Daniel is the founder and executive chairperson of Awen Collective - a Welsh cyber security software business producing solutions to industrial sectors such as energy, water, transportation, manufacturing and smart cities. His background is largely technical having been a Senior Research Fellow in cyber security and digital forensics at the University of South Wales, a PhD Researcher in Applied AI in physical security at the University of Bristol, and a software engineer and data science consultant for a number of private organisations. He is currently an advisor/board member of a number of groups with techUK - the UK's trade association for digital technologies - including Smart Cities, Cyber Security and SME groups. He also engages with the UK Government and Welsh Government in regard to international trade