Dan Hicok is the Vice President of the Program Management Organization (PMO) in the Air Traffic Organization. In this role, he oversees program and acquisition management for the FAA infrastructure programs that transform, modernize and sustain the National Airspace System.

Dan served in a number of leadership roles prior to assuming the role of Acting Vice President for the PMO. He served as the director of Strategy in Mission Support. He also served as the director of Surveillance Services in the PMO, a directorate he launched in 2019. In this role, he was responsible for all surveillance acquisition programs including sustainment programs for radar systems and Surveillance and Broadcast Services (SBS).

Dan also served as the chief systems engineer for the FAA’s Air Traffic Systems directorate. In this role, he acted as an advisor to the director, and as an integrator of new technologies envisioned by the NextGen organization as they transition into acquisition. He ensured strategic alignment with the FAA’s enterprise architecture roadmaps and programs in the directorate.

Prior to his executive level positions, Dan spent the majority of his career as a systems engineering lead for key FAA acquisition programs including Airport Surveillance Radar Model 11, Runway Status Lights, SBS Interval Management, and Terminal Sequencing and Spacing.
He has over 25 years of experience in industry and the Federal Government in systems engineering, program management and technical leadership with air traffic control systems.

Dan earned a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He is a member of the Air Traffic Controllers Association, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the International Council on Systems Engineering and the FAA Managers Association.