Our Leadership Team

Chief Operating Officer

Mr. David is a founder and Vice President of DAGER. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and a Master of Arts in Engineering Management with a concentration in managing Research and Development. Prior to his founding of DAGER, Mr. David spent more than 20 years working as the Deputy Director of the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office where he oversaw execution of the Interagency Technical Support Working Group and other related programs. For the past twelve years, Mr. David has led the Bomb Squad Test Bed, and in that time has authored more than 50 Bomb Squad Test Bed reports, two articles in The Detonator, and multiple FBI Special Technicians Bulletins. Mr. David also brings to the table extensive interagency contacts, deep Counter-IED experience, and expertise in legislative affairs and media outreach. He has made appearances on several major news outlets including ABC, BBC, NPR, the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and Bloomberg. Mr. David is also an Office of Personnel Management certified Senior Executive and a current member of the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators (IABTI), United States Bomb Technicians Association (USBTA), and National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA).

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Director, Assessments & Experimentation

Mr. Morefield holds a Master of Science in Forensic Sciences (Arson and Explosives Investigation) from Oklahoma State University and a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Criminal Justice from James Madison University. He began his career serving as a police officer with the Winchester (VA) Police Department for six years, rising to the rank of Investigator, where he specialized in vice and narcotics investigations and served on the department tactical team as the training officer. Mr. Morefield subsequently served for 22 years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in both the Baltimore and Richmond divisions as a Special Agent Bomb Technician, Firearms Instructor, Hazardous Materials Team Leader, and Evidence Response Team member. In 2010, Mr. Morefield was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent Bomb Technician (SSABT) in the FBI Laboratory Explosives Unit at Quantico, where he was qualified as an Explosives and Hazardous Devices Examiner. SSABT Morefield was further promoted to Unit Chief of the Render Safe Unit where he led the FBI’s teams responsible for the domestic response to weapons of mass destruction.

Director, Innovation Programs

Mr. Versino has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology and over two decades of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) operational experience. He served in the U.S. Air Force and as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician, then served as an Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Specialist with the U.S. Army.  He is also a certified International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) EOD Level 3 operator, United Nations Safe and Secure Approaches in Field Environments (SSAFE) instructor, and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Remote Pilot Airman. Prior to joining DAGER, Mr. Versino spent seven years with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) as a Chemical Weapons/Munitions Specialist Inspector, where he led field operations involving the analysis, sampling, and destruction of foreign chemical weapons. He has instructed and facilitated frequent courses on live chemical agent training, chemical detection technologies, and Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) techniques for chemical weapons and conventional munitions.

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Mr. Locey has over 20 years of Army EOD experience and 7 years of experience with the Raven’s Challenge (RC) program. Mr. Locey received an Associate of Applied Science degree in Applied Technology and graduated as a Master Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician from Naval School EOD. He earned his Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) certification from the Emergency Management Institute. He served as a Master Instructor at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Hazardous Devices School. In the Army, Mr. Locey performed duties as an EOD team member, EOD team leader, Operations NCO, First Sergeant, Training Developer, and Operations Sergeant Major. As a Senior Exercise Planner with the 52nd EOD Group, Mr. Locey directed the day-to-day tasks of three soldiers and four contractors as support staff for the 52nd EOD’s full-scale exercise program. He organized and led planning meetings, developed exercise schedules, coordinated resources, and ensured evaluation standards captured the core capabilities for over 1,400 customers. Mr. Locey planned nine full-scale exercises with over 90 scenarios to certify EOD units on their core capabilities, ensuring they were deployment ready. Each exercise involved over 100 personnel from 23 states located at six different venues. He has 4 years of combat experience, with extensive knowledge of instructing soldiers, foreign allies, and federal/state law enforcement agencies in EOD operations.