NOMINATION HIGHLIGHTS

Created professional Masters Degree program in cybersecurity with specialty areas of digital forensics, SCADA security and Risk Analysis. 10 year track record of producing career ready professionals across a wide range of cybersecurity jobs. Holds Security+, CISSP, CSSLP, CRISC, DFCP, GICSP, CASP, and CDSP certifications. . He has co-authored six security books and numerous academic articles associated with information security. He has presented at numerous conferences including RSA, BSides (numerous), and academic conferences. He is a minitrack co-chair for Information Security mini-track at the HICSS confenece. He is active in the DHS sponsored Industrial Control Systems Joint Working Group (ICSJWG) efforts associated with workforce development and cybersecurity aspects of industrial control systems. He has an extensive background in secure coding and is a former co-chair of the DHS/DoD Software Assurance Forum working group for workforce education, training and development.