Dan Feemster joined Contour as Vice President of Government Services responsible for the marketing, strategic planning, execution and customer relations for the company’s Government services business across all service sectors.
With years of experience in strategic management and direction, Dan brings his consultative approach to Contour’s Government Service clients in helping to satisfy their specific needs, while supporting their ongoing profitability and providing long-lasting value.
A Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel, Dan served twenty-four years in the US Army as a Tactical and Strategic Intelligence Officer at six major commands and two national agencies. His extensive experience includes program management, policy, executive level strategic intelligence production, security assistance, and foreign security cooperation programs. He is extremely adept at quickly grasping and understanding the subtle intricacies of cultural, political, and military crises and an expert at strategic and operational planning, operations management, problem solving, team building and strategic communications.
In both Commander and Division Chief positions, Dan Feemster was responsible for major operations and large diverse workforces; operations conducted in Bosnia, Kosovo, Africa, the Middle East, and worldwide natural disaster response. He has operated in foreign countries, in multi-national environments, coordinating operations with foreign armies, international, governmental and non-Governmental organizations, and contractors; worked in Eastern and Western Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Dan has six years work experience in Africa and African issues; he was selected to serve on the transition team to stand up the U.S. Africa Command responsible for providing advice and analysis to the President and Secretary of Defense on political-military issues in Africa. He has worked toward enabling African Militaries to develop and improve sustainable capacities to deploy and conduct peace support and humanitarian relief operations in Africa and other areas of the world.
Mr. Feemster holds a Master of Science degree in Strategic Intelligence and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology.