Neil is the Manager of the ThreatX security operations center and is located in Detroit. He has 15 years of experience working in various roles from user support to leading security programs. Neil has profound experience in security architecture and cybersecurity best practices, which helps him provide valuable insight to security teams. Before ThreatX, Neil worked with organizations such as Cognizant as an application security architect, Cigital (now Synopsys) as their practice director of vulnerability assessments, and EIQ Networks (now Cygilant) as their director of security research. Neil also served as a cybersecurity instructor and delivered numerous security and defensive programming courses to various clients such as NASA and PayPal. He is an active member of the security community and delivered lectures at DEF CON, OWASP, and local security meetups. Neil also acts as an adjunct lecturer on software engineering at his alma mater, Indiana University.