Chris Blackden has started tinkering with computers and electronics at the age of thirteen, and hasn't stopped since. He's worked in several different IT Ops and Development disciplines, and currently specializes in DevOps, automation, online privacy, and cloud technologies.

Matt is a senior software engineer, technical lead, and consultant with experience in a wide range of technologies, and a particular focus on frontend development and security. He is passionate about delivering, and helping others deliver, high-quality web applications which keep users and their data secure and provide an awesome user experience. Matt has experience working with some of the biggest names in the consumer goods and energy sectors, as well as in highly regulated industries includin... moreg medical devices, clinical trial management, and nuclear waste disposal. He has also contributed cloud computing, data analysis, and software expertise to important academic research in climate and ocean science for universities in both the US and UK. In his spare time Matt enjoys hiking, flying, and playing Dungeons and Dragons.

Zach is currently a Lead Software Developer at OpalSoft where he uses tools such as Scala, TypeScript, Python, Docker, Node, and Angular. Zach has a passion for GIS programming along with open-source software. You can view some of his work on GitHub (https://github.com/zbennett10) and Stack Overflow (https://stackoverflow.com/users/6879849/zachary-bennett).

Joe Abraham, CCIE #62417, is a Network Security Consultant working in the public sector space, assisting customers develop and implement functional and secure network architectures. He graduated from Excelsior College with an M.S. in Cybersecurity and a B.S. in Information Technology (Network Management). He currently holds many IT certifications to include CCIE, CISSP, GSEC, and CCNP Security. He is also a member of the GIAC Advisory Board. Joe is a mentor to IT professionals and a blogger who ... morespends his time either with his wife and three children, exercising, researching and writing about technology, or learning new technologies. Spending much of his experience helping to train and educate IT professionals, he is passionate about teaching and always strives to be a positive influence in the IT field.

With more than 15 years of experience, Paolo has a strong technical background from a wide range of working experiences: network/cloud service design (European Space Agency), technical project manager of R&D projects (SDN/NFV/5G), and integration and validation (Siemens/Ericsson/Alcatel).

Software Engineer by day, Pluralsight author by night, Bogdan likes to experiment with cutting-edge technologies and teach about them. His favorite talking subjects are streaming data, event-driven architectures, distributed systems, and cloud technologies. He has several years of experience “cooking” software with JVM based languages, some flavors of web technologies, and garnishing with automated testing. He holds a BS in Robotics where he spent countless hours programming microcontrollers an... mored IoT devices and of course, building robots. There, he discovered his passion, designing, and coding complex systems so he pursued his dream and became a self-taught programmer.

Peter started out in the nineties as software engineer working on internet banking applications for various European financial institutions. After developing, he moved to the role of defending and designing systems and networks for high-availability websites. Since 2004 he started specializing in breaking: pentesting complex and feature-rich web applications. Currently he leads a global team of highly skilled penetration testers as lead pentester. He is a contributor to several open-source penet... moreration testing tools, and he maintains an extra-featured OpenSSL fork. He likes to speak at international security conferences and meetings, such as OWASP, BSides, OSDC and NullCon - which mixes really well with being a permanent road warrior. Home is 127.0.0.1.

Lockpicking got me into Physical Security and then from there, everything else opened up for me. I'm a full-time blue-teamer doing security monitoring and incident response. I'm also a OSINT and Privacy enthusiast and love teaching others about security.

Michael Edie, aka “the mechanic,” is a 23-year US Army Veteran and Information Security Engineer. He currently serves as a Technical Lead in a Cyber Operations Organization and President of the Augusta Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) chapter. Previously, he has served on Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR), threat hunt, and compliance inspection teams. Michael is passionate about Information Security and enjoys contributing to the community through his blog at https://... moreblog.edie.io and projects at https://github.com/tankmek. He is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of smashthestack.org, a software vulnerability, and exploitation educational platform. Additionally, Michael has volunteered to speak at local nonprofits such as the Cyber Discovery Group (CDG) and NERD Nights. Outside the technical domain, he enjoys spending time with his wife and kids, motorcycling, cryptocurrency, and chess.

Owen is a security practitioner at heart, who also enjoys being able to teach others about cyber security best practices and techniques. He has recently found that doing online teaching has been one of the most fulfilling experiences in his working life. He loves being able to spread the good word of security to any and all that are willing to learn it!