[3] Travis served as Deputy Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD)[4][5] before the agency became CISA on November 16, 2018.

[6] Travis graduated from the University of Notre Dame and joined the U.S. Navy in 1991 as an active duty officer.

[2] He built the Homeland Security team at DFI before its merger with Detica and following the firm's acquisition by BAE Systems.

[8][9] In 2010, Travis co-founded Obsidian Analysis,[10] a homeland security consulting firm, which was acquired by Cadmus in 2016.

[12] Travis served as the Deputy Director of that new agency,[13] until the White House pressured him to resign on November 17, 2020.