2022 AFCEA October Luncheon

Sign up for AFCEA Central Florida October Luncheon hosted at Embassy Suites on Wednesday, October 19th at Embassy Suites, 555 N Westshore Blvd, Tampa, FL 33609 from 1100 - 1330, featuring Dr. TJ O’Connor.

Dr. O’Connor is the cybersecurity program chair at Florida Tech, where he delivers a practice-based curriculum and serves as director of the IoT Security & Privacy Lab (https://research.fit.edu/iot/). His research has centered on computer security, emphasizing cybersecurity education, the security and privacy of IoT devices, wireless protocols, software-defined networking, and machine learning approaches for security. Dr. O’Connor served 20 years as a US Army Officer, retiring in 2019 as a Lieutenant Colonel. His service included an academic appointment to the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the US Military Academy and four assignments supporting the Special Forces. His service culminated as the Chief Information Officer for the 1st Special Forces Command Headquarters. Dr. O’Connor is active in cyber security competitions, where his students won the National Cyber League championship (https://research.fit.edu/fitsec/). Dr. OConnor has also led US teams in international cybersecurity competitions.