Events Schedule

Events and Speaking Schedule:

• GCSI @ MxD – Chicago, IL – October 24, 2024 (planning committee; moderator)
• The Children of The CornCon – Kids’ Hacker Camp – Davenport, IA – October 5, 2024 (Chair)
• Quad Cities High School Cyber Career Day @ CornCon – Davenport, IA – October 4, 2024 (Chair)
• CornCon Cybersecurity Conference – Davenport, IA – October 5-7, 2023 (Chair/Speaker)
• CornCon CISO Executive Summit – Davenport, IA – October 3, 2024 (Chair/Speaker)
• BlueTeamCon – Chicago, IL – September 5, 2024
• Chicago CISO of the Year Mixer – Chicago, IL – July 25, 2024
• CPS Teachers Cyber Day – Chicago, IL – July 22, 2024 (PC/CTF/Docent)
• Chicago ISSA Trainings and Boat Cruise – Chicago, IL – June 13, 2024
• Domino ’24 / Digital Directors Network – Chicago, IL – May 14-16, 2024
• 13th Annual Security Speakeasy @ RSAC – San Francisco, CA – May 6, 2024 (party organizer)
• 2024 RSA Conference – San Francisco, CA – May 6-9, 2024 (Program Committee)
• ISSA Executive Forum – San Francisco, CA – May 4-5, 2024 (Planning Committee/Member)
• IEEE Region 4 Annual Meeting – Minneapolis, MN – April 26-28, 2024 (ExCom Member)
• GCSI Chicago @ IIT – Chicago, IL – April 18, 2023 (planning committee; moderator)
• GCSI Chicago CISO Dinner – Chicago, IL – April 17, 2024 (organizer/Docent)
• Chicago West Suburbs High School Cyber Career Day @ IIT – Wheaton, IL – April 17, 2024 (Organizer/Docent Educational Activity)
• The Children of The CornCon – Kids’ Hacker Camp @ EICC – Davenport, IA – March 30, 2024 (Organizer/Docent Educational Activity)
• Chicago Public Schools H.S. Cyber Career Day (Downtown) – Chicago, IL – March 13, 2024 (Organizer/Docent Educational Activity)
• Waterloo HS Cyber Career Day – Waterloo, IA – March 7, 2024 (CTF provided by Docent for 200+ students)
• ChiBRRCon – Chicago, IL – February 1, 2024
• FutureCON Chicago – Oak Brook, IL – January 25, 2024
• ISSA Chicago Holiday Party – Chicago, IL – December 12, 2023
• Chicago Public Schools High School Cyber Career Day (Downtown) – NEIU Campus – Chicago, IL – Nov 13, 2023 (Organizer/Docent Educational Activity)
• GCSI @ MxD – Chicago, IL – October 17, 2024 (planning committee; moderator)
• The Children of The CornCon – Kids’ Hacker Camp – Davenport, IA – October 7, 2023 (Chair)
• Quad Cities High School Cyber Career Day @ CornCon – Davenport, IA – October 6, 2023 (Chair)
• CornCon Cybersecurity Conference – Davenport, IA – October 5-7, 2023 (Chair/Speaker)
• IEEE Sections Congress 2023 – Ottawa, Canada – August 11-13, 2023 (Region 4 ExCom)
• Black Hat – Las Vegas, NV – August 8-10, 2023
• ISSA Executive Forum – Las Vegas, NV – August 5-6, 2023 (Planning Committee/Member)
• Docent & PAABC Host: Downtown Chicago Bourbon Buffet & CISO Social – Chicago, IL – June 30, 2023
• Chicago ISSA Trainings and Boat Cruise – Chicago, IL – June 15, 2023
• Planet CyberSec – Santa Monica, CA – June 14, 2023 (Keynote Speaker)
• Computex/Innovex – Taipei, Taiwan – May 30-June 2, 2023 (Expo Booth)
• 2023 RSA Conference – San Francisco, CA – April 24-27, 2023 (Program Committee)
• GCSI Chicago @ IIT – Chicago, IL – April 11, 2023 (speaker)
• Chicago CISO Dinner @ The Casino – Chicago, IL – March 21, 2023
• Chicago Public Schools High School Career in Cyber Day @ IIT – Chicago, IL – March 21, 2023 (Host/Organizer)
• IEEE Bangalore Cybersecurity STC Meeting – February 15, 2023 (Keynote)
• IEEE Region 4 Annual Meeting – Rosemont, IL – January 27-29, 2023 (ExCom Member)
• ISSA Holiday Party – Rosemont, IL – January 25, 2023
• Cybeats Webinar – Building Cybersecurity Communities – December 22, 2022 (Guest)
• OnShore Webinar – Building the Cybersecurity Community of Tomorrow – December 2, 2022
• DePaul Cyber Risk Conference – Chicago, IL – Nov 29, 2022
• IEEE Sensors 2022 & ADCOM – Dallas, TX – Oct 28-Nov 2, 2022 (CS Rep to ADCOM)
• GCSI Chicago @ MxD – Chicago, IL – Oct 25, 2022
• The Children of The CornCon 8: Kids’ Hacker Camp & STEM Festival – Davenport, IA – September 30/October 1, 2021 (Conference Chair)
• CornCon 8 – Midwest Cybersecurity Conference – Davenport, IA – Sep 30 – Oct 1, 2022 (Chair/Speaker)
• CornCon 8 – CISO Summit – Davenport, IA – September 29, 2022 (Conference Chair)
• FutureCon – Chicago, IL – September 14, 2022
• DefCon 30 – Las Vegas – Aug 12-14, 2022
• Black Hat – Las Vegas – Aug 10-11, 2022
• BSidesLV – Las Vegas – Aug 9-10, 2022
• ISSA Executive Forum – Las Vegas – Aug 6-7, 2022 (Program Committee/Awardee)
• Chicago of the Year CISO Mixer – Chicago – July 26, 2022
• CISO Bourbon Tasting @ University Club of Chicago – Chicago – July 21, 2022 (Host)
• 2022 RSA Conference – San Francisco, CA – June 6-9, 2022 (Program Commitee; Track Chair; Speaker)
• Security Advisor Alliance Board Meeting – St. Louis, MO – May 23-24, 2022 (Founding Board Member)
• (ISC)2 Chapter Chat: Quad Cities Chapter – May 18, 2022 @ 10AM CT (Featured Guest)
• IEEE Interial Conference & Sensors Council Adcom – Avignon, France – May 7-11, 2022 (Adcom member)
• GCSI Chicago / Highly Regulated Industries Panel – Chicago, IL – April 26, 2022 (Moderator)
• The Children of The CornCon – Spring 2022 Hacker/STEM Camp – Davenport, IA – April 9, 2022 (Chair)
• BLOOMCON 2022 – Security and privacy implications for advancing technology, Bloomsburg, PA – March 26, 2022 (Keynote) [Slides]
• International Security Forum: Chicago CISO Ransomware Tabletop Exercise – Chicago, IL – March 16, 2022
• 2022 Not-RSAC Scotch & Cigar Party (Networking Social) – Virtual – February 10, 2022 (Host)
• ISSA-LA Chapter Meeting – CISO Panel: Supply Chain Security – Virtual – January 19, 2022 (Speaker)
• Planet Cyber Sec – Building Resiliency in Cybersecurity – Virtual – December 15, 2021 (Speaker)
• Docent Webinar – Developing Cyber Talent Series: Making Cybersecurity Fun for Kids! – Virtual – December 9, 2021 (Speaker/Host)
• InfoSec World – Online – November 9-10, 2021 (SC Magazine Editorial Advisory Board)
• ISSA/ISACA Chicago Security and Networking Cruise – October 7, 2021
• US Cyber Games Draft Day – Online – October 5, 2021
• NTSC National CISO Policy Conference – Online – September 22, 2021
• IEEE Tech Forum, “Mitigating Societal Harm in a Social Media World” – Online – September 21-22, 2021
• The Children of The CornCon 7: Kids’ Hacker Camp & STEM Festival – Bettendorf, IA – September 10-11, 2021 (Conference Chair)
• CornCon 7 – Quad Cities Cybersecurity Summit – Bettendorf, IA – September 10-11, 2021 (Conference Chair)
• Chicago Cyber Security Summit – Online – August 24, 2021 (IEEE Booth & Attendee)
• IEEE Webinar, “Accelerating Cyber Jobs in Underrepresented Populations” – August 17, 2021
• SC Magazine Editorial Advisory Board Meeting – Online – August 11, 2021 (Board Member)
• ISSA Chicago Chapter Meeting – Rosemont, IL – August 5, 2021
• IWC-3 (Info War Con) – Online – May 12, 2021
• 9th Annual RSAC Scotch & Cigar Party – Online – May 20, 2021 (host)
• RSA Conference 2021 – Online – May 17-20, 2021 (Track Manager/Speaker)
• IEEE Computer Society Chapter Seminar, “Smart Home IoT Traffic” – February 8, 2021 (host)
• IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors – December 16-18, 2020
• Chicago CISO Roundtable: FedRAMP – December 18, 2020 (host)
• PLUS Webinar: “The Rising Tide of Security Risk…and How to Navigate through the Storm (Cyber Insurance Panel)”, December 10, 2020 (panelist)
• Pan Asian Cybersecurity: “Protecting PII during Holidays and Pandemic”, December 9, 2020 (Moderator)
• CornCon VI – Quad Cities Cybersecurity Conference – Online – Oct 2-3, 2020 (Conference Chair/Co-Founder)
• Women in Technology “Keys to Building Your All-Star Security Team During the ‘New Normal’” – June 17, 2020 (panel leader)
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• Computer Society BoG Meeting – May 28-29, 2020
• Chicago CISO Roundtable: Attracting and Retaining Top Talent – May 21, 2020 (panel leader)
• “Securely Pivot from Office to Work@Home – Examining NextGen Technologies that harden our Communications and Endpoints w/ZeroTrust – A Real Lunch & Learn Hosted by EzCloud”, May 19, 2020 (panel leader)
• Fireside Chat, vArmour, May 14, 2020 (guest speaker)
• IEEE-USA Communications Policy – April 28, 2020
• Computer Society BoG Meeting – April 3, 2020
• IEEE Sensors Council Adcom – March 2020
• RSA Conference 2020 – San Francisco, CA – February 24-28, 2020 (Program Board; Speaker on Industrial Cybersecurity)
• Scott Community College – Davenport, IA – February 12, 2020 (IoT Security presentation)
• IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors – Costa Mesa, CA – Jan 22-23, 2020
• IEEE Computer Society Chapter Summit – Bologna, Italy – December 5-8, 2019
• IEEE Board Series – Boston, MA – Nov 21-23, 2019
• 2020 SC Magazine Awards – (Judge)
• IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors – Tyson’s Corner, VA – October 2019 (BoG Member)
• IEEE USA Awards & Recognition Committee – Crystal City, VA – October 2019 (VP Communications)
• Security Advisor Alliance Leadership Summit – September 2019
• RSA Conference 2020 Program Committee
• CornCon V – Quad Cities Cybersecurity Conference – Davenport, IA – Sep 6-7 (Conference Chair/Co-Founder)
• The Children of The CornCon V – Kids’ Hacker Camp – Davenport, IA – Sep 7, 2019 (Conference Chair/Co-Founder)
• Quad Cities High School Cybersecurity Day – Davenport, IA – Sep 5, 2019 (Co-Organizer)
• DefCon 27 – Las Vegas, NV – Aug 9-11, 2019 (Co-Organizer Kids’ Program/R00tz Asylum)
• Black Hat USA 2019 Black Hat – Las Vegas, NV – Aug 5-8, 2019 (CISO Summit & Briefings)
• IEEE Board Series – Atlanta, GA – June 21, 2019
• Chicago ISSA Cruise & Training – Chicago, IL – June 20, 2019 (Keynote)
• IEEE Computer Society BoG Meeting – Coral Gables, FL – June 6-7, 2019
• The Children of The CornCon / Kids’ Hacker Camp (Mid-year) – Davenport, IA – May 11, 2019 (Organizer)
• 2018 RIM Renaissance (Ponemon Institute) – Tucson, AZ – March 28-29, 2019 (Distinguished Fellow)
• RSA Conference 2019 – San Francisco, CA – March 3-8, 2019 (Program Board; Speaker on IIoT)
• IEEE-USA R&D Policy Committee Meeting – Washington, DC – March 1, 2019
• IEEE-USA Communications Committee Meeting – Washington, DC – Feb 23, 2019
• IEEE-USA Board Meeting – Tampa, FL – Feb 14-16, 2019
• IEEE Computer Society Board Meeting – Anaheim, CA – Jan 31-Feb 1, 2019
• IEEE Region 4 & Region 6 Annual Meeting – Tempe, AZ – Jan 25-27, 2019
• Cyber Education Foundation – Atlanta, GA – Jan 22, 2019 (Co-Organizer)
• Blockchain Connect – San Francisco, CA – Jan 11, 2019 (MedBlox Awards)
• Excelsior College, CYS504 Course Revision
• Excelsior College, CYS504 Network and Communications Security – Spring I 2019 – Professor
• IEEE Rising Stars – Las Vegas, NV – Jan 4-6, 2019
• IEEE-USA Planning Meeting – Las Vegas, NV – Jan 3-4, 2019
• IEEE Blockchain for Agriculture Workshop – Honolulu, HI – Nov 28-29, 2018 (Program Committee; Speaker)
• RSA Conference 2019 Program Committee
• IEEE Board Series – Vancouver, BC – Nov 14-19, 2018
• Excelsior College, CYS504 Network and Communications Security – Fall II 2018 – Professor
• Global Cyber Security Initiative (GCSI) Conference – Chicago, IL – Nov 9, 2018  (Program Board; Speaker)
• IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors – Virtual Meeting – Nov 8-9, 2018
• IEEE Iowa-Illinois Section “IoT Security & Privacy” – Davenport, IA – Nov 7, 2018
• InfowarCon 18 – Washington, DC – Nov 1-3, 2018 (Program Board; Speaker)
• 2019 SC Magazine Awards – (Judge)
• IEEE Southern Minnesota Section “IoT Security & Privacy” – Rochester, MN – Oct 22, 2018
• IEEE-USA Awards and Recognition Committee – Oct 20, 2018 (Chair)
• IEEE Southern Minnesota Section “IoT Security & Privacy” – Rochester, MN – Oct 22, 2018
• Security Advisor Alliance Summit – Dallas, TX – Sep 18-19, 2018 (Founding/Governing Board Member)
• Versive CISO Advisory Board – Seattle, WA – Sep 17, 2018
• Security Advisor Alliance Tour Stop – High School Cybersecurity Program – Chicago, IL – OCT 12, 2018 (Lead Organizer)
• CornCon IV – QC Cybersecurity Conference & The Children of The CornCon Kids’ Hacker Camp – Davenport, IA – Sep 8, 2018 (Founder/Program Chair)
• Quad Cities Cybersecurity Alliance Workshop – Davenport, IA – Sep 7, 2018 (Program Chair)
• Security Advisor Alliance Tour Stop – High School Cybersecurity Program – Davenport, IA – Sep 6, 2018 (Lead Organizer)
• Excelsior College, CYS500 Foundations of Cybersecurity – Fall I 2018 –  Professor
• Excelsior College, CYS504 Network and Communications Security – Fall I 2018 – Professor
• Chicago CISO SD WAN Lunch – Chicago, IL – August 29, 2018 (Co-Organizer)
• DefCon 26 – Las Vegas, NV – Aug 10-12, 2018 (Co-Organizer Kids’ Program/R00tz Asylum)
• Black Hat USA 2018 CISO Summit/Black Hat – Las Vegas, NV – Aug 3-9, 2018 (Program Committee)
• IEEE Future Leaders Forum – Austin, TX – July 26-28, 2018 (IEEE USA VP)
• Chicago CISO Advanced Endpoint Protection Lunch – Chicago, IL – July 24, 2018 (Co-Organizer)
• Excelsior College, CYS575 IT Risk Analysis and Management – Summer II 2018 – Professor
• IEEE Board Series – New Brunswick, NJ – June 21-23, 2018 (IEEE USA VP)
• ISACA/ISSA Boat Cruise & Training / SecureXII – Chicago, IL – June 12, 2018
• IEEE Computer Society Board Meeting – Phoenix, AZ – June 6-9, 2018 (Board of Governors)
• The Children of The CornCon / Kids’ Hacker Camp (Mid-year) – Davenport, IA – May 19, 2018 (Organizer)
• IEEE Awards Vision, Innovation & Challenges Summit – San Francisco, CA – May 11, 2018 (Awards Board)
• IEEE-USA Congressional Visit Day – Washington, DC – May 8-9, 2018
• Excelsior College, CYS504 Network and Communications Security – Summer I 2018 – Professor
• CISO Dinner w/Richard Clarke – Chicago, IL – May 2, 2018 (Host)
• Venafi CISO Dinner – RSA Conference – San Francisco, CA – April 16, 2018 (Host)
• Security Never Sleeps Panel – 10Fold Communications – San Francisco, CA 2018
• RSA Conference 2018 – San Francisco, CA – April 16-20, 2018 (Program Board)
• CERIAS Annual Information Security Symposium 2018 – West Lafayette, IN – April 2-4, 2018 (Panelist “What’s Ahead? The Spirit of Cybersecurity Yet To Come”) slides: https://is.gd/CERIASfuture18
• QC Cybersecurity Alliance Luncheon – Moline, IL – March 15, 2018 (President)
• Excelsior College, CYS456 Security Mobile and Cloud Computing – Spring II 2018 – Professor
• 2018 RIM Renaissance (Ponemon Institute) – Tucson, AZ – March 8-9, 2018 (Distinguished Fellow)
• IEEE-USA Board Meeting – Lake Buena Vista, FL – Feb 16-18, 2018
• IEEE Region 4 & Region 6 Annual Meeting – San Francisco, CA – Feb 2-4, 2018
• IEEE Computer Society Board Meeting – Anaheim, CA – Jan 31-Feb 2, 2018
• QC Cybersecurity Alliance: Cyber Huddle – Jan 18, 2018 – QC Chamber of Commerce, Moline, IL
• Excelsior College, CYS504 Network and Communications Security – Spring I 2018 – Professor
• Excelsior College, CYS503 Communications and Network Security – Spring I  2018 – Professor
• HyTrust/Intel CISO Dinner – Chicago, IL – Dec 12, 2017 (Host w/360 Velocity)
• IEEE-USA Board Retreat – Fort Worth, TX – Dec 9-10,2017
• RSA Conference 2018 Program Committee
• 2018 SC Magazine Awards – (Judge)
• IEEE Board Series – Phoenix, AZ – Nov 17-18, 2017
• IEEE MGA Awards and Recognition Committee – Phoenix, AZ – Nov 16, 2017 (Past Chair; IEEE-USA Rep)
• IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors – Phoenix, AZ – Nov 12-13, 2017
• Fidelis CISO Connect – Dinners in Chicago & NYC – Nov 8 & 9, 2017 (Host and speaker)
• Excelsior College, CYS504 Network and Communications Security – Late Fall Semester 2017 – Professor (2 sections)
• Hacker Halted – Atlanta, GA – Oct 9-10, 2017 (Speaker)
• Security Advisor Alliance Summit – Denver, CO – Sep 25-27, 2017 (Governing Board)
• Together is Power: Iowa’s Forum of Cybersecurity Thought Leadership, Des Moines, IA – Sep 14, 2017 (Speaker)
• CornCon III: The Courne Ultimatum (QC Cybersecurity Conference and Kids Hacker Camp) – Davenport, IA – Sep 9, 2017 (Founder/Chair)
• Excelsior College, CYS504 Network and Communications Security – Early Fall Semester 2017 – Professor
• Excelsior College, CYS503 Communications and Network Security – Early Fall Semester 2017 – Professor
• IEEE Sections Congress 2017 – Sydney, Australia – 8-14, Aug 2017 (Speaker, Section and Committee Chair)
• R00tz Asylum (Def Con Kids) – Las Vegas, NV – July 28-30, 2017 (Co-Director)
• Black Hat CISO Summit and Black Hat Briefings – – Las Vegas, NV – July 24-27, 2017 (Advisor)
• Tentacles Across The Atlantic: Cyberregulators and Cybercriiminals Crossing UK/US/EU Borders Impacting Your Organization (CyberEvents.org) – London, UK – July 11, 2017  (Organizer & Panelist)
• Excelsior College, CYS575 IT Risk Analysis and Management – Summer Semester 2017 – Professor
• SC Media 20/20 Panel Discussion: Beyond the Endpoint: Protecting a Diverse Environment – June 29, 2017 (Online)
• CAMP IT Enterprise Risk/Security Management – Rosemont, IL – June 6, 2017 (Panelist/Speaker)
  • Panel: Managing Security Risk at the Speed of Business
  • Presentation: The Journey to Cyber Resilience in a World of Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
• Excelsior College, CYS504 Network and Communications Security – Early Summer Semester 2017 – Professor
• Excelsior College, CYS503 Communications and Network Security – Early Summer Semester 2017 – Professor
• Infragard Luncheon – FBI Update – Moline, IL – May 3, 2017 (Coordinator)
• ISACA ILLOWA Chapter Spring Summit – Cyber Education – Coralville, IA (co-presenter)
• ISOI XVIII – Carlsbad, CA – April 10-11, 2017
• IEEE SoutheastCon – Charlotte, NC – March 30- April 1, 2017 (IEEE-USA Awards Chair)
• (ISC)2 Women in Security Awards – (Judge)
• Ponemon RIM renaissance 2017 – Tucson, AZ – March 16-17, 2017 (Ponemon Institute Fellow)
• Excelsior College, CYS565 Security Awareness and Training – Spring Semester 2017 – Professor
• 2017 SC Awards – San Francisco, CA – Feb 14, 2017 (Co-Chair and Judge)
• RSA Conference 2017 – San Francisco, CA – Feb 13-17, 2017 (Program Committee Member)
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Spring Semester 2017 – Adjunct Professor
• Excelsior College, CYS504 Network and Communications Security – Spring Semester 2017 – Professor
• Excelsior College, CYS503 Communications and Network Security – Spring Semester 2017 – Professor
• Excelsior College, CYS504 Network and Communications Security – Winter Semester 2016 – Professor
• RSA Conference 2017 Program Committee
• 2017 SC Magazine Awards – (Judge)
• CornCon 2: QC Cybersecurity Conference and Kids Hacker Camp (Organizing Committee) (Sep 17, 2016)
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Fall Semester 2016 – Adjunct Professor
• Excelsior College, CYS500 Introduction to Cybersecurity – Fall Semester 2016 – Professor
• Excelsior College, CYS590 Special Projects in Cybersecurity – Fall Semester 2016 – Professor
• Excelsior College, CYS503 Communications and Network Security – Fall Semester 2016 – Professor
• R00tz Asylum (Def Con Kids) – Internet Privacy – Las Vegas, NV – Aug 2016 (Co-Director)
• Black Hat CISO Summit and Black Hat Briefings – Security at the Speed of Business- Las Vegas, NV – Aug 2-4, 2016 (Program Committee)
• IEEE MGA Member Engagement Life Cycle Committee – Newark, NJ – July 22-24, 2016 (MGA ARC Representative)
• Excelsior College, CYS541 Ethics and Legal Issues(2 sections) – Summer Semester 2016 – Professor
• ISACA CRISC Certification Exam – (Passed/June 2016)
• IEEE SAC Student Awards – (Judge)
• RSA Conference 2016 – San Francisco, CA – Feb 29-March 4, 2016 (Program Committee Member)
• IEEE R4 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV – Jan 28-31, 2016 (Small Sections East Support Chair)
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Spring Semester 2016 – Adjunct Professor
• Excelsior College, CYS503 Communications and Network Security (2 sections) – Spring Semester 2016 – Professor
• RSA Conference 2016 Program Committee
• 2016 SC Magazine Awards – (Judge)
• Black Hat Executive Summit – Scottsdale, AZ – December 8-10, 2015 (Program Committee; Panel Facilitator)
• Evanta CISO Executive Summit – Chicago, IL – Dec 2, 2015 (Governing Board)
• IEEE Board Series & MGA ARC Committee Mtg – New Brunswick, NJ – Nov 18-21 (MGA Awards Board Chair)
• Security Advisor Alliance Summit – Dallas, TX – Oct 26-29, 2015 (Panel Facilitator; Governing Board; CISO Judge)
• Evanta Global CISO Executive Summit – Houston, TX – Oct 11-13, 2015 (Governing Board)
• IEEE-USA Awards and Recognition Committee – Washington, DC – October 10, 2014 (Board Member)
• CornCon: Quad Cities Cybersecurity Conference – Davenport, IA @ St. Ambrose University – Oct 3, 2015 (Founder/Conference Chair) w/Hacker Kids Track
• CISO Panel: Security Trends – Sep 30, 2015 (Panelist)
• Security Innovation Summit – Vail, CO – Sep 30 – Oct 2, 2015 (Advisor)
• Watchful Security Webinar – The Future of Data Security – Sep 23, 2015 (Panelist)
• FAIR Risk Management Training – Sep 14-17, 2015
• Keep Your Company From Becoming Collateral Damage in a Cyberwar – (Webinar) Threat Intelligence University – September, 2015 (Speaker)
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Fall Semester 2015 – Adjunct Professor
• Excelsior College, CYS501 Communications Security – Fall Semester 2015 – Professor
• R00tz Asylum (Def Con Kids) – Google Dorking – Las Vegas, NV – Aug 7-9, 2015 (Goon and Speaker)
• Keep Your Company From Becoming Collateral Damage in a Cyberwar – Black Hat – Las Vegas, NV – Aug 5-6, 2015 (Speaker)
• Black Hat CISO Summit and Black Hat Briefings – The 2016 CISO – Las Vegas, NV – Aug 4-6, 2015 (Speaker; Program Committee)
• US Cyber Consequences Unit – Cyber Threat Analysis/Cyber Consequence Analysis Training – Washington, DC – July 22-23, 2015
• The State of Cybersecurity 2015: Enterprise Fight is Stuck in Stall – CSO Magazine – July 9, 2015 (Contributor)
• ISSA Audit, Compliance & Security Training – Chicago, IL – June 18, 2015 (Member)
• NG Security Summit – San Antonio, TX- May 12-14, 2015 (Boardroom Facilitator)
• Chicago CISO Institute (University of Chicago, Booth School of Business) – Chicago, IL – May 5-7, 2015 (Facilitator; Governing Board)
• Excelsior College, CYS501 Communications Security – May/June 2015 – Professor
• IEEE SAC Student Awards – (Judge)
• RSA Conference 2015, CXO-R04 – When Will Infosec Grow Up? – San Francisco, CA – Apr 23, 2015 (Panel Organizer/Moderator)
• CloudChat Podcast w/ Dr. Chenxi Wang – RSA Conference, San Francisco, CA – Apr 22, 2015 (featured interview)
• CDM CISO Executive Summit – Chicago, IL – March 22-24, 2015 (Speaker) The CISO Career Life Cycle
• CSCI 415/515 Computer and Network Security – St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA – March 17, 2015 (Guest Lecture) Securing the Future
• IEEE MGA Member Engagement Life Cycle Committee – San Antonio – March 13-14, 2015 (Member)
• IEEE MGA Awards and Recognition Committee – March 3, 2015 (Chair)
• Excelsior College, CYS541 – Ethics, Legal, And Compliance Issues In Cybersecurity- Spring Semester 2015 – Adjunct Professor
• Excelsior College, CYS 595 Course Revision – March 2015
• IEEE Awards Board Planning and Policy Committee (AB APPC) – Feb 26, 2015 (member)
• CampIT – Rosemont, IL – Feb 5, 2015 (CISO Panel)
• Discovering a universe beyond the cosmic shore – Project Management Institute, Davenport, IA – Feb 2, 2015 (Invited Speaker)
• IEEE R4 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA – Jan 23-25, 2015 (awards banquet coordinator, board member)
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Spring Semester 2015 – Adjunct Professor
• Excelsior College, CYS501 Communications Security (2 sections) – Spring Semester 2015 – Professor
• RSA Conference 2015 Program Committee
• 2014 Chicago CISO/CIO Executive Summit (Evanta) – Chicago, IL – Dec 3, 2014 (Board of Governors)
• IEEE Board Series – New Brunswick, NJ – Nov 20-22 (MGA Awards Board Member)
• CISO Leadership Forum (Argyle) – Chicago, IL – Nov 19, 2014 (Speaker)
• SC Magazine –SC Congress Chicago 2014 – Chicago, IL – Nov 18, 2014 (Speaker)
• 2014 Global CISO Executive Summit (Evanta) – New York City, NY – Oct 26-28, 2014 (Board of Governors)
• SecureCIO Chicago Forum – October 23, 2014
• Excelsior College, CYS585 Digital Crime Prevention – Fall Semester 2014 – Professor
• IEEE-USA Awards and Recognition Committee – Orlando, FL – October 18, 2014 (Board Member)
• IEEE Region 4 Excom/Fall Region Meeting – Oct 2014 (Awards Chair)
• 2015 SC Magazine Awards (Judge)
• Security Advisor Alliance Podcast – Oct 9, 2014 (panelist)
• John Deere Big Data Summit – Bettendorf, IA – Oct 8, 2014
• QC Cybersecurity Group Monthly Meeting – Moline, IL – Oct 7, 2014 (President)
• IQPC IT Metrics and Performance Management – Sep 29 – October 01, 2014 – Chicago, IL (Speaker) “Security Metrics: How to prioritize resources, demonstrate effectiveness and enable the business”
• Excelsior College, CYS501 Communications Security (2 sections) – Fall Semester 2014 – Professor
• Archc0n Security Conference – Sep 6, 2014 – St. Louis, MO
• Security Advisor Alliance Board Meeting – Sep 5, 2014 (Founding Board Member)
• IQPC Information Governance Exchange – Sep 03 – 05, 2014 – Gaylord Convention Center, National Harbor, MD (Speaker) “Tackling Cyber Security  in the 21st Century: Utilizing Mobility, Big Data and Cloud without Compromising Security and Privacy”
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Fall Semester 2014 – Adjunct Professor
• IEEE Sections Congress 2014 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Aug 19-25, 2014 (Board Member)
• CISO Institute (Evanta and University of Chicago, Booth School of Business) – Chicago, IL – Aug 19-21, 2014 (Instructor/Governing Board) “Creating a World Class Security Organization: What it takes and why it matters”
• Def Con 21 & R00tz Asylum (Def Con Kids) – Las Vegas, NV – Aug 8-10, 2014 (Goon and Speaker)
• Black Hat Executive Briefings – Las Vegas, NV – Aug 4-7, 2014 (Speaker) “Incident Response Communication Channels”
• IQPC Cyber Incident Response Summit – Chicago, IL – July 21-23, 2014 (Speaker; Organizing Committee) cancelled
• QC Cybersecurity Luncheon – Moline, IL – July 2014
• Security and Software Research Center Showcase – Ames, IA (Industry Rep)
• 2014 Chicago CDO Executive Summit (Evanta) – Chicago, IL – June 4, 2014 (Board of Governors)
• CDM CISO Executive Summit – Miami, FL – June 1-3, 2014 (Speaker; Board of Governors) “Security Leadership: Enabling Business Transformation”
• IEEE SAC Student Awards – (Judge)
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Summer Semester 2014 – Adjunct Professor
• IEEE-USA Annual Meeting – Providence, RI – May 15-18, 2014 (R4 Awards Chair)
• Excelsior College, CYS501 Communications Security – Summer Semester 2014 – Professor
• Cisco Strategic Security Forum for Chief Information Security Officers: “Intelligent Cybersecurity for the Real World” – Saint Helena, CA – May 5-7, 2014
• Chicago CIO Institute (University of Chicago, Booth School of Business) – Chicago, IL – Apr 29-May 1, 2014 (Executive Education)
• Excelsior College, Course Development – CYS595 Capstone – Mar-April 2014
• Security Never Sleeps – Trainer Communication Luncheon/Lulu Restaurant – San Francisco, CA – Feb 26, 2014 (Panelist)
• RSA Conference 2014, GRC-F02 – Visualize This! Meaningful Metrics for Managing Risk – San Francisco, CA – Feb 28, 2014 (Moderator)
• RSA Conference 2014, DSP-W03 – Castles in the Air: Data Protection in the Consumer Age – San Francisco, CA – Feb 26, 2014 (Speaker) (podcast)
• IBM Pulse, Advanced Threat Protection – Las Vegas, NV – Feb 24, 2014 (Speaker)
• Proactive Intellectual Property Protection: Stay Ahead of Emerging Threats! link, Luxoft Technology Series (Webinar), Feb 13, 2014
• Security Advisor Alliance Podcast – Feb 13, 2014 (panelist)
• First Tech Challenge (FTC), Pleasant Valley H.S., Bettendorf, IA – Feb 8, 2014 (Volunteer)
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Spring Semester 2014 – Adjunct Professor
• Excelsior College, CYS501 Communications Security – Spring Semester 2014 – Professor
• Next Generation Security Summit – San Diego, CA – December 9-11, 2013 (Speaker/Discussion Leader) “Security and the Consumerization of IT”
• 2013 Chicago CISO/CIO Executive Summit (Evanta) – Chicago, IL – Dec 4-5 2013 (Board of Governors)
• Excelsior College, CYS560 Information Assurance – Fall/Winter Semester 2013 – Professor
• CampIT – Rosemont, IL – October 24, 2013 (CISO Panel)
• IEEE-USA Awards and Recognition Committee – Washington, DC – October 26, 2013 (Board Member)
• Next Generation Science Standards State Committee, Bloomington, IL – Oct 18, 2018 (Illinois Board of Education)
• IEEE Region 4 Excom/Fall Region Meeting – Oct 12, 2013
• 2014 SC Magazine Awards (Judge)
• John Deere Big Data Summit – UIUC, Champaign, IL – Oct 1-2, 2013
• The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), DHS National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework 2.0 Working Group (SME)
• Meet The Boss TV –Meet The Boss TV virtual roundtable, “Securing Cloud Storage” – Sep 5, 2013 (Panel)
• Excelsior College, CYS 455 Business Continuity – Aug/Oct Fall Semester 2013 – Professor
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Fall Semester 2013 – Adjunct Professor
• St. Ambrose University, CSCI630 Information Assurance Governance – Fall Semester 2013 – Adjunct Professor
• Def Con 21 & R00tz Asylum (Def Con Kids) – Las Vegas, NV – Aug 2-4, 2013 (Goon)
• Black Hat Briefings and Executive Briefings – Las Vegas, NV – July 30-Aug 1, 2013 (Speaker)
• QC Cybersecurity Group, Jul 16, 2013 (Organizer)
• Excelsior College, CYS541 – Ethics, Legal, And Compliance Issues In Cybersecurity- July/August Semester 2013 – Professor
• 2013 Chicago CIO/CMO Shift & Big Data Executive Summit (Evanta) – Chicago, IL – June 12 2013 (Board of Governors/Speaker)
• 2013 Next Generation Security Summit – Denver, CO – June 5-7, 2013 (Speaker) “Surfing the Wave: Security and the Consumerization of IT”
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Summer Semester 2013 – Adjunct Professor
• Excelsior College, MOOC Course Development – Physical/Personal Security & Security and Law – May-July 2013
• Excelsior College, CYS501 Communications Security (2 sections)- May/June Semester 2013 – Professor
• St. Ambrose University, ASTR201 Astronomy – Summer Semester 2013 – Adjunct Professor
• Meet The Boss TV –Meet The Boss TV virtual roundtable, “Cybersecurity” – May 8, 2013 (Panel)
• THOTCON 0x4 – Chicago, IL – April 26, 2013
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Summer Semester 2013 – Adjunct Professor
• EICC IT Network and Security Curriculum Development Workshop – Davenport, IA – April 11-12, 2013 (Panelist)
• IQPC Enterprise IT Security Exchange, “Big Data: Big Deal or Big Brother?” -St. Petersburg, FL – Mar 10-12, 2013 (Speaker)
• Security Never Sleeps – Trainer Communication Luncheon/Lulu Restaurant – San Francisco, CA – Feb 27, 2013 (Panelist)
• RSA Conference 2013, GRC-W23 – Managing Enterprise Risk: Y U NO HAZ METRICS? – San Francisco, CA – Feb 27, 2013 (Moderator/Program Committee)
• RSA Conference 2013, MBS-T19 – “BYOD: Here Today, Here to Stay?” – San Francisco, CA – Feb 26, 2013 (Speaker)
• National Acadamy of Sciences/National Research Council: Professionalizing the Nation’s Cybersecurity Workforce – Workshop II – San Francisco, CA – Feb 25, 2013 (Speaker)
• QCESC Engineers Week Banquet, The Lodge, Bettendorf, IA – Feb 20, 2013 (Program Committee)
• QC Cybersecurity Group, Feb 13, 2013 (Organizer)
• RSA Conference 2013 Podcast, Feb 12, 2013 (Pre-Conference Podcast, GRC-W23)
• First Tech Challenge (FTC), Pleasant Valley H.S., Bettendorf, IA – Feb 2, 2013 (Volunteer)
• IEEE R4 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL – Jan 25-27, 2013 (speaker, board member)
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Spring Semester 2013 – Adjunct Professor
• Excelsior College, CYS501 Communications Security – Spring Semester 2013 – Professor
• 2012 Next Generation Security Summit, “Reinvent and Justify Your Security Strategy for 2013” – Austin, TX – Dec 5-7 2012 (Panel)
• 2012 Chicago CISO Executive Summit (Evanta) – Chicago, IL – Nov 28 2012 (Board of Governors)
• IEEE-USA Awards and Recognition Committee – Washington, DC – Nov 17, 2012 (Board Member)
• QC Cybersecurity Group, Nov, 2012 (Organizer)
• SC Magazine –SC Congress Chicago 2012 – Chicago, IL – Nov 8, 2012 (Speaker)
• Excelsior College, CYS456 Securing Cloud and Mobile Environments – Winter Semester 2012 (Nov-Dec) – Professor
• Meet The Boss TV –Meet The Boss TV virtual roundtable, “Exploring the explosive growth of Data” – Oct 31, 2012 (Panel)
• 2013 SC Magazine Awards (Judge)
• QC Cybersecurity Group, Oct 18, 2012 (Organizer)
• Next Generation Science Standards Conference, Indianapolis, IN – Oct 11-13, 2012 (Illinois Delegate)
• CISO Q4 Executive Roundtable, “Are there assets in your enterprise under criminal control?” – Chicago, IL – Oct 14, 2012 (cancelled)
• RSA Conference 2013 Program Committee, Boston – Sep 27-29, 2012
• CIO Summit, Chicago, IL – Sep 26, 2012 (attendee)
• Quad City Cybersecurity Group & IEEE, John Deere Harvester Tour – Moline, IL – Sep 18, 2012 (Organizer)
• IANS Conference, Chicago, IL – Sep 10-11, 2012 (Steering Committee)
• Excelsior College, CYS300 Computer System Security Fundamentals – Fall Term 2012 (Sep-Oct) – Professor
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Fall Semester 2012 – Adjunct Professor
• Security Innovation Summit – Chicago, IL – August 8, 2012 (Steering Committee/Speaker)
• QCESC Kids Engineering Camp – Putnam Museum, Davenport, IA – August 2012 (Organizer/Volunteer)
• Def Con 20 – Las Vegas, NV – July 27-29, 2012
• Black Hat Briefings and Executive Briefings – Las Vegas, NV – July 24-26, 2012 (Speaker)
• NASA Art Talk, “Discovering a universe beyond the cosmic shore” link – Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA – July 19, 2012 (Speaker)
• Excelsior College, CYS456 Securing Cloud and Mobile Environments – Summer Semester 2012 (July-Aug) – Professor
• CISO Q2 Executive Roundtable, “The emerging threat landscape and developing a proactive security program” – Chicago, IL – June 14, 2012
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Summer Semester 2012 – Adjunct Professor
• St. Ambrose University, ASTR201 Astronomy – Summer Semester 2012 – Adjunct Professor
• IEEE-USA Annual Meeting – Cincinnati, OH – May 1-3, 2012 (R4 Awards Chair)
• CISO Q1 Executive Roundtable, “The Perfect Storm: Poor Mobile Device Security Policies Collide w/the Consumerized Enterprise” – Chicago, IL – Mar 15, 2012
• Excelsior College, CYS501 Communications Security – Spring Semester 2012 – Professor
• Security Never Sleeps: CSO 2012 Pain Points Revealed – Trainer Communication Luncheon/Lulu Restaurant – San Francisco, CA – Mar 1, 2012 (Panelist)
• RSA Conference 2012, Wednesday: GRC201: “The Metric System: Why Meaningful Metrics Matter” – San Francisco, CA – Feb 29, 2012 (Facilitator)
• RSA Conference 2012, Monday: SEM003-Information Security Leadership Development: “Presenting Metrics to the Executive Team” – San Francisco, CA – Feb 27, 2012 (Speaker)
• Next Generation Security Summit 2012, “Endpoint Protection” – Atlanta, GA – Jan 31-Feb 2, 2012 (Speaker)
• IEEE Region 4 Awards and Recognition Banquet, Minneapolis, MN – Jan 21, 2012 (Program Chair)
• Course Development, Securing Cloud and Mobile Environments, Excelsior College – (Course Developer/SME)
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Spring Semester 2012 – Adjunct Professor
• FIRST Lego League, Dec 10, 2011 (Organizing Committee)
• 2011 Chicago CISO Executive Summit- Chicago, IL – Dec 1, 2011(Board of Governors)
• Quad City AITP, “Mobile Device Security and Privacy” link – Davenport, IA – October 13, 2011 (Featured Speaker)
• IEEE-USA Awards and Recognition Committee – Washington, DC – October 15, 2011 (Board Member)
• 2012 SC Magazine Awards – (Judge)
• Course Development, Information Assurance and Risk Management, Walden University – (Course Developer/SME)
• Course Development, Fundamentals of Information Assurance, Walden University – (Course Developer/SME)
• Course Development, Communications Security, Excelsior College – (Course Developer/SME)
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Fall Semester 2011 – Adjunct Professor
• IEEE Sections Congress 2011 – San Francisco, CA – Aug 17-22, 2011 (Board Member)
• Quad City Cybersecurity Group, “BitCoin e-Currency” – Moline, IL – August 15, 2011 (Organizer)
• Def Con 19 – Las Vegas, NV – Aug 4-7, 2011 (Attendee)
• Black Hat Briefings and Executive Briefings, “Securing Applications” – Las Vegas, NV – Aug 2-4, 2011 (Speaker)
• QCESC Kids Engineering Camp – Putnam Museum, Davenport, IA – July 25, 2011 (Organizer/Volunteer)
• Quad City Cybersecurity Group, “Enterprise Metrics” – Moline, IL – June 14, 2011 (Speaker)
• St. Ambrose University, ASTR201 Astronomy – Summer Semester 2011 – Adjunct Professor
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Summer Semester 2011 – Adjunct Professor
• QCESC HS Cardboard Regatta Contest – Bettendorf, IA – May 13, 2011 (Volunteer)
• GSMI Cyber Security Strategies Summit – Washington, DC – May 10-12, 2011 (Speaker) “Using Metrics to Determine Real Value in an Enterprise Security Program”
• QCESC HS Trebuchet Contest – Betendorf, IA – April 18, 2011 (Organizer)
• Davenport Mousetrap Car Contest – Davenport, IA – April 9, 2011 (Volunteer)
• Annual InfraGard Cyber Defense and Disaster Recovery Conference – UIS, Springfield, IL – Mar 11, 2011 (Organizing Committee)
• IEEE-USA Annual Meeting – Austin, TX – March 3-6, 2011 (R4 Awards Chair)
• QCESC Engineers Week Banquet – Feb 24, 2011 (Organizing Committee Chair)
• IEEE CS Chapter, “Internet Privacy” – Davenport, IA – Feb 18, 2011 (Organizer)
• 2011 SC Magazine Awards Dinner – San Francisco, CA – Feb 15, 2011 (Judge)
• RSA Conference 2011 – San Francisco, CA – Feb 13-19, 2011 (Speaker)
• QCESC Bridge Building – Davenport, IA – Feb 12, 2011 (Organizing Committee)
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Spring Semester 2011 – Adjunct Professor
• IEEE R4 Awards Chair 2011-2012
• FIRST Lego League, Dec 11, 2010 (Organizing Committee)
• QC Cybersecurity Group Meeting – FBI Cyberterrorism – Moline, IL – Nov 16, 2010 (Organizer)
• IANS Conference, Chicago, IL – Nov 8-9, 2010 (Steering Committee/CISO Panel)
• McAfee Focus 10 Conference – Las Vegas, NV – Oct 12-14 (Atendee/Executive Summit)
• 2011 SC Magazine Awards – (Judge)
• InfraGard Collegiate Cyber Exercise Event – Springfield, IL – Sep 25, 2010 (Trainer/Organizer)
• AMCA/Chief Blackhawk 39th Annual Fall National Meet – Sep 2-4, 2010 (Official Photographer)
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Fall Semester 2010 – Adjunct Professor
• InfraGard Annual Meeting – Springfield, IL – Aug 19, 2010
• 2nd Annual Rock Island Area Counterintelligence Conference – WIU Campus, Moline, IL – Aug 18, 2010
• Black Hat Briefings and Executive Briefings – Las Vegas, NV – July 26-19, 2010 (Attendee)
• Engineering Camp for Kids – Putnam Museum, Davenport, IA – July 22-23, 2010 (Mentor/Organizer)
• QC Cybersecurity Group Meeting – Moline, IL – June 30, 2010 (Organizer)
• 5th Annual Digital Divas Camp – Blackhawk College, Moline, IL – June 16-18 (Mentor)
• IEEE R4 Student Website Contest – Spring Semester 2010 (Judge)
• John Deere Mobile Device Summit – UIUC, Champaign, IL – May 27-28, 2010 (Speaker)
• QC Cybersecurity Group Meeting – Moline, IL – May 19, 2010 (Organizer)
• QCESC HS Cardboard Regatta Contest – Bettendorf, IA – May 14, 2010 (Organizer)
• St. Ambrose University, ASTR201 Astronomy – Summer Semester 2010 – Adjunct Professor
• QC Cybersecurity Group Meeting – Moline, IL – April 21, 2010 (Organizer)
• QCESC HS Trebuchet Contest – Betendorf, IA – April 16, 2010 (Organizer/Judge)
• QC Cybersecurity Group Meeting – Bettendorf, IA – March 17, 2010 (Organizer)
• Annual InfraGard Cyber Defense and Disaster Recovery Conference – UIS, Springfield, IL – Mar 12, 2010 (Organizer)
• RSA Conference 2010 – San Francisco, CA – Mar 2-5, 2010 (Atendee)
• Executive Security Action Forum – San Francisco, CA – Mar 1, 2010 (Atendee)
• QCESC Engineer’s Week Banquet 2010 – Rock Island, IL – Feb 19, 2010 (Organizer)
• QC Cybersecurity Group/IEEE Comp Soc/InfraGard Joint Luncheon – Moline, IL – Feb 8, 2010 (Organizer)
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Spring Semester 2010 – Adjunct Professor
• IEEE R4 Executive Board Meeting – Detroit, MI – Jan 22-24, 2010 (Speaker/Board Member)
• SC Magazine World Congress – Online Symposium – Jan 21, 2010 (Keynote Speaker: Insider Threat)
• QCESC/FIRST Lego League Semi-Finals – Putnam Museum, Davenport, IA – Dec 12, 2009 (Volunteer)
• IEEE Computer Society Meeting: Electronic Voting – Davenport, IA – Oct 28, 2009
• IEEE Senior Member Drive – SAU, Davenport, IA – Sep 26, 2009 (Organizer)
• AMCA/Chief Blackhawk 38th Annual Fall National Meet – Sep 3-5, 2009 (Official Photographer)
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Fall Semester 2009 – Adjunct Professor
• Defcon 17 – Las Vegas, NV – July 31-Aug 2, 2009 (Atendee)
• Black Hat Briefings – Las Vegas, NV – July 29-30, 2009 (Speaker)
• Black Hat Executive Briefings – Las Vegas, NV – July 28, 2009 (Speaker)
• IEEE R4 Student Website Contest – Spring Semester 2009 – (Judge)
• St. Ambrose University, ASTR201 Astronomy – Summer Semester 2009 – Adjunct Professor
• Annual InfraGard Cyber Defense and Disaster Recovery Conference – UIS, Springfield, IL – Mar 28, 2009 (Speaker/Organizer) “Security & Privacy Issues in Cloud Computing”
• QCESC Engineer’s Week Banquet 2009 – Davenport, IA – Feb 20, 2009 (Organizer/Awardee)
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Spring Semester 2009 – Adjunct Professor
• IEEE R4 Executive Board Meeting – Detroit, MI – Jan 23-25, 2009 (Speaker/Board Member)
• IEEE R4 Education Chair 2009-2010
• IEEE/Putnam Museum Speaker Series: Science and the Community, “Science and Ghost Hunting”, Joe Nickell – Putnam Museum, Davenport, IA – Nov 8, 2008 (Organizer)
• IEEE Sections Congress – Quebec City, Quebec – Sep 18-21, 2008 (Section President)
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Fall Semester 2008 – Adjunct Professor
• Black Hat Briefings – Las Vegas, NV – Aug 30-31, 2008 (Atendee)
• Black Hat Executive Briefings – Las Vegas, NV – Aug 29, 2008 (Speaker)
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Summer Semester 2008 – Adjunct Professor
• St. Ambrose University, ASTR201 Astronomy – Summer Semester 2008 – Adjunct Professor
• RSA Conference 2008 – San Francisco, CA – April 7-11, 2008 (Organizing Committee)
• QCESC Engineer’s Week Banquet 2008 – Davenport, IA – Feb 20, 2008 (Society President)
• EICC/Scott Community College, PHS 152 Astronomy – Spring Semester 2008 – Adjunct Professor
• Rotary Conference – Davenport, IA – Aug 31, 2007 (Awarded Harris Fellow)
• Symantec Vision Conference – Las Vegas, NV – June 12-14, 2007 (Atendee)
• Guest Auditor, John Deere India – Feb 10-24, 2007
• RSA Conference 2007 – San Francisco, CA – Feb 5-9, 2007 (Atendee)
• Security Trainer – John Deere Germany – Sep 23-30, 2006
• Foundstone Ultimate Hacking/Advanced – Chicago, IL – July 11-14 2006 (Atendee)
• RSA Conference 2006 (Atendee)
• RSA Conference 2005 (Atendee)
• RSA Conference 2004 (Atendee)
• RSA Conference 2003 (Atendee)
• RSA Conference 2002 (Atendee)
• RSA Customer Advisory Council – Boston, MA, June 2001
• RSA Conference 2001 (Atendee)
• SANS Training – Orlando, FL – 2000 (Atendee)