Judges & Mentors
WMGIC x NATO is pleased to announce the following distinguished judges and mentors for this Cybersecurity Challenge.
In a nutshell, mentors will rotate through several university teams to give expert advice, offer feedback, and answer questions. Judges will evaluate a series of presentations using the following criteria: feasibility & effectiveness, creativity, privacy, sustainability, and fiscal pragmatism.It is an honor to have these judges and mentors with us.
Alex Anvari
Ecosystem Expert, Oracle
Peter Apps
Executive Director, PS21 and Global Affairs Columnist, Reuters
Mateusz Buczek
Capability Engineer, NATO ACT
LTC Devon Cockrell
Plans Officer, United States Army Pacific-Support Unit, Daniel K. Inouye Training Complex
Joey Cusimano
Cyber Software Engineer, Cybersecurity Youth Apprenticeship Initiative (CYAI)
Lisa Dickson
Senior Account Executive - Defence, Security, Public Safety and Intelligence Portfolio, Google Cloud
Dr. Alberto Domingo
Technical Director, Cyberspace, NATO ACT
Commander Davide Giovannelli
Researcher, Law Branch, NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Center of Excellence (CCD COE)
Iria Giuffrida
Professor of the Practice of Law, W&M Law School
Prof. dr. Włodzimierz Gogołek
President of the Information Refining Center, Spin Off of Warsaw University
Dr. Kira (Hutchinson) Graves
GG-15 Intelligence Specialist (0132), G-2, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
Lieutenant Colonel Matt Horton
G2 Opposing Forces Program Director, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
Aron Hubbard
Director, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Youth Apprenticeship Initiative (CYAI)
Joshua C. Huminski
Director, Mike Rogers Center for Intelligence and Global Affairs at the Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress; Visiting Fellow, George Mason University National Security Institute
Dr. Pedro Jerónimo
Head Researcher, MediaTrust.Lab, University of Beira Interior
Dr. Irini Katsirea
Reader in International Media Law, Director of Research, Centre for Freedom of the Media Communication, Media and Journalism Research Group, Journalism Studies, University of Sheffield
Antoine Landry
Cyberspace Federation and Partnership SME, NATO ACT
Dr. Birgy Lorenz
Scientist, Tallinn University of Technology
Dr. Elizabeth Losh
Professor of English and American Studies, W&M
Trish Martinelli
Regional Director, At Large, National Security Innovation Network
Keith Masback
Principal Consultant, Plum Run LLC
Robert McMath
Senior Consultant, JANUS Research Group
Robert Merkl
Special Assistant for Military & Veterans Affairs, W&M
Ana C. Rold
CEO, Diplomatic Courier
John Scott
President, Ion Channel
Chris Shenefiel
Principal Engineer, Cisco Systems and Faculty, Computer Science, W&M
Dr. Anthony Stefanidis
Professor of Computer Science, W&M
Dr. Elis Vllasi
Lecturer, Simon Fraser University
Roger Yee
Managing Partner, Outcome/One
Lincoln Zaleski
Transparent Development Footprints, AidData