Mr. Ben Allen (Strout)

Penetration Tester, Red Team Engineer, and Security Analyst at Trinity Health. He is also the creator of DC207 where ethical hackers meet with the focus on developing skills and networking. Ben holds a certification in Offensive Security Certified Professional among other security focused certifications.

Mr. Richard Bolding

Chair of the Precision Machine and Tooling program at Central Maine Community College. The PMT program at CMCC is the largest in the Northeast and offers both a two-year associate and applied science degree as well as a one-year certificate and advanced certificate.

Mr. John Bolduc

Chair of the Precision Machining Department at Southern Maine Community College.  John is a graduate of Central Maine Technical College and University of Southern Maine with a BS in Applied Technical Education.

Mr. Maurice Drouin

Detective Sergeant at the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department with a focus in computer/mobile forensics. He has his GIAC Advanced Smartphone Forensics Certification.

Mr. Joseph Gwozdz

President and CEO of the Project Management Institute, Maine Chapter as well as the Regional IT Project Manager for MaineHealth. He holds certifications in SAFe SSM Scrum Master, Master’s Level Project Management and PMP, Project Management Institute.

Mr. Troy Jordan

Network Systems Security Analyst for the University of Maine System. Troy is also a Volunteer Coordinator and Instructor for the US Cyber Challenge. Troy holds both the Certified Incident Handler certification, as well as the Certified Intrusion Analyst from GIAC.

Mr. Scott Valcourt, PhD

Associate Teaching Professor at The Roux Institute at Northeastern University. Scott holds the Proposal Reviewer Plus 2021 Certification from EDUCAUSE.