Gary M. Shiffman, PhD, is the Founder and CEO of Giant Oak, a data analytics company that applies quantitative social science to issues of choice and violence. He created Giant Oak to efficiently deliver domain-specific “big data” tools to those engaged in combating illicit finance and other related activities. Dr. Shiffman has been on faculty at Georgetown University since 2002 teaching and conducting research at the intersection of social science and national security. He was the Chief of Staff of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a Managing Director of the Chertoff Group, a Senior Vice President at L-3, a National Security Advisor in the US Senate, and served on active duty in the US Navy serving in the Gulf War and at the Pentagon.