Daniel Farber Huang
Trustee
Daniel Farber Huang is a strategic advisor on corporate finance, cyber security and other risk mitigation issues to a broad array of companies and organizations, ranging from entrepreneurial start-ups to multi-national corporations. He has worked closely with numerous federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies across the U.S. on providing solutions to their mobile technology requirements.
Before founding his own independent advisory firm, Huang worked for Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch and other major investment banks advising corporations and investors on domestic and international corporate finance transactions. He was actively involved in capital-raising engagements encompassing in excess of $10 billion. Huang has advised a wide range of investment sponsors and strategies, including private equity, venture capital, infrastructure, real estate, emerging markets, hedge funds and specialized situations.
Huang is an advisor to Princeton University’s Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education, where he advises startups founders on business best practices. He is a national member of The Explorers Club, a multidisciplinary professional society dedicated to the advancement of field research and the ideal that it is vital to preserve the instinct to explore.
Outside of his consulting work, Huang is a journalist and documentary photographer focused on women’s and children’s issues and the alleviation of poverty around the world. He is a co-founder of The Power of Faces, a major portrait project raising awareness of the global refugee crisis. As an independent humanitarian advocate, Huang has documented refugee camps around the world, and has actively raised awareness through multiple talks on TED.com and other platforms. His documentary work has been exhibited at Amnesty International, the Middle East Institute, and numerous universities and colleges. His work is included in the permanent collections of The International Center of Photography, The Museum of the City of New York, New-York Historical Society, Museum of Chinese in the Americas, New York City Fire Museum, and other institutions.
Huang is the author of NOWHERE TO HIDE: Open Source Intelligence Gathering – How the FBI, Media, and Public Identified the January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol Rioters and Practical Cyber Security for Extremely Busy People.
Huang earned his Master’s degree (ALM) in Journalism and a Certificate in International Security from Harvard University, an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management, and a BA from New York University in Economics.