Phreaknic 12 - October 24th

Speaker Profiles

		Adrian Crenshaw has worked in the IT industry for the last twelve years. He runs the information security website Irongeek.com, which specializes in videos and articles that illustrate how to use various pen-testing and security tools. He did the cert paper chase for awhile (MCSE NT 4, CNE, A+, Network+. i-Net+) but stopped once he had to start paying for it himself. He's currently working on an MBA, but is interested in getting a network security/research/teaching job in acedamia.
		Droops is some guy who spends a large amount of time reading and building things. He is very involved with hacker media and really likes to share with others.
		Morgellon enjoys working with technology in all forms. He studied electronics and robotics while in school and has recently graduated with an AAS degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology. Inspired by sci-fi, fantasy, anime and cyberpunk themes, he aims to create open source projects that mesh art and technology in new and ever interesting- yet still practical ways. He hopes to share and exchange ideas with as many as possible, while he walks his path.
		Sorteal is a certified audio and broadcast engineer who has used the LiVES video editor for 3 years and been involved in its development for the last year. He is currently in school working on a computer science degree with a focus on server administration and open source buisness models. Other projects/interests include AMV (anime music video) creation, novel and short story fiction writing, song writing, photography and extensive experience in studio engineering. He is always open to new ideas and new information, especially if it falls into the "how drunk do I have to be to figure this out" catagory.
		Handgrip has accumulated several careers, including gun dealer, inventor, tinkerer, and graphic artist. He lives in a remote spot of Middle Tennessee. You can't see his house from the road, but he'll know you're coming because the entrance to his road is wired. His favorite toy is still the mini brass cannon he bought as a boy from a mailorder catalog. When he lived in town, he enjoyed packing it with black powder and firing it off whenever he got tired of listening to the neighborhood kids shoot their bottle rockets.
		Buttstock likes to hang around Handgrip because it makes him feel smart. Buttstock is currently working on his own homegrown AK-47. To feed the family, he works in marketing for an engineering company in Nashville. He lives more than 30 miles but less than 100 miles from Nashville, where he roasts his own coffee beans in his garage with a modified popcorn popper. His main purpose in presenting with Handgrip is so Handgrip can point to him and say, "If he can do it, anyone can."
		Scott Moulton is a forensic specialist and runs a data recovery company out of Atlanta called My Hard Drive Died where he uses his forensics experience to recover hard drives, and teach an advanced class in data recovery. He has been running a data recovery company for six years, doing recoveries for some very high profile forensic cases. His specialty is working with damaged hard drives in forensic cases. And yes he does have a clean room onsite!
		Jack Justin Dreher believes hacking your own mind and reality is the greatest of all pursuits. Jack has extensively studied a wide range of mind and reality hacking modalities from the software intensive fields of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Hypnosis, and Psycho-Cybernetics to the hardware heavy Emotional Freedom Techniques, Yoga, and Martial Arts. Jack works to break these various traditions down to their respective cores and blend the essential elements of each into a simple system anyone can use
		"Nathan Hamiel" (not his real name) dropped out of High School to work as a deckhand on an oil tanker in the Sargasso Sea. On its maiden voyage, the tanker "The Lady Merlin" was caught in a freak So'Wester that swamped its engines and damaged the eletrical systems. Hopelessly lost and without radio or navigation, the crew ran aground somewhere near the coast of French Guyana. Relying on natural language and negotiation skills, "Nathan" bartered several of his crewmembers into white slavery for safe passage overland to Caracas. Once, there he found work as a night janitor in the Miraflores palace during the Perez regime. When the junta came, he was forced to flee by night as a suspected American spy. - From there, "Nathan" fled overland through Panama, where he secured passage to Florida on a forged diplomatic passport. He still resides there today, posing as a Senior Consultant, of impeccable credentials, with Idea Information Security.
		Dr. Shawn Moyer's best work remains, by definition, undocumented. Some claim he is one of the unseen architects of both Iraq Wars, while others pay no credence to this rumor, based on reports that he has been heading a covert Psychological Warfare operation in Cyprus at the behest of the Greek government for much of the past 15 years. His involvement in the poisoning of Victor Yushenko is largely conjecture, but records do show that he was at the same restaurant on the night in question and sent his Borscht back, untouched. He unquestionably is the owner of a Spetznaz-issue Vostok watch, and a handlebar mustache that fits several witness descriptions. Still, the larger questions remain... Why did Dr. Moyer abruptly change his travel plans for Flight 93? Why was he spotted near the Book Depository, carrying what appeared to be a box of 6.5mm shells? Why is his testimony conspicuously absent from all records of the Warren Commission?
		After majoring in Electrical Engineering at Vanderbilt, Cowboy Dan discovered just how useless his degree was in the Nashville job market. He wrote software for circuit breakers for a year. Then he designed iPod accessories. After getting laid off earlier this year (no one needs iPod accessories, turns out), he discovered that the future, in fact, is digital communications technology.
		Trip received his degree in Software Architecture from the State of Florida's honors college, the New College of Florida. Beyond software design practices, Trip researched heavily in the field of artificial intelligence with the culmination of his work resulting in an honor's thesis focusing on object oriented architectures for neural networks. After college, when not consulting, Trip spent most of his spare time working on peer-to-peer technologies, eventually leading his founding of the Azureus BitTorrent project. After leaving the Azureus project Trip started law school at the Stetson University College of Law. While there he interned for Pilgrim Software, Inc., for the Florida State Attorney's office, and for the Honorable Federal Magistrate Judge Monte C. Richardson. Additionally, Trip spent a semester interning for the Honorable Justice Anstead of the Florida Supreme Court. Finishing his Studies in the Fall of 2007, Trip graduated in the top 10% of his class receiving his J.D. cum laude. Since graduation Trip has successfully completed the Florida Bar Exam and accepted a position as CTO for Digome, LLC in Nashville, TN
		Russell Butturini floats around between jobs in the IT sector picking up certifications (MCSE, CCNA, CEH, Security+, Linux+) and random pieces of knowledge along the way. Presently he is Senior Data Engineer for a network consulting company in Cookeville. Outside of work Russell spends a lot of time bricking electronics and teaching his six month old daughter Linux.
		Zymo formally trained as a chemist in college, but quickly discovered after graduation that his chosen field offered little to hold his interest ($$$). Enjoying all things related to physical and cyber security, he worked as a bonded Safe and Vault Cracker & Locksmith before working in IT. Zymo has now worked in the IT industry for the last 11 years and currently serves on the Incident Response Team for a local University. Zymo started homebrewing a little over a decade ago when his ex-wife bought him a beer making kit for Christmas; he became so consumed with his new hobby that he didn't notice a divorce brewing! To best counter the bitter hoppy taste of divorce and put his degree to use he decided that he should continue to brew beer frequently. Over the course of his years of brewing, Zymo claims to have spent almost enough money on his brewing "habit" to buy at least one new car.
		Darren Kitchen has been exploring underground scenes since his first 1200 baud modem. He first found technolust after writing a BBS dialer in BASIC on a PC-XT. Since then he has made a career of his self-taught tech skills in the field of Systems Administration. After founding Hak5 in 2005 he has become fascinated with new media. Darren also pwns you in Unreal Tournament.
		Bruce Potter is the founder of the Shmoo Group which is made up of security, crypto, and privacy professionals. He is also the co-founder and CTO of Ponte Technologies, a company focused on developing and deploying advanced IT defensive technologies. His areas of expertise include wireless security, network analysis, trusted computing, pirate songs, and restoring hopeless vehicles. Mr. Potter has co-authored several books including "802.11 Security" and "Mastering FreeBSD and OpenBSD Security" published by O'Reilly and "Mac OS X Security" by New Riders.
		Scott Milliken served as President of Nashville 2600, the group that plans and runs Phreaknic, for six years. His efforts to refine and organize the group helped to grow Phreaknic into what it is today. After his strange disappearance months ago, he re-emerged to claim that he was responsible for the creation of the potato gun, post-it notes, and the machine responsible for putting the squirty gel in the middle of a piece of gum. Most of these claims were disregarded as the ramblings of a whacko, except for the one about the gum. Anyone that can come up with something so diaboloical had to be in the IT field. Scott is the NOC manager for a large private university, and enjoys spending time with his son and wife. His desire to brew beer comes from his desire to drink beer, and to do it on the cheap. He routinely subjects his friends to his concoctions, and despite warnings from the Metro Police Department, continues to streak around his neighborhood. This seems to occour at around midnight, when you know what happens. If you don't, ASK HIM.
		SkyDog holds the titles of President for both the Nashville 2600 organization and the Hacker Consortium. When he isn't working on a project, he's out riding his motorcycle or kicking it with his son. Skydog currently maintains a custom built storage system for a large private university, and is the Information Security Officer for one of the university departments. He is available for weddings and Bar Mitzvahs. Add alcohol with care. Do not fold, spindle, or mutilate. Do not taunt happy fun ball.
(Click for Full Size)		John Skinner (ndutyme) is a Systems & Network Administrator. He is from the school of hard knocks and has always loved to tinker with technology and gadgets. He once hacked a concert PA system & a gas generator into the back of a pickup truck just to go cruising. Lee Baird (in background) Spent 10 years on the road in the music business as a live sound engineer. After mom finally convinced him to get a "real" job, hehave been at Vanderbilt University as a systems administrator for the past 4 years.