David M. Montoya, CEO
Manzano Strategies
Prior to returning home to New Mexico, David served as a senior policy advisor to
U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM).  In this capacity, he was responsible for the
Senator's defense, homeland security, Latino affairs, veterans' affairs and New
Mexico economic development issues.  He routinely advised Senator Bingaman on
national and homeland security matters during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as
well as managed and provide guidance on nearly 125 million dollars in New
Mexico-specific defense appropriation earmarks.

Much of his defense and national security knowledge came from the seven years
David spent as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force.  During that time, David
served three tours in the Persian Gulf, graduated from both Army Airborne and Air
Assault training, and was a senior intelligence debriefer during the March 2001
EP-3 aircrew repatriation from China.

David Montoya holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from
Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Political Science from the University of New Mexico.  He lives in Corrales,
New Mexico with his wife, Monica, and children Megan and Ben.
David Montoya is Chief Executive Officer of
Manzano Strategies, a New Mexico based
business consulting and government relations
firm.   David brings a unique background built from
business, defense and United States Senate staff
experience that allows him craft custom strategy
and government relations solutions for clients.

Before launching Manzano Strategies, David
served as Chief of Staff of Los Alamos National
Laboratory's (LANL) Nuclear Weapons Program
where he was responsible for the day to day
support operations of the Nuclear Weapons
Directorate.  The Nuclear Weapons Directorate
was programmatically responsible for 4,600 LANL
employees and an annual budget of 1.2 billion
dollars.