Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Jihana Barrett has pushed her career in intelligence and cybersecurity to the limits.

Beginning her career in the United States Air Force, Jihana was quickly promoted to Staff Sergeant. During this time, she pursued a career in tech. After obtaining her Associates degree, she later completed her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Cybersecurity and acquired both her Security+ and Certified Ethical Hacker certifications (CEH) at the University of Maryland University College.
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Following her separation from the military, Jihana received her Masters degree in Cyber and Information Security from Capitol Technology University.

Currently, Jihana is a Senior Threat Vulnerability analyst at one of the country’s largest tele-communications corporations. After many years of education and research, Jihana has developed a passion for excellence within her field—and encouraging up and coming women in tech to pursue their dreams in the industry through her organization, Tech Sorority.

Keanan Koppenhaver is CTO at Alpha Particle, a digital consultancy that helps plan and execute digital projects, mostly using WordPress.

He enjoys helping clients build out their developer teams, modernize legacy tech stacks, and better position themselves as technology continues to move forward. He believes that more technology isn’t always the answer, but when it is, it’s important to get it right.

Anelle Valdes is a freelance editor and content creator, specializing in website audits, blog posts, articles, and resumes. As a professional with a master’s degree in marketing and undergraduate degrees in biology and psychology, Anelle breaks down marketing concepts and gives them a psych twist. Her desire is to help people feel more connected, productive and happy. She feels, fulfillment in what we do, while having meaningful relationships is key. Anelle has experience in the marketing, healthcare, and recruiting industries.

ANDREW NORCROSS

When i was 17, i threw a party at my parent’s house while they were out of town. it ~maybe~ got a little out of hand, given the numerous games of human cannonball through the screened in porch. I woke up the next morning to realize I had about 7 hours to learn how to re-screen all the panels we jumped through. i finished with 15 minutes to spare. i almost got away with it, until my father found all the bottle caps in the pool filter.

Behind the bowtie, Tracy Apps (@tapps) is a big-picture doer, a veteran UX designer, front-end developer, strategist, teacher, and artist, Tracy has amassed quite a wide range of experience since she started teaching herself code in the late 1990’s. Including teaching at several Universities, presenting at numerous WordCamps, and over 20 years of creating for either her own company, tracy apps design, her co-founded startup, inntro, or as a contractor for Fortune 500 & 1000 companies like Kohl’s, Johnson Controls, and GE Healthcare.

She also could probably deadlift you.

I am a Builder on the Web! In my tool belt: PHP, WordPress, JavaScript, NodeJS, ReactJS | Co-founder of Rate My Barber

Maria is a Learning and Development Specialist at White Shark Media. She is a marketing professional with a bachelor’s degree in Information and Document Management and Advertising and over 6 years experience in digital marketing.

During her free time, she enjoys baking and spending time with her family.