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Mike Chapple, Ph.D., Security+, is Senior Director for IT Service Delivery at Notre Dame overseeing information security, data governance, IT architecture, project management, strategic planning and product management functions and teaches undergraduate courses on Information Security. Mike spent 4 years in the information security research group at NSA and served as an  intelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force. He is a technical editor for Information Security Magazine and has written several books.

David Seidl, Security+, GPEN, GCIH is the Senior Director for Campus Technology Services at the University of Notre Dame. As the Senior Director for CTS, David is responsible for central platform and operating system support, database administration and services, identity and access management, application services, and email and digital signage. During his 18 year IT career, he has served in a variety of technical and information security roles including leading Notre Dame's information security team as Notre Dame's Director of Information Security. He currently teaches a popular course on networking and security for Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business.

Crystal Panek (Farmington, NH) holdsMCP, MCP+I, MCSA, MCSE, MCTS, MCDBA certifications. For many years she trained as a contract instructor teaching at such places as the MicroC, Stellacon Corporation and the University of New Hampshire. She then became the vice-president for a large IT training company and for 15 years she developed training materials and courseware to help 1000's of students get through their certification exams. She currently works on a contract basis creating courseware for several large IT training facilities.

Robb Tracy (Santaquin, UT) is an experienced instructional designer and trainer in the e-learning industry. He has written several IT certification titles, including CompTIA Linux+/LPIC-1 Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Second Edition (Exams LX0-103 & LX0-104/101-400 & 102-400). He is the President at ACTbrainy, an ACT test prep e-learning company.