Dan Buck

About Dan Buck

Finance leader with over a decade of experience in management consulting & corporate finance. Currently a member of the MITRE Finance team, supporting the nation\'s largest Federally Funded Research & Development Center to advance national security and competitive advantage. Graduate of Johns Hopkins Carey Business School (MBA) and Syracuse University (BS, Biochemistry with Honors).

Experience

1. Senior Finance Manager, Air & Space Force

   MITRE

   Jun 2025 — Present · McLean, VA, US

   Responsibilities include:• Financial Business Partner and liaison to the Vice President for MITRE’s oldest FFRDC Center• Manage a team of three individuals responsible for financial planning, analysis and reporting for the Center and its six divisions, accounting for several hundred million ($) in revenue• Oversee funding sources from AZS including Defense Dollar Ceiling, Exclusions, Foreign Military Sales, and OC1/2• Provide detailed monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting to VPs and other stakeholders• Drive decision making, develop insights, and identify critical KPIs by utilizing core systems and visualization software to formulate strategic ad hoc analyses• Create weekly, monthly, and annual growth assumptions and present monthly KPI results to Executive Leadership

Education

• The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

  Graduate Certificate, Financial Management

  2014 — 2015

• Syracuse University

  Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry (Honors)

  2008 — 2012

• The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance, General

  2014 — 2016

Skills

• Medical Devices
• Strategy
• Laboratory
• Drug Development
• Biotechnology
• Financial & Operational Modeling
• Research
• Clinical Development
• Western Blotting
• Biochemistry
• CRO
• Life Sciences
• Management
• Management Consulting
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Office