A seasoned challenge creator and gamemaster, Pips has authored and made countless cybersecurity related challenges for Colleges, DEFCON, Conferences, etc. Pips is a Security Engineer working in FINTECH. Previously, he has worked as an access control architect for an MSP, creating and deploying access control solutions across Utah. He gives his time over the last five years to the local non-profit hackerspace 801labs, and is an organizer/twitter manager for DC801.