David Wroth is the Director of Standards Technology & Distribution for UL Standards & Engagement and the program director for the Aviation Thermal Runaway Incident Program. He leads the organization’s work to build and maintain systems to collaborate on standards that support safe living and working environments for people.  

Wroth was instrumental in building UL Standards & Engagement’s data science capability to collect and analyze data from disparate sources and to develop insights to improve standards by leveraging tools such as natural language processing and machine learning algorithms. He serves on the U.S. Department of Transportation Lithium Battery Air  Safety Advisory committee, addressing the risk of lithium battery thermal runaway incidents on aircraft. Previously, Wroth was the director of public safety, responsible for leading key initiatives of the Public Safety Office and integrating these functions with other UL organizational programs.  

Wroth earned an MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Purdue University.