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Albert is a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst with a background in Cryptography and Artificial Intelligence. His expertise has led him to work in complex threat-management scenarios consisting of multiple attack vectors. As a highly respected Cybersecurity professional, with an extensive background in teaching and training in the industry, he teaches courses with excellent communication and on a detailed technical level.
More About Jeff Lund
Jeff is an experienced Senior Data Engineer with a history of working in ETL, data warehouse development, data analysis, and data visualization in various industries; financial, manufacturing, and medical fields. Lund has a diverse technical background, sound deductive reasoning, and analytical thought. His specialties also include Microsoft Power BI (DAX), dashboard development and deployment, SISS, SSAS, SSRS, and more.
More About Michael Garrett
Michael is a skilled Cybersecurity instructor who received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Bradley University and has two CompTIA certifications; Security+ and Certified Technical Trainer+. He has a variety of professional experience working as a Project Manager with AT&T, and a most recent position as a Senior Geosteering Analyst for Pinson Well Logging, Inc.
More About Zsolt Nagy
Zsolt is currently the Senior Engineering Manager for a company based out of Berlin, Germany. He has extensive experience in the web development area, working for about 7+ years in various web development, management, and technical development roles. Zsolt has made it his mission to help his peers level up in skills and strongly believes in the peer group effect – to help unlock a peer’s potential helps the long-term performance of the entire team.
More About Khurram Pirzada
Khurram is a Data Scientist and an AI/ML subject matter expert. In his experience working in data related roles, he was part of a research team investigating environmental data, developing statistical models for impact analysis and the predictions of future rate of change. Most recently, Khurram has worked to investigate climate and environmental changes caused by numerous factors and how the changing patterns impact the whole ecosystem. His favorite saying - “Nothing in nature is licensed!”.
More About Masood Fareed
Masood is a Senior Software Developer and an IT Instructor and Trainer. He is a professional with extensive experience and received his Bachelor of Computer Science from the Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology.
More About Jesus Sandoval
Jesus is an experienced DevOps Engineer who excels in start-up and enterprise environments by enhancing operational efficiency and speed by integrating development and operations. His cloud technology and Linux administration expertise has helped him to streamline organization processes, cut costs and boost performance to deliver scalable, high-quality solutions tailored to diverse business needs.
More About Victor Reyes
Victor is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, who specializes in Azure cloud. Along with his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas at El Paso, he is experienced in cloud infrastructure and security with multiple IT certifications. His experience includes past work as a technical consultant for Microsoft.