is also the Director of the Central Texas Cyber Hub, a consortium bringing higher education, industry, government and the broader cyber ecosystem together to develop solutions that address national cyber workforce needs in Central Texas. David spent over 27 years serving the US Government, most recently as the Lead Industry and Academic Engagement Officer in Austin, Texas for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). His team led the strategic plans for NGA immersion into the local innovation ecosystem bringing awareness of NGA’s efforts to the commercial and academic communities to meet the innovation challenges of the agency. David has a Bachelors degree in Engineering from Baylor University and a Masters of Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle University.