Nik Seetharaman is a consultant for a government client in the DC area. He spent 11 years in the United States Air Force where he served in the intelligence and joint special operations communities.

Nate Kenyon (@L2Nate) spent 5 years in the Marine Corps doing everything from pulling cable to configuring routers and switches. After leaving the USMC he worked for several defense contractors working with the US Navy and Defense Logistics Agency doing firewall, IPS and network configurations. He currently works for a large corporation working on wired and wireless intrusion detection systems and security product evaluations.

Michael Farnum has worked with computers since he got a Kaypro II and an Apple IIc during his middle school years. Michael served in the US Army, where he drove, loaded, and gunned on the mighty M1A1 Abrams main battle tank (which is where he got his "m1a1vet" handle).

Dave Kennedy worked for the United States Marine Corps and deployed to Iraq twice for intelligence related missions. He also holds the World Record for most hugs given at a conference and is founder and principal security consultant of TrustedSec - An information security consulting firm located in Cleveland Ohio.

RazorEQX is a A CEH, OSCP certified Security professional with over 25 years’ experience and a proven leadership track record. Experience in most aspects of Information Technology, in a wide range of industries and disciplines; specializing in in-depth Malware, intelligence collaboration the past 4 years.

Sno0ose (@Sno0ose) served as Combat medic for a combat aviation unit. Was wounded overseas during a 1 year tour of duty. Now a consultant with focus on incident response, vulnerability assessment, reverse-engineering malware, and penetration testing. Co-host of Grumpysec, and lead coordinator of BSidesMSP.