Daniel previously served in the Australian Army, including two deployments to East Timor as an Infantry Soldier and later as an Infantry Officer. He has served in federal law enforcement and has worked in North America, the Middle East and Central Asia as a high-risk Security Contractor.
Daniel holds a Bachelor of Paramedic Science from Flinders University and is an AHPRA Registered Paramedic. For the past sixteen years he has worked in pre-hospital medicine across the public and remote private sectors. Originally from Brisbane, he now resides in Adelaide with his wife, two children, accident prone Labrador and slightly aggressive Mini Lop Rabbit.