Dr. Eric Lynn David
Illustrations Publications Productions Cybersecurity
bio.
Dr. Eric Lynn David is a cybersecurity and IT senior leader with over two decades of experience leading strategic initiatives across healthcare, fintech, and supply chain sectors. He holds a PhD in Information Technology and specializes in ethical hacking, risk management, and data-driven security operations. Known for his servant leadership style and pattern-centric thinking, Eric has helped organizations achieve top-tier compliance ratings and build resilient, forward-looking IT infrastructures. Outside of his professional work, Eric is a published author, martial arts historian, and lifelong creative. He brings a unique blend of analytical rigor and artistic insight to every challenge—believing that curiosity, structure, and collaboration are the keys to meaningful innovation.
Dissertation: "Evaluating the Impact of Metrics-based Security Tools on Company Performance and Decision-making." Degrees include 2023 - PhD, Information Technology - Information Security (5 yrs). 2011 - MS, Managing Information Technology (1 yr). 2009 - BS, Information Technology (2 yrs). 1999 - AAS, Criminal Justice (4 yrs). Certificates include 2023 - LSSBB Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (SGGI candidate). 2023 - ISACA CISM (candidate). 2023 - IANS Executive Competencies (certified). 2021 - ISACA Membership 1397448. 2021 - CITI Soc & Beh Research 42575501 (certified). 2024 - SBFI Forensics Investigator (certified SBS Institute). 2024 - SBEH Ethical Hacker (certified SBS Institute). 2016 - Executive Leadership of Cybersecurity CSBS (certified). 2015 - FBI Banker's Conference (cert of attendance). 2006 - SHRM Society for Human Resource Management (cert of completion).
Fun Fact: Eric coded his first website and IRC (Internet Relay Chat) program using WebTV Plus in 1997.
Super Powers: analytical mindset with a pension toward detecting patterns in all things. Preternatural tolerance levels. Stoicism. Teaching others with the patience of a mother hen. British spelling and sarcastic humour without the accent. Proactive listening.
Weaknesses: the wind. Most colours are painful (prefer black). Single spaces after periods in sentences. A tendency to leave a typo in every email.
famous people i am related to
This table breaks-down the famous people I am related to. The most direct relations are at the top. I'm most related to Abraham Lincoln, then Eli Whitney, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. It is not uncommon to be related to more than one president.
myheritage
This matches FamilyTreeDNA fairly closely. %54.4 English, Scottish and Welsh. The next being French then Greek/Albanian. The Irish percentage is different from FTDNA's, however. Note: 23andMe hadn't refreshed their DNA maps since 2021, but they did agree with FTDNA's Hungarian-Romanian, Greek and Balkan. Paternal side migrated to U.S. in the 1880's. Maternal side migrated to U.S. in the 1630's.
Familytreedna
FTDNA largely matches MyHeritage (and some bits from 23andMe's 2021 map). The Irish is higher than MyHeritage's. The Hungarian (Magyar) is of particular interest to me. Paternal side migrated to U.S. in the 1880's. Maternal side migrated to U.S. in the 1630's.
Global
I'm obviously closely mapped to Europe more than the other regions
New World
Being born in The United States, this is the closest region I am mapped to.
Europe
My mapping in Europe places me close to French, German, British regions.
Balkan Turks and Crimean Tatars
In this region, I am closely mapped to the Croatian, Bosniak, and Serbian regions and not too far from Romanian.
Anatolian turks and azerbaijanis
This is where my DNA mapping begins to distance further away from other regions. Here, I am somewhat close to Bulgarian, Gaugaz, Greek and Turkish Balkan regions.
Africa
Regardless of the test site, I usually have a very small percentage of African. Here, I am closest to Egyptian and Maghreb.
South asia
I am quite far away from these regions.
central asia
I am quite far away from this region
West asia
I am quite far away from this region.
east asia
I am farthest away from this region.
