The Honorable Daniel S. Goldin is founder, chair, and CEO of the Intellisis Corp., which is developing intelligent hardware and software information technologies that bridge neuroscience, engineering, and physics. His career began at NASA's Glenn Research Center working on electric propulsion systems for human interplanetary travel. He was the longest-serving administrator in NASA's history, from 1992 to 2001. He presided over NASA from 1992 to 2001 under presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush and is credited with transforming NASA into a fiscally responsible and scientifically innovative agency. He was able to improve its scientific and technological productivity, as well as safety indicators, while reducing the agency's planned expenditures.

From 1987 to 1992, Daniel served as vice president and general manager of the TRW Space and Technology Group and as its executive and advanced technology researcher from 1967 to 1987; there he led the development of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. He was employed for 25 years with TRW, during which his contributions toward technologies for military, civil, and commercial applications included the conception and development of the first high-powered transponder used to demonstrate the feasibility of space-based direct broadcast TV, as well as state-of-the-art, space-based communication systems.

Daniel has been director of AOptix Technologies Inc. since January 2003. He has served as a member of the board of advisors of MMRGlobal Inc. and serves on the board of advisors of Favrille Inc. He has been a director of CDW Government Inc. since May 2002. He serves on the board of trustees of the National Geographic Society and has served as a director of Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. (Lucent Technologies Inc.) since May 2002. He served as director of CDW Corp. (formerly CDW Computer Centers Inc.) from May 2002 to October 2007. He is a Senior Fellow at the Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla, California.

Daniel is a Distinguished Fellow with the Council on Competitiveness in Washington, DC, and has been Senior Fellow since November 2001. He serves as a member of the National Academy of Engineers and as a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He holds a BS degree in mechanical engineering from the City College of New York (1962) and graduated from the UCLA Executive Management Program in 1983.

Asteroid 16529 Dangoldin is named in his honor.