David Winks

• Managing Director
• AcquSight, USA

Mr. Winks a leader in the development of advanced technologies for the DoD, Intelligence Community, and DHS to enhance U.S. preparedness and national security. David currently heads a task force for the Foundation for Infrastructure Resilience. He is a subject matter expert for the DHS Resilient Power Working Group. Previously, he was a subject matter expert to the DoD’s Electromagnetic Defense Task Force and the NERC EMP Task Force. He is one of the authors and editors of the book “Powering Through – Building Critical Infrastructure Resilience”. He is also an author of the report “Protecting the U.S. Electric Grid Communications from EMP”, and a contributor for the DHS CISA report “Resilient Power Best Practices for Critical Facilities and Sites”. He has provided solutions to protect critical infrastructure against EMP and radio frequency (RF) weapons.
Current projects include advanced edge data centers using immersion cooling for secure environments. At MobileNuclear Energy, he is helping to develop very small mobile nuclear reactors (VSMRs). These high-temperature helium-cooled reactors provide 350 kW of electricity and heat for absorption chilling, and atmospheric water generation. His previous power system work includes EMP-shielded gas turbines, fuel cells, Stirling engines, solar power systems, wind, geothermal, and hydropower generation. He is a co-inventor of a patented, rugged, ground-conformal solar thermal system.