CARDS Faculty & Staff

Shakour Abuzneid

Shakour Abuzneid

Chunyan Bai

Chunyan Bai

Russ Beauchemin

Russell Beauchemin

Sonya Cates

Sonya Cates

Board of Officers | NEACOP

David Lambert

Doug White

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

Vittorio S. Contabile

Senior Network Engineer

email: vcontabile@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