Thomas (Tom) Davies - Defense Security Cooperation University

Senior Principal

Innovation & Learning Division

Mr. Tom Davies, Principal of the Innovation & Learning Division of the Institute for Security Governance (ISG), is charged with enhancing the knowledge and practice of Institutional Capacity Building (ICB) in Security Cooperation. In his role, Mr. Davies develops and promulgates methodology, approaches, and lessons learned; enables integrated ICB and Security Cooperation planning, assessment, and monitoring framework development; grows ICB functional expertise; builds communities of practice; and enables ICB development in the Security Cooperation workforce.

During his career as a United States Army Aviation and Resource Management officer, Mr. Davies served across a range of assignments, including Senior Advisor to the Afghan Assistant Minister of Defense for Finance; Office of the Secretary of Defense Program Officer for development of the Afghan Ministry of Interior’s Air Interdiction Unit; initiating member of the Iraqi National Counter-terror Force Transition Team; Budget Officer for the United States Army Special Operations Command; Comptroller for the 20th Support Command; Program Officer for the Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence; Command Analyst for the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment; Comptroller for Joint Task Force Bravo in Honduras; Joint Readiness Training Center Attack Aviation and Air Cavalry Observer/Controller; and Assistant Division Aviation Officer for the Second Infantry Division. Mr. Davies also completed Training with Industry at Boeing Integrated Defense Systems and led Air Cavalry operational deployments in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Republic of Korea.

Prior to the establishment of ISG, Mr. Davies was Program Manager of the Defense Governance and Management Team (DGMT). In this and other roles at DGMT, he contributed to the assessment, design, implementation, and monitoring of countless projects across the globe, and directly engaged with partners to develop institutional capacity in Afghanistan, Albania, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, and Trinidad and Tobago. Mr. Davies also helped to integrate ICB methods and practices into broader initiatives and programs, such as 2017 National Defense Authorization Act Security Cooperation Reforms, the Security Governance Initiative (SGI), and the Trans-Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership (TSCTP).

Mr. Davies earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and a Master of Business Administration from Syracuse University's Army Comptrollership Program. He lives in Falls Church, Virginia, with his wife, Amy, and five sons.