Jeff currently serves as the Executive Director – PCI for Secure Ideas, LLC. Jeff is also a respected Information Security advocate, advisor, evangelist, mentor, teacher, international speaker, keynoter, former host of Security & Compliance Weekly, co-host on Paul’s Security Weekly, Tribe of Hackers (TOH) contributor, including Red Team, Security Leaders, and Blue Team editions, is a member of the Cabal of the Curmudgeons, and also serves as the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Hak4Kidz, LLC. Over 43 years of experience working in all aspects of computer, network, and information security, including cryptography, risk management, vulnerability analysis, compliance assessment, forensic analysis and penetration testing. Certified National Security Agency Cryptanalyst. Designed and fielded the first software-based cryptosystem ever produced by NSA. Inventor of the “whiz” wheel, a cryptologic cipher wheel used by US Special Forces for over a decade. Honorary lifetime member of the Special Forces Association. Previously held security research, management and product development roles with the National Security Agency, the DoD and private-sector enterprises. Pioneering member of the first penetration testing “red team” at NSA. For the past thirty years has worked in the private sector as a pen tester, security architect, consultant, PCI QSA, and PCI SME, providing consulting and advisory services to many of the nation’s best known companies.