Dan Krueger

Head of IT Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Blick Arts Materials

Dan Krueger is the Director of IT Infrastructure and Cybersecurity at Blick Art Materials, a 110 year old private Retail and e-Commerce organization and the largest supplier of Art Materials in the U.S. Dan has over 15 years of Senior IT Leadership in Infrastructure and Cybersecurity for large and complex Enterprise IT environments in Retail, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Telecommunication industry sectors. Dan received the VMware Innovator of the Year award and Corporate Dynamic Leadership award for establishing Cloud Infrastructure Automation and incorporating DevSecOps within CI/CD to reduce code vulnerabilities and project cycle times by over 50% . His key responsibilities have included Network Security, GRC, Data Privacy, Cloud and Hybrid Security Management, and critical Security and Infrastructure operational objectives to meet SLA metrics. Dan has been a speaker and panelist for building high performance teams and simplifying hiring practices in IT Infrastructure and Cybersecurity and as a Keynote Speaker for practical application of Servant Leadership Principles for both Leaders and Individual Contributors including development of an Emerging Leaders Program for career development opportunities.