 Management Team
The Analysis Corporation’s (TAC) senior leadership is distinguished across Government for its watchlisting and counterterrorism experience. Recognized as innovators and leaders within the Intelligence Community, members of TAC’s executive management team provide expertise, insights, and innovative ideas that help drive policies and initiatives across the counterterrorism community.
Read the biographies of senior management who provide valuable expertise and guidance to TAC and its clients.
Alexander Drew
President
Mr. Drew joined The Analysis Corporation (TAC) as the Vice President for Intelligence Operations and Analysis in 2005. Prior to joining TAC, Mr. Drew was a Senior Vice President and General Counsel of a technology company serving the Intelligence Community (IC). He was previously an Associate at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld practicing in the fields of litigation and energy law.
Upon graduating from Miami University of Ohio, Mr. Drew was commissioned an Ensign in the US Navy by then-Vice President Bush. He attended flight school at Pensacola, Florida and Nuclear Power School in Orlando, Florida. After attending Nuclear Power Prototype School at Ballston Spa, New York and Submarine School at Groton, Connecticut, he reported onboard the USS James Monroe serving as the Main Propulsion Assistant, Reactors Control Assistant and Assistant Engineer. Upon completion of his sea tour at the end of 1987, he served on the Navy’s Operations staff as the Strategic and Submarine Warfare Analyst for the Director of Naval Intelligence. He served as the Navy’s representative to the IC as it related to four crucial National Intelligence Estimates and negotiations with the former Soviet Union for START II and Sea Launched Cruise Missiles.
Mr. Drew completed his nine years of active duty Navy service and joined the Naval Reserve Intelligence Program in 1991. He served in various positions of increasing responsibility in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and the Office of Naval Intelligence, including the position of Acting General Counsel for the Director of Naval Intelligence. He served as the Commanding Officer of the largest Naval Intelligence Reserve Unit commanded by a Commander; he was later promoted to the rank of Captain. He also served in roles of Executive Officer and Operations Officer. Immediately following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Mr. Drew was recalled to active duty and spearheaded major counterterrorism exercises for NATO and the Joint Staff as part of DIA and the J2. He then served as a Senior Watch Officer for the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) and was the representative from the DIA’s Joint Intelligence Task Force for Combating Terrorism (JITF-CT) to help establish the NCTC’s Operations Center. He later oversaw the production of over 400 HUMINT Reserve analysts deployed world-wide.
His military decorations include the Joint Defense Meritorious Medal, three Navy Marine Corps Commendation Medals, Navy Marine Corps Achievement Medal, numerous Presidential Citations, and various unit, service, and other personal awards.
Mr. Drew earned a BS in Physics from Miami University of Ohio in 1982. In addition, he is a 1992 magna cum laude graduate of the Catholic University, Columbus School of Law, where he earned a Juris Doctorate degree.
Stephen Niezgoda, Jr.
Vice President, Information Technology
Mr. Niezgoda joined The Analysis Corporation (TAC) as Vice President of Information Technology in 2004 to help the U.S. Government improve its counterterrorism capabilities through the creative application of technology. Mr. Niezgoda’s division focuses on sharing and searching information across the organizational boundaries among federal, state and local governments.
Mr. Niezgoda has over 20 years of experience (15 in law enforcement and counterterrorism) building complex information systems using state-of-the-art tools and processes. Mr. Niezgoda has led large-scale information technology programs in both the public and private sectors. As a Program Manager at the FBI, Mr. Niezgoda led the construction and operation of the National DNA Database. As a Senior Director at a Fortune 10 company, Mr. Niezgoda led the implementation of enterprise-wide commodity trading applications. As a Management Consultant, Mr. Niezgoda helped numerous organizations align their information technology systems with their strategic objectives.
Mr. Niezgoda has authored and co-authored numerous articles in professional journals and magazines, including Byte and Science. He received the FBI Director's Award for Science and Technology for his contributions to the national DNA database. Mr. Niezgoda has spoken at conferences throughout the world and has belonged to numerous panels and working groups including the FBI’s Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM) and the New York City 9/11 DNA Kinship and Data Analysis Panel (KADAP).
Mr. Niezgoda earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1986 and a Masters of Business Administration from George Mason University in 1997.
Daniel Gelston
Vice President, Intelligence Operations and Analysis
Mr. Gelston joined The Analysis Corporation (TAC) as the Vice President for Intelligence Operations and Analysis in 2009. Prior to joining TAC, Mr. Gelston was the Director for Counterterrorism Analysis and Operations at BAE Systems Global Analysis, where he served in counterterrorism (CT) management and analytic roles since leaving active duty military service.
Upon graduating from Bucknell University in 1998 with a Magna Cum Laude BA in Economics and International Strategic Policy, Mr. Gelston was commissioned in the US Army as an Intelligence Officer branch-detailed Armor. From 1998 to 2002 he served as an Armored Cavalry Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, HQ Executive Officer, and S2 Squadron Intelligence Officer in assignments at FT Lewis, FT Knox, and the DMZ in Korea.
From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Gelston was a CT Analyst at the DIA, where he personally briefed or provided products to Combatant Commanders, the Chairman and Joint Staff, the Secretaries and Deputy Secretaries of the Defense and State Departments, and the President of the United States. In 2005, he managed deployed analytic support to the Iraq Survey Group, a program recognized with the only BAE Chairman's Gold Award in the history of his 5000-person business unit. While supervising an increasingly large CT portfolio, Mr. Gelston continued to serve as an Intelligence Officer in the US Army Reserve, and in 2006 earned his MS in Strategic Intelligence with a concentration in Terrorism Studies from the Joint Military Intelligence College. In 2007, one of Mr. Gelston's CT programs was acknowledged with the Defense Intelligence Community's Industry Partner of the Year award.
Mr. Gelston was promoted to Director for Counterterrorism Analysis and Operations in 2007. As the youngest manager ever advanced to the Director level at BAE Systems, Mr. Gelston was responsible for a 200+ person organization supporting CT activities for the CIA, DIA, FBI, NCTC, and US Army.
Mr. Gelston is a US Army Intelligence School Distinguished Honor graduate and an Armor School Draper Awardee graduate, and a 1995 graduate of Airborne Infantry School. He is a Bucknell University Magna Cum Laude and Distinguished Military Graduate, a George C. Marshall Awardee, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and one of Bucknell's "Top 24 Most Outstanding Graduates of 1998." As an Olof Palme Memorial Scholar, he was funded to study NATO strategic relations and EU economic policy for 6 months at Stockholm University in Sweden. In 1997, Mr. Gelston was selected to be a Middle and Far East Roundtable member at the National Foreign Affairs Conference. In 2006, he entered the BAE Systems Leadership Development Program as one of 20 US managers chosen to attend the year-long executive training program. In 2003, Mr. Gelston was recognized as the BAE Systems New Employee of the Year.
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Jim Flynn
Vice President, Business Development and Contracts
Mr. Flynn joined The Analysis Corporation (TAC) as Vice President of Business Development and Contracts in January of 2004 with extensive experience in both Government and private sector contracting.
Mr. Flynn began his career in 1978 in contracts for the Department of the Navy in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and went on to play a major role in the acquisition of two Nuclear Aircraft Carriers while at the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and also at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) where he procured communications equipment for the Navy.
Mr. Flynn’s private sector experience included many multi-dimensional and diverse contracting experiences with such companies as BDM, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, AT&T and General Dynamics. In each of these companies, he managed the Contracts, Subcontracts, and Purchasing Departments as well as other Administrative Departments and special projects. He has experience in International Contracting and Relations as well as an innate ability for creativity and problem solving.
Mr. Flynn earned a BS in Marketing from Penn State University in 1976. He received an MBA from Marymount University in 1988, Magna Cum Laude. In addition, he has participated in, as well as facilitated, numerous contracting and financial courses.
Russ Hierl
Senior Director, Corporate Operations
Mr. Hierl joined The Analysis Corporation (TAC) as Senior Director, Corporate Operations in August 2002. Mr. Hierl has been working within the Counterterrorism (CT) realm as an Analyst and running the Corporate Operations division which encompasses security, recruiting, purchasing and facilities management. Each of these elements provide support to numerous government agencies.
Mr. Hierl has over 18 years of experience in supporting the U.S. Government in a variety of positions. He began his Government service in the U.S. Army 1990. He served in the 501st Military Intelligence Brigade which is subordinate to the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command providing intelligence and security support to headquarters. His mission was to provide combat information and multi-discipline intelligence to joint and combined war fighters. Mr. Hierl served in the 3rd Infantry Divisions 1ST Brigade which is part of the XVIII Airborne Corps, one of the nation's premier units for dealing with contingencies. As an all-source production and collections analyst, he was an expert on enemy doctrine understanding the abilities, capabilities and threat within the theater of operation. He served in the 704th Military Intelligence Brigade which is a major subordinate command of the US Army Intelligence and Security Command. His mission was analysis and reporting through the Army Technical Control and Analysis Element, which carries out information operations and supports the Trojan satellite communications system.
Mr. Hierl is the recipient of numerous military awards and civilian commendations including the Army Commendation Medals, the Army Achievement Medals, the Army Good Conduct Medals, the National Defense Service Medal, the Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbons, the Army Service Ribbon and the Overseas Service Ribbons (Panama & Korea), Department of State Certificate of Appreciation, Terrorist Threat Integration Center (TTIC) letter of Appreciation, National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) letter of Appreciation and FBI letter of Appreciation.
Mr. Hierl earned an AA in Criminal Justice from Waukesha County Technical College and a BA from Boston University. He is a graduate of the basic and advanced Intelligence Analyst course, Fort Huachuca, AZ. Graduate of the Foreign Weapons and Former Soviet Doctrine Course, Fort Irwin, California. Graduate of the Army Airborne Infantry School, FT Benning, GA and the Army Combat Engineer School, FT Leonary Wood, MO. Program Managers course, Wenell Group and is an OPM-credentialed investigator.
Mr. Hierl has extensive Security Management training to include: Facility Security Officer Program Management (FSO) course (DSS), SCI Contractor Special Security Officers (CSSO) course (NSA), Essentials of Industrial Security Management course (DSS), Protecting Secret and Confidential Documents course (DSS), Basic Industrial Security for User Agency Personnel course (DSS), Basic Information Security course (DSS), Personnel Security Adjudications Independent Study course (DSS), OPSEC Program Mangers course (NSA), Security Awareness Forum For Educators (SAFE) course (DSS), JPAS/JCAVS Orientation for NISP Contractors (DSS), Personnel Security Management Program (DSS), COMSEC Custodian Course (NSA), INFOSEC Awareness Fundamentals course (FBI).
Todd Bryer
Senior Director, Technology Solutions
Mr. Bryer leads the execution of critical technology initiatives and projects supporting the counterterrorism mission at multiple agencies in the intelligence and homeland security communities.
He enlisted in the Army in 1985 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1993 upon completion of Officer Candidate School. He served as a Tank Platoon Leader and Executive Officer in the 1st Cavalry Division and completed two Troop commands in the 16th Cavalry Regiment, where he also served as the Opposing Force Commander at the Zussman Urban Combat Training Center. While in command, he was selected as a recipient of the General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award and the Draper Armor Leadership Award.
Subsequently, Mr. Bryer was assigned as the Director of Strategic Systems at the Center for Strategic Leadership, US Army War College, where he established information management strategy and supervised the delivery of systems engineering, local area network services, applications and web development, database administration, knowledge management, visual information, information assurance, and customer management services and support at a Department of the Army education center and high technology laboratory focused on the decision-making process at the interagency, strategic, joint, and operational levels.
Upon retirement from the Army in 2008 after 23 years of active federal service, Mr. Bryer joined BAE Systems’ Global Analysis as Program Manager for its asymmetric warfare program.
Mr. Bryer earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, a Master of Science in Managing Technology and a Master of Business Administration from Sullivan University in Louisville, Kentucky, all with Summa Cum Laude honors. He is also a certified Project Management Professional®.
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