Dr. TJ O'Connor serves as the Cybersecurity Program Chair and IoT S&P Lab Director at Florida Tech, where he helped create FITSec, the university's cybersecurity gaming team. The West Point graduate earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from North Carolina State and boasts 12 Global Information Assurance Certifications (GIAC). TJ has also served as communications officer at the Battalion, Group, Directorate, and Headquarters level for the US Army Special Forces.