Sara Spencer is the CEO/Founder of SolonTek Corporation an early stage start-up in Raleigh, NC which is dedicated to the research & development of existing and novel cybersecurity automation, continuous monitoring, and artificial intelligence/machine learning technologies in order to secure industry and government critical infrastructure. SolonTek Corporation is also a Cybersecurity Service Provider that assists companies of all sizes with Risk Assessments, Internal Audits and implementation of Security Controls. Sara worked as a Sr. Information Security Architect and Subject Matter Expert at Cisco and her client was IT globally including Cloud, Network, Datacenter and Desktop and won an award for her efforts in automating and quantifying the security metrics that went up to Executive Leadership and the Board of Directors. She has 20 years’ experience in IT and has focused on Cybersecurity for the past 7 years, she started her career as a Solaris Administrator at Electronic Arts in 2001 after graduating with honors 3.85 gpa from her two-year Network Administration program. She owned and operated a successful Information Technology Consulting company for 9 years, before getting hired full-time by one of her Biotech and Medical Device clients which she served as a consultant for three years prior to the transition. She is a Senior Member of IEEE and the Chair of Membership Development for the IEEE Eastern Northern Carolina Section. She is a member of AFCEA and is excited to assist that community in user awareness and training in Cybersecurity. Sara has pursued her undergraduate studies in the fields of Biochemistry, and Information Technology with an emphasis in Computer Networks and Cybersecurity. She is currently enrolled in a Micro Data Science Program & Artificial Intelligence w/Python class at HarvardX. She is a lifelong learner and is ultimately pursuing her Masters and PhD in a Physics related topic. She is planning on scheduling her CCISP certification in the near future. She currently holds the following certifications: ISO 27001 Internal Auditor, CCNA R&S, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, A+, CCNA CyberOps. Since 2001 she has held several volunteer positions in Public Service and enjoys giving back to her community.