- Service-Disabled Veteran
- Published UAV researcher
- Certified UAV pilot
- 12 years of supervisory and leadership roles in major entities
- Former Fitness Director of Bally Total Fitness

Accomplished "C" level exec., Don has held the CFO, CIO, COO, Corporate Controller, and VP Finance positions. Has held senior financial positions including the CFO & Sr. VP of American Mortgage Express Corp., Director in KPMG LLP's CFO Advisory Services, CFO/CIO of Distribution Dynamics, Inc., & CFO of the Vitamin Shoppe Inc.  Advisory clients include DuPont, Cepahalon, Inc., Shire Pharmaceuticals; and the University of Maryland Medical Systems.

25yrs. experience at Sr. Mgt. in new product development, strategic/market planning, communications & corporate imaging. As Chairman/CEO of the Van De Kamp Group, made plans for innovations in Web Infrastructure & IT. Developed plan in cooperation with IP Land and Cisco Systems that brought broadband access to Russia. Was VP & Venture Mgr, Marketing Corp. of America, VP Marketing & Sales Pantone Inc., Dir. of Advertising Maybelline Cosmetics.