Richard Thieme who has published numerous articles and short stories, thirteen books, and has delivered hundreds of speeches. His recent Mobius Trilogy illuminates the impacts of security and intelligence work on practitioners. The trilogy was lauded by a 20-year CIA veteran as one of the five best works of serious spy fiction--ever. He spoke in 2022 at Def Con - which he is an uber-contributor-for the 26th year and keynoted the first two Black Hats. He has keynoted security conferences in 15 countries and clients range from GE, Microsoft, Medtronic, Bank of America, Allstate Insurance, and Johnson Controls to the NSA, FBI, US Dept of the Treasury. Los Alamos National Lab, the Pentagon Security Forum, and the US Secret Service.