Christopher Shields, Lieutenant in the United States Air Force, was the first-ever Cyber Commander pioneering the United States Air Force Academy's intensive summer curriculum. As an integral four-year member of the Academy's internationally-recognized Cyber Warfare CompetitionTeam, he drove their 2012 Cyber Defense Exercise win, hosted by the NSA, and their second place finish at the 2012 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. A Cyberspace Operations Officer, Lieutenant Shields holds a Computer Science-Cyber Warfare degree. His growing experience and interest includes network penetration testing, network mapping and enumeration, intrusion detection, exploitation and persistence, and security research.