Our Team

Field-tested practitioners who teach at Black Hat and HITB.

CEO and Data Scientist

Charles Givre

CISSP

Solutions-focused Senior Technical Executive with 20+ years of experience spanning technology, data science, fintech, education, and cybersecurity. PMC Chair for the Apache Drill project. Published author and speaker at Black Hat, O'Reilly, Open Data Science Conference, and Strata + Hadoop World.

Chief Operating Officer

Joshua Friedman

JD, MBA

Licensed attorney in Maryland with experience across private practice, federal government, and startup operations. Former operations manager for DataDistillr, a $6M seed-stage startup. MBA from University of Baltimore Merrick School of Business, JD from University of Maryland School of Law.

Senior Instructor

Summer Rankin, PhD

PhD

Senior Lead AI Solution Architect at Booz Allen Hamilton, where she leads AI solution development for federal clients (DoD, Department of Commerce, FDA), and a GTK Cyber senior instructor. Data scientist and AI/ML expert with 20+ years as a scientist and instructor. PhD in Complex Systems and Brain Sciences from Florida Atlantic University, with a postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. 30+ peer-reviewed publications in machine learning, healthcare-AI, and neuroscience.

Senior Software Architect / Instructor

Tim Swagger

25-year veteran in software engineering focused on pragmatic solutions for real-world business challenges. B.S. in Computer Science (Software Engineering) from Saint Mary's University of Minnesota.

Senior Instructor

Ajay Pillai

PhD

Senior Neuroscientist and Machine Learning Scientist with 7+ years as a subject matter expert on advanced AI programs at DARPA and ARPA-H, and 16+ years of research experience in neuroscience and machine learning. PhD in Complex Systems and Brain Sciences from Florida Atlantic University, with an M.S. in Computer Science.

Solutions Architect / Instructor

Curtis Lambert

CISSP, GCDA, GCIH, GREM

Specialist Solutions Architect at Databricks with 21 years of experience across DoD missions and commercial projects, working as a data engineer, data scientist, and security researcher. Areas of focus include network intelligence analysis, signals development, security research, malware analysis, and threat hunting.