CARDS Faculty & Staff
Shakour Abuzneid
Chunyan Bai
Russell Beauchemin
Sonya Cates
David Lambert
Douglas White
Staff
Judith Hill
Assistant to the Dean
Contact Information
Phone: (401) 254-3021
Email: jahill@rwu.edu
Office: SE 131
Sarah Mayer
Senior Transfer/Pathways Academic Advisor
Center for Student Academic Success
Library, 2nd floor
Phone: (401) 254-3001
Adjuncts
Application Developer
CyberRisk Alliance
email: mbutkiewicz@rwu.edu
Assistant Professor
Co-Director, APUS Center for Cyber Defense
School of Security and Global Studies
American Public University System
email: hcooper@rwu.edu
Daniel J. Gortze
CISSP, GIAC GCIH, GIAC GCFA, CCE
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
MIB Group, Inc.
email: dgortze@icloud.com
Chief Technology Risk Officer (CISO) – Global Markets Division
Goldman Sachs & Co.
New York, New York
CISM – Certified Information Security Manager #1734648
CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security Professional #454417
CCE – Certified Computer Examiner #1463
email: Steve91386@gmail.com
Scott Lopes
Systems Engineer I
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MCITP, MCSE, Linux+, Network+, Security+, VMware Certified Associate
email: slopes@rwu.edu
Senior Systems Engineer at Hanna Instruments
MSCE, MCP+I, Security+, A+, Network+, I-Net+
email: mmicale@rwu.edu
CFCE, CISSP, CCI, ICMDE, GCIH, GRID
Deputy Assistant Director – Digital Forensics
Cyber Directorate, US Army CID
email: volman@rwu.edu
Information Security Officer
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email: aramella@rwu.edu
Director of Operations
Rhode Island National Guard
email: jvartanian@rwu.edu
Kevin Weston
Digital Forensic Certified Practitioner
Magnet Certified Forensic Examiner
Cellebrite Certified Mobile Device Examiner
Cellebrite Certified Advanced Mobile Device Examiner
Cellebrite Certified Physical Operator + Certified Physical Analyzer
CompTIA Security+
Certified Network Pro / PC Pro / Security Pro
email: kweston@rwu.edu
Last Updated: 09-13-2023