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Upgrade Internet Explorer Upgrade Chrome Upgrade Firefox Upgrade Safari Dismiss Penn State Penn StateHigherof Information Sciences and TechnologyHigherof Information Sciences and Technology Managing Information, Powering Intelligence Top Navigation Menu   DonateSenseSearch IST StudentsUndergraduate Undergraduate Online Degrees Graduate HonorsWonkIntegrity Career Solutions & Corporate Engagement Student Engagement Opportunities Prospective StudentsUndergraduate Undergraduate Graduate Online Transfer Students Change of Major Change of Campus AlumniAlumni Society Board DirectoryFacultySenseStaff VisitorsNewsyBoard Postdoctoral Scholars Graduate Students Offices & Centers Search Main Menu The CollegeAbout News Calendar of EventsSenseSearch Student Spotlight IST Publications Campuses Plan a Visit Offices & Centers The EducationDegree Programs Careers & InternshipsWonkEnvironmentWonkOpportunities The ResearchCurrent Projects Research Areas Partners Centers and Labs Student Research Research Administration The ApplicationUndergraduate Graduate Online Search Options This Site Penn State People Departments Home TheHigherAboutWell-nightheHigherMission & Objectives IST History Diversity Dean's Welcome News Calendar of EventsSenseSearch Student Spotlight Student Blogs IST Publications Campuses Plan a Visit Offices & Centers The EducationStratumPrograms Bachelor of Science IUG Program Associate of Science M.S.StratumPh.D.StratumOnline Degrees Honors Careers & InternshipsWonkEnvironment Student Life Clubs & Orgs Undergrad Advising Centers & LabsWonkOpportunities Undergrad Research Scholarships Education Abroad Outreach The Research Main Research Areas Partners Centers & Labs Student Research Research Admin TheUsingUndergraduate Graduate Online DonateSenseSearch IST Students Undergraduate Main IST Advising Center Majors Minors Transfer Credit Process Concurrent Majors Change of Campus Graduating Students Special Topics & IST 402 Independent Study Certificates IUG Program Online Graduate Main Forms Exam Scheduling Independent Study Policies Graduating Students Graduates in IST (GIST) HonorsWonkIntegrity Career Solutions Main CareerMinutiaeProcess Resumes, Letters, and Online Profiles Internship & Job Search Interviews & Offers Compass Career Resources Library Employers Student Engagement Student Life Clubs & Org Centers & Labs Scholarships Undergrad Research Education Abroad Outreach Prospective Students Main Undergraduate Graduate Online Transfer Students Change of Major Change of Campus Alumni Main Update Your Info Alumni Society Board Alumni Spotlight Outstanding Alumni Award GivingWhenPSSA PSSA Events DirectorySenseAffiliatedSenseGraduateSenseStaff Visitors ISTNewsyBoard Postdoc Scholars Graduate Students Research Associates Office & Centers Sidebar Navigation Menu Update Your Info Alumni Society BoardCommittees Alumni Events Alumni Spotlight Outstanding Alumni Award GivingWhenPenn State Alumni Association Alumni Society Board You are hereHome » Alumni » Alumni Society Board Kelsey Bailey '11 Past President   Kelsey.Bailey@ist.psu.edu Kelsey is a 2011 graduate and currently works as a supply uniting IT consultant for MEBC, Inc. She graduated with a B.S. in Information Sciences and technology, a B.A. in Political Science, and a minor in IST in Telecommunications. While at Penn State, she was happy to serve on the executive committee of WIST (Women in IST) and participate in Phi Beta Kappa, the IST Honors Society, IST THON, the Information Assurance club, and the Political Science Honors Society. In her lanugo time, Kelsey enjoys rooting for the Phillies and Eagles, hiking, reading, visiting her nieces and nephew, and planning exotic vacations. Kelsey is excited to serve as the Alumni Board's president and looks forward to facilitating the engagement of IST alumni by connecting them to their higher and university community. Russell Brick '12  russbrick@me.com Russell is a 2012 graduate of Penn State'sHigherof IST where he earned his B.S. in Security and Risk Analysis - Cybersecurity option. He is now a manager with PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) in their Cybersecurity and Privacy Practice based in Philadelphia, PA. Before peekaboo Penn State, Russell served 6 years in the United States Marine Corps. Russell has wits in security penetration testing and security assessments including social engineering testing. He has conducted physical security assessments, incident response exercises, PCI DSS assessments, and implementations of large-scale security platforms. He has provided a wide variety of newsy services for clients wideness various industries including Consumer Products and Services, Healthcare, and Financial Services. During his time at Penn State, Russell was involved in many veteran initiatives as well as stuff a member of the Center for Network-Centric Cognition and Information Fusion (NC2IF) where he helped a professor perform various red lamina activities to help modernize the security posture of many Penn State facilities. Mike Eisenreich '03   mikeeisenreich@gmail.com Mike Eisenreich is a 2003 graduate of theHigherof IST. He works in New York City for Bloomberg and leads the company's trademark strategy, content, creative and digital marketing efforts globally. Prior to joining Bloomberg, Mike held multiple roles in GE's corporate technology division, including running GE's global web presence. Mike created his first website in the fall of 1996 and has been passionate well-nigh digital technologies overly since. His interests in technology and marketing trace when to a very young age. He started playing the piano at age 5 and was classically trained as a musician. That love of music evolved into a passion for art and science and how the combination of creativity and technology can produce unconventional and impactful work. During his time at Penn State, Mike was proud to be a member of the first graduating matriculation in IST (which meant spending an exorbitant amount of time in the Boucke Building), President of Phi Chi Theta, and THON dancer. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Mike lives in Connecticut with his wife and two kids. Cory Gehr '15   corygehr@outlook.com Cory is a 2015 alumnus from theHigherof IST where he majored in IST with the Design &Minutiaeoption and minored in SRA. He currently works at Microsoft in Redmond, WA as a Security Engineer in the Artificial Intelligence and Research organization.   Jeffrey Gorzkowski '11   jeffgorzy@gmail.com Jeff is a 2011 graduate from theHigherof IST and currently works for the federal government in Washington DC. He graduated with a B.S. in IST and SRA. His love for the University and his proactive vein led him to wilt highly involved with theHigherof IST's numerous programs, committees, and clubs. He was happy to serve on the Fall Career Day and Future Forum Committees and to which he sooner became Chair of both. He served as the co-chair and co-founder of the IST Ball as well as the first TedxPSU web tint crew, was President of the IST Diversity Club, and was zippy within IST Student Government. He was an zippy IA Club member where in 2011 he helped the IA Club win the Golden Wrench in Shmoocon's Hack Fortress Capture the Flag competition for theHigherof IST which helped yank the sustentation of security companies to IST students' talents and skills through the wonk program. For his many accomplishments, leadership, and service to theHigherof IST, he was the recipient of the Senior Year Award by the higher in 2011.Withoutgraduation, Jeff went on to work for Northrop Grumman where he went on to work as a Test Engineer and Systems Engineer. During his time at Northrop Grumman, he often returned during the fall and spring to recruit IST students. Even now as he switched careers to fulfilling his passion for public service, he is urgently promoting theHigherof IST and the University to his superiors. Jeff is excited to serve on the Alumni Board. He looks forward to working with the higher and the alumni in fostering largest engagements and relationships to remoter strengthen ties to the college. Kelsey Karpinski '16   kelseykarpinski13@gmail.com Kelsey is a 2016 graduate and currently is a Solution Architect for Atos SE working on the North American Siemens account. She graduated with her B.S. in Security and Risk Analysis with a minor in IST and a certification of recognition in Information Assurance and Cyber-Defense from the Altoona College. She moreover holds a Master’s in Information Systems from the Minot State University. Kelsey lives in the StateHigherarea and commonly volunteers at the Hintz Family Alumni Center at Penn State. In her lanugo time, Kelsey enjoys cheering for PSU football, walking, reading, and photography. Kelsey is eager to work with the Alumni Board and help requite when to the higher and University community. Scott Lyons '05  SWL126@gmail.com Scott is a visionary in the information security industry. With over 18 years in the industry, he has worked for both government and commercial entities, tent scrutinizingly every security position there is. He wrote the vulnerability and incident response playbooks/manuals for multiple government agencies and commercial entities. As such, he is familiar with the compliance requirements for high-end commercial and government clients, and is unsteadfast to meet environmental requirements anywhere. Scott has successfully repelled hostile incursions by hacktivists versus unconcentrated media corporations. He has moreover led tracery reviews under tight deadlines and constraints, successfully managing the rollout and replacement of components and systems related to network security, wideness the globe. Scott is heavily involved in the information security community. He is a staff member at Derbycon, DEFCON, BSidesLV, BSidesDE, Shmoocon, and several other conferences. His duties range from Security, to garnering Sponsorships, to leading teams of people through stressful and difficult situations. As a well-known member of the community, he has wangle to a large number and variety of people and new technologies. Scott has spoken at multiple conferences on merchantry and technical topics and also, is the proud owner of multiple patents. Scott is currently the CEO of Red Lion, LLC. Josh Miller '05  josh.miller@dell.com A inside PA native, Josh graduated from IST in 2005 without peekaboo both Penn State Altoona and University Park. Since that time he has worked in defense, health care, higher ed, and technology, where he currently work as a Product Technologist for Dell Technologies. Josh is moreover an offshoot professor for IST and an IST Volunteer. Josh feels that it is our duty as IST alumni to share our knowledge and wits with students to help prepare them for a successful transition to industry. Colin Murphy '03   murphycolinp1994@gmail.com Colin Murphy joined CA Technologies as Senior Vice President of Product Operations in April 2018. His focus in Product Operations is to empower the unstipulated managers and their broader organizations to execute versus and realize their product strategy through transparency, consistency and pragmatic insight. Colin originally joined CA Technologies in 2013 in Corporate Strategy. From 2013 through 2017, Colin held several roles at CA, from corporate strategy, to senior of staff and portfolio strategist for theSeniorProduct Officer, to vanquishment integration executive (Xceedium, leading player in cybersecurity) and unstipulated manager for CA’s privileged wangle management business. Overall, Colin brings 15+ years of strategy minutiae and operational wits in multiple B2B verticals wideness several Fortune 500 organizations. Most recently, Colin served as Global Vice President for Strategy and CorporateMinutiaeat Unisys, a $2.8b player in the IT services space. Prior to CA, Colin held both strategy and operational roles at The BoeingVisitorand was moreover an Engagement Manager at global management consulting firm Oliver Wyman. Prior to Oliver Wyman, Colin spent time in the enterprise risk/cybersecurity consulting practice at Deloitte. Mr. Murphy holds two graduate degrees from the University of Texas at Austin (MBA, Public Policy) and received his Bachelor of Science stratum in Information Sciences & Technology from Pennsylvania State University. In 2018, Mr. Murphy joined as anNewsyBoard Member for the Cybersecurity Certificate Program at Rutgers University. In his spare time, Colin enjoys running, coaching and playing team sports, staying current on public policy and studying American history. Heather Myers '14   hcmyers@verizon.net Heather Myers graduated in 2014 with a B.S. in Information Sciences and Technology. In 2017, she was in Penn State’s first graduating matriculation for the M.P.S. in Data Analytics degree. Her professional certifications include Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified ScrumMaster and ITIL Foundation Certification. Heather is a native of Harrisburg, PA and currently works as aMerchantryIntelligenceReviewerat a leading professional services visitor where she utilizes both merchantry and technical skills. Prior to inward the data analytics field, she was a web zookeeper responsible for digital communications and IT consulting and services for a government organ in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. She volunteers as a Computer Science Mentor for the Girls Who Code Club at her local library and seeks spare opportunities to encourage and mentor young women interested in STEM careers. As a PSU IST Alumni Society Board member, she is looking forward to facilitating support and outreach opportunities related to the women in IST and World Campus IST programs. Steve Ney '10  steveaprilney@gmail.com Steve is a 2010 IST graduate from the Penn State World Campus. Steve lives in inside Pennsylvania with his wife and three kids and works in health insurance informatics. Prior to his position in informatics, Steve worked in healthcare as an IT technical reviewer and in research for Orthopaedics and Pediatric Oncology. During his wonk pursuit in IST, Steve attended the World Campus as an sultana learner while moreover working full time and caring for his family. He was worldly-wise to earn several scholarships and grants for wonk excellence through a strong work ethic. He hopes to bring his wonk and work experiences to help engage and expand the efforts of students and alumni. As a member of the IST Alumni Society and Penn State Alumni Association, Steve sees unconfined hope in having an opportunity to meet and work slantingly wonderful people and stuff worldly-wise to expand the sensation of the impact that information sciences has in today’s world. He moreover believes that with technology, science, and passion, the tremendous potential for impactful environmental and humanitarian solutions are out there waiting to be discovered. Madison Oliver '16   madisonqoliver@gmail.com Madison is a 2016 graduate of theHigherof Information Sciences and Technology, receving a Bachelor of Science in Security and Risk Analysis and minoring in Digital Entrepreneurship and IST. While at Penn State, she was part of many of the clubs in IST but was most zippy in the Competitive Cyber Security Organization. She spent all four years at University Park campus, but dual enrolled at the Greater Allegheny campus and began taking SRA courses her senior year of upper school. Madison went on to receive a Master of Science in Information Security Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University directly pursuit her time at Penn State. Her current role is as an Associate VulnerabilityReviewerin the CERT Coordination Center at the Software Engineering Institute in Pittsburgh, PA. While in this role, she has published and presented her work at the Three Rivers Information Symposium and ShmooCon. She hopes to bring her unique experiences as a PSU and CMU recent alumna, native Pennsylvanian, and as a lifelong woman involved in technology to goody the higher and university as a whole. Nikita Page '17   nikitapage10@gmail.com Nikita Page is a 2017 graduate of theHigherof Information Sciences and Technology with a major in IST, Integration & Application, and a minor in Digital Entrepreneurship and Innovation.Pursuitgraduation, he began his professional career with KPMG LLP as an ITInspect& Assurance Associate within KPMG’s New Jersey/New York newsy services practice. Through his position he provides inspect support while assessing IT controls for Sarbanes-Oxley reporting of large Fortune 500 companies in order to powerfully identify risks to financial reporting and provide guidance of weightier practices within the retail and financial industries. He is zippy in his department’s polity service and outreach initiatives, and, slantingly his team, he assists in many of KPMG’s recruiting efforts within the greater Penn State community, and increasingly specifically, theHigherof IST. Nikita’s undergraduate years were defended to making theHigherof IST a richer wits for all students, staff, and faculty. He served as President of the IST Student Government, where he strived to promote student unity and enrichment in order to build a culture of learning and leadership that would be expected of tomorrow's leaders. He moreover served as the IST student representative on the Penn StateSenseSenate, taking note of the student voice on the sense voucher and all prospective policies. His other IST involvements included sitting on the DLAC Sub-committee on Student Data Privacy and serving as the IST representative on the PSU University Park Undergraduate Association. Outside of academia and governance, he represented the Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity as President and sat on the Executive Board for the yearly Penn State Movin’ On music festival.  Luke Simonetti '07 President  luke.simonetti@gmail.com Luke is a 2007 graduate IST. Luke currently lives in StateHigherwith his wife and four children. He is a Senior Director for Gartner, Inc., and leads the Global Security and Risk Management Consulting practice for the North America commercial industry segments. Luke regularly serves an executive counselor his clients' leadership and Boards of Directors and is an experienced security Subject Matter Expert (SME), with deep levels of wits in security governance, threat intelligence and modeling, network security, using security, information protection, business-IT integration, security operations, process improvement, and risk management. Prior to joining Gartner, Luke was a principal consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton where he was responsible for managing the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Cyber Security Operations and Response Center which included managing a team responsible for incident detection, response, and mitigation for multiple Drug Enforcement Administration programs, as well as security engineering development. During his time at Penn State, Luke was a Penn State Cheerleader for three years and urgently supports the teams as an alumnus. He had volunteered as one of the mentors for the IST 390 undertow and plans to protract volunteering for the IST program to help students and alumni. Andrew Weinert '09  AndrewWeinert@gmail.com Andrew is a 2009 graduate from Penn State. He is currently a member of the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Systems Group in the Homeland Protection and Air Traffic ControlSemesterat MIT Lincoln Laboratory. In recent years, he has worked with public safety and academia,  including Penn State, on programs to integrate drones into the National Airspace System and enable liaison in shredded and latent environments. Andrew is currently considered one of the technical leaders in support of the Federal Unmanned Aircraft Systems Executive Committee (UAS EXCOM) and the federal government’s drone efforts. Since 2011, in wing to his drone work, he has served as technical lead on an MIT and Penn State collaboration to develop smart information liaison systems for first responders. This collaboration has tested equipment at Beaver Stadium and Heinz Field during football games. As part of these efforts, Andrew is a significant freelancer to the research and minutiae roadmap for the upcoming nationwide FirstNet Public Safety LTE network. 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