Quiessence Phillips is a Cybersecurity professional with 10 years of experience working in the financial industry.  She co-founded an non-profit EdTech, JOURNi, building an authentically inclusive tech ecosystem in Detroit. In efforts to get more women into Cybersecurity, Quiessence started Securing Your Path. She is a mom, mentor, coder, hacker, strategist, and change agent. 

Additional Links:

Website: www.itsquiessence.com
Twitter: @itsquiessence

JOURNi: www.journi.org/
Securing Your Path: http://www.securingyourpath.com/

Women In Linux Podcast: Quiessence Phillips - VP, Cyber Security Operations

Derrick Thomas is currently a Senior Associate at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) where he performs IT security audits for internal clients. Derrick is also an adjunct professor of information technology at South University. He is a graduate of the University of Tampa with a BS in Management Information Systems, a Masters in Information Systems from the University of Phoenix and a JD in law from Stetson College of Law. Derrick also various technical certifications such as Network+, iNet+, Security+, Cloud+, CISSP, GMOB, CIPT and CIPP/US certification.

Derrick’s technology career includes IBM, AT&T, GE, Citigroup, and Accenture. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated, Amnesty International, President of the Tampa Bay Chapter of (ISC)2, Chairperson for B-Sides Tampa and the Co-Chair of IAPP Central Florida Knowledgenet.
 
Derrick’s hobbies include tinkering with electronics, breaking stuff, traveling, cooking and doing CrossFit. 


Additional Links: 

Website: http://bsidestampa.net/
Twitter: @BSidesTampa

(ISC)² Tampa Bay: http://isc2chapter-tampabay.org

Women In Linux Podcast: Derrick Thomas - Chapter President, Bsides Tampa

Vladimir Vivien  is a software engineer and technical author. Vladimir has work in diverse industries including technology, publishing, financial, and healthcare. After years of building enterprise systems using Java, Vladimir came to Go for its simplicity and stayed for its concurrency and fast build time. Vladimir continues to use Go as his primary language to build and create open source software. 

Additional Links: 

Blog:  https://medium.com/@vladimirvivien
Twitter: @vladimirvivien

Books from Vladimir Vivien: https://www.packtpub.com/books/info/authors/vladimir-vivien
- Learning Go Programing
- Go: Design Patterns for Real-World Projects
- JavaFX 1.2 Application Development

Women In Linux Podcast: Vladimir Vivien - Technical Author

Women in Linux mission is to address actionable solutions to bridge the gaps in tech diversity initiatives.