Mr. Michael Cooper is the Senior Security Engineer at IPC Systems, Inc. where works on the product development side of security. Previously, he worked at the Center for Software Engineer Research at Florida Tech under Dr. James Whittaker for three years researching security and executing penetration testing contracts for commercial and DOD cleared projects. When the lab was spun off into the startup company Security Innovation, with James as the founder and Chief Scientist, Mike joined SI for over 5 years as a Security Engineer Lead, including a stint at its sister company SI Government Solutions working exclusively on DOD contracts. At SI, Mike was responsible for executing and leading pentests, code reviews, PCI audits, and even some eLearning development. Mike has a B.S. in Computer Engineering and a M.S. in Computer Science from Florida Tech.