Matthew Travis

Travis graduated from the University of Notre Dame and joined the U.S. Navy in 1991 as an active duty officer. Travis served aboard the guided-missile frigate U.S.S. CARR (FFG 52) as the Engineering Auxiliaries Officer as well as the maritime interdiction boarding officer in the Northern Red Sea following Operation Desert Storm. In 2010, Travis co-founded Obsidian Analysis, a homeland security consulting firm, which was acquired by Cadmus in 2016. Travis joined the Trump Administration as Deputy Under Secretary for DHS' NPPD in March 2018. Travis served as the Deputy Director of that new agency, until the White House pressured him to resign on November 17, 2020. == References ==