Evan co-founded Point3 in 2014 and serves as Chief Executive Officer. He worked as a Computer Network Operator for the National Security Agency back when Cyber meant something totally different. Before co-founding Point3 Evan was Director of Customer Experience at Vulnerability Research Labs, a security research firm acquired by Computer Sciences Corporation. He holds a M.S. in computer science from The George Washington University.

Spencer Lome is an Illinois-based technologist, currently working as an Infrastructure Automation Engineer for Edward Jones. Spencer also serves in the Illinois Army National Guard as a Cyber Operations Officer, where he leads Army Cyber Soldiers in training and development to defend the Nation's infrastructure.

He brings over nine years of high-school athletic coaching experience, as well as a diverse skill set coming from his roles in IT, Information Security, and a wide range of certifications. He is passionate about continuous learning and loves the challenge of Capture The Flag.

Spencer has participated in the following competitions: Army Cyber Institute (ACI) CTF, NeverLAN CTF, MITRE CTF, Parsons Cyber CTF, CISA President's Cup CTF, TAMU CTF, CactusCon CTF, and SANS NetWars.

Dr. Bryson Payne is the founding Director of the Center for Cyber Operations Education at the University of North Georgia, an NSA Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense. He is also a tenured professor of computer science at UNG, where he has taught aspiring coders and cyber professionals since 1998. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP®) and Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), and holds the elite SANS|GIAC GPEN (penetration testing) and GREM (reverse engineering) certifications, among other industry certifications. He was also the first Department Head of Computer Science at UNG and enjoys working with K-12 schools worldwide to promote computer science education. He is also a TEDx speaker on coding and cybersecurity.

Featured in CIO magazine, Campus Technology, and the Wall Street Journal, Dr. Payne is the best-selling author of Teach Your Kids to Code: A Parent-Friendly Guide to Python Programming (2015, No Starch Press), now published in six languages (Russian, Chinese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, and English), and Learn Java the Easy Way (2017, No Starch Press). He’s a popular online instructor with over 40,000 students from more than 160 countries, including his top-rated Udemy course, Real-World Ethical Hacking (2017).

Dr. Payne has received more than $40.5 million in grant funding to support innovative computer science and cybersecurity programs and research. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Georgia State University and has published articles in scholarly and trade journals, in addition to speaking regularly at national and international conferences on computer science and cybersecurity education.

Dr. Payne's new book Go Hack Yourself was just released in September 2022.

Dr. Payne has participated in the following competitions: NSA Codebreaker Challenge (national champions 2019 & 2020), NSA Cyber Exercise (NCX) 2019-2021, National Cyber League (2016-present), CCDC Southeast Regional Qualifiers (2017-present), Multiple SANS competitions (BootUp CTF, Holiday Hack, Community CTFs), NATO Locked Shields Partner Test Run (2018-present), Hack-a-Sat, All-Army CyberStakes, DEFCON OOO Qualifiers

Dr. Payne has received the following awards: 2021 Alumni Distinguished Professor at UNG, Order of Thor Award – Military Cyber Professionals Association, Department of the Army Commander’s Award for Public Service Medal – U.S. Army Cadet Command, Coach & faculty sponsor, Peach Belt Conference Champion UNG eSports Team 2018, USG Chancellor’s Service Excellence Leader of the Year Award 2017

Dr. Suzanna Schmeelk, is an Assistant Professor, Researcher, and Program Director at St. John’s University in Queens. Suzanna has a D.P.S. in Computing (Pace University), Ed.D. (Rutgers), and an M.B.A (University of Maryland Global Campus). In total, she has 8 degrees that include: 2 doctorates, 1 M.B.A., 4 M.S. degrees, and 1 B.S. degree. Dr. Schmeelk holds certifications for Carnegie Mellon University CERT Secure Coding, Stanford University Advanced Cybersecurity Professional, and the New York University Cybersecurity Certificate from New York State.

Suzanna has taught at the following universities: St. John’s University, Rutgers University, Parsons The New School of Design, Cooper Union, Touro University, University of Maryland Global Campus, Pace University, and New York Academy of Science. She has been a research mentor and/or teaching assistant at Columbia University, New York University, Berkeley, and the University of Richmond.

Dr. Schmeelk holds the following certificates: Carnegie Mellon University CERT Secure Coding, Stanford University Advanced Cybersecurity Professional, and New York University Cybersecurity Certificate from New York State.

RJ Crandall has nearly ten years of security research experience specializing in vulnerability research and reverse engineering. He currently leads the security research team at Research Innovations, Inc (RII) working in both a technical and managerial capacity on several projects. He wrote his first CTF challenge for Ghost in the Shellcode 2015, has contributed challenges for SunshineCTF and the US Cyber Games Open, and has given technical talks at several universities and local events. Additional material and research can be found on RII's blog.

Tim is currently an Agency Cyber Officer with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and has over 20 years of experience in the Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, Information Management, and Information Technology Operations fields. Tim’s career includes 15 years with the District of Columbia Air National Guard in Helpdesk Management, Network Management, and Information Assurance (now retired); a two year assignment at the Pentagon as the Lead Systems Administrator for the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs (OSD/PA); close to three years as the Lead Systems Administrator for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) during initial Flight Testing at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD; and close to five years working on Cybersecurity projects for the JSF Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS), JSF Training Infrastructure Systems (TIS), and his current program. Tim is also a former United States Marine and was discharged honorably after four years of active duty as a Corporal.

Tim holds two Associate’s Degrees from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) in Information Systems Technology and Information Management, a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Technical Management from DeVry University, and a Master of Science Degree in Professional Engineering Management from the University of Central Florida.

Tim’s certifications include CompTIA’s Security+ (ce) certification and he has been a CISSP since August 2012 and is a Project Management Professional (PMP).

I got into the cyber field through picoCTF 2013 and found all the categories really fun. I then played more ctfs and found re and pwn the best categories so I stuck with them. I hope to be able to do re and pwn for a living in the future. I was a member of the first US Cyber Team.

Entering undergrad, I was sure that I wanted to be an aeronautical engineer. However, I took a programming course during my freshman year and discovered that I really enjoyed it. My university had a cyber competition team that I decided to join around that same time. I quickly realized that I had a passion for CTFs and cybersecurity in general. I started competing during most of my free time and was especially interested in web exploitation and reverse engineering. I wound up changing my original career path and graduated with degrees in Computer Science and Computer and Network Security from the US Air Force Academy. I recently completed my Master's in Information Security at Carnegie Mellon University and am now serving as an officer in the US Air Force and working as a cyber capability developer. I was a member of the first US Cyber Team, and my favorite CTF category is Reverse Engineering. 

Joshua Klosterman is a cybersecurity enthusiast who enjoys learning about new security technologies and capabilities.

I come from a background in healthcare before deciding that the career path wasn't for me. I have always been interested in computers, so cyber security is a much more rewarding and fulfilling career path for me.

I find cyber games fun and interactive. With each challenge, there is always something new to learn.

I was a member of the first US Cyber Team.

Competitions:
Hack the Box CTF 2021
DawgCTF 2021
DCTF 2021