William has over a decade of experience in network and software security. Prior to co-founding ICEBRG, William worked in a number of business and technical leadership positions as a Technical Lead, Technical Director and Subject Matter Expert for the Department of Defense (DoD) as well as a Security Strategist at Microsoft. While at Microsoft, he represented the Microsoft Security Response Center on Microsoft's Crypto Board, focusing on encryption and privacy, including driving the deprecation of RC4 and SHA1 in Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. William holds a Master's of Science in Engineering and Computer Science from the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering and served as an instructor at the National Cryptologic School at Fort Meade, a researcher at Dartmouth College and speaks regularly at global information security conferences including RECON, DerbyCon, SECTOR, Kiwicon, ACSC and a number of Security BSides.