Mr. Whaley is a Senior Engineer with Northrop Grumman Mission Systems’ Data Systems Operations (DSO) in Aurora, Colorado. Mr. Whaley is an industry recognized leader as a network architecture and engineering professional with extensive experience in the analysis, design, implementation, and management of high-speed global communication networks. He holds a number of prestigious industry certifications such as CCIE. His areas of expertise include in-depth protocol analysis, network forensics, information security and exploitation, and Internet communications. Prior to joining Northrop Grumman, in 2003 Mr. Whaley held a variety of leadership/senior positions with companies such as CloudShield Technologies (Sr. Product Manger), Qwest Communications (Principal Network Architect), Foundry Networks (SME / Sr. Technical Consultant), and Digital Equipment Corporation (Sr. Consulting Security Engineer). He is routinely asked by the venture funding industry to perform technical and business analysis on advanced technology concepts.