Michael Schearer ("theprez98") is currently a law student at the University of Maryland. During the day, he is a government contractor who spent nearly nine years in the United States Navy as an EA-6B Prowler Electronic Countermeasures Officer. His military experience includes aerial combat missions over both Afghanistan and Iraq and nine months on the ground doing counter-IED work with the U.S. Army. He is a graduate of Georgetown University's National Security Studies Program and a speaker at ShmooCon, DEFCON, HOPE, and other conferences. Michael is an active member of the unmmanned aerial systems community. He lives in Maryland with his wife and four children.