Daniel A. Pritchard received a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Mexico in 1983 and has been working in research and development for security applications since 1986. Dan is now retired from the position of Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in the Security Systems and Technology Center at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. While managing projects for a variety of customers, he stayed involved in technology development and publish results whenever possible. His main areas of expertise include imaging, digital signal processing and systems engineering.

Dan has been a member of the ICCST Executive Committee since 1998, and has attended ICCST conferences since 1992.  He has published many papers in the area of sensor technology, imaging and system design and has made many presentations at conferences internationally.

Dan was the Conference Chair of the 2004 ICCST in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA and of the 2010 ICCST in San Jose, California, USA.  Dan recently served as the Organizing Committee Chairman and Treasurer for the 2012 ICCST in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.