Heather Barnhart is a forensic expert of choice for law enforcement and intelligence agencies with over 22 years’ of digital forensic experience. She has worked on high profile cases from child exploitation to Osama Bin Laden’s digital media. Her book series, Practical Mobile Forensics, is a best-selling guide to mobile forensics. At Cellebrite, Heather is the Senior Director of Forensic Research for the Customer Experience team, supports the 101 Community, and is a key researcher of mobile forensics. As a Faculty Fellow, she leads the Smartphone Forensic Analysis In-Depth and Windows Forensic Analysis courses and is the DFIR lead at SANS. "Nothing compares to knowing that the effort you put into helping customers, sharing research or developing and teaching a course makes the world a better and safer place.

Alan Levine is the former Chief Information Security Officer for two Fortune 500’s, Alcoa and Arconic, where he held global accountabilities for all aspects of cyber security, data privacy and protection, IT compliance, and eDiscovery for two decades. Prior, he led cyber security for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is the recipient of two commendations from the FBI for investigative support. In 2025 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pittsburgh Technology Council. Alan earned his BA from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, MA from City College of New York, and is ABD from Carnegie Mellon University where he currently serves on the faculty, as software engineering advisor, and as Chair of the school’s CISO program. He is based in Pittsburgh, PA.

Dr. Justin M. Pelletier is a Professor of Practice and Director of the Cyber Range at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), where he leads cutting-edge simulations in cyber warfare, directs research uncovering real-world cybersecurity threats, and oversees the NSA-funded National Consortium for Cyber Governance, Risk, and Compliance. A combat veteran and current Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, Dr. Pelletier served as a civil servant in the U.S. intelligence community prior to joining academia. He holds a PhD in Information Assurance, an MBA in Entrepreneurship, and a BS in Computer Science. You can find him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinmpelletier/