Cyber Fellows Ambassadors | NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Cyber Fellows Ambassadors

Speak with a Cyber Fellow

Our Ambassadors are here to answer your questions about the NYU Cyber Fellows program. Schedule a call with them to learn more about the student experience.

For questions about admissions, contact tandon.online@nyu.edu


Cyber Fellow Ambassadors

Rachel Alexander

 

Rachel Alexander

Pronouns: She/Her

Hometown City and State: Floral Park, NY

Degree Progress: 2nd Year

Job Title: Traction Power Systems Engineering Specialist

Cybersecurity Specializations: Penetration Testing, Cryptography, Network Security

NYU Involvement: Social Media Chairperson for WiCys NYU chapter

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Christopher Avalos

 

Christopher Avalos

Pronouns: He/Him

Hometown City and State: New York, NY

Degree Progress: Alumni '22

Job Title: Vice President, Product Security and Advisory

Cybersecurity Specializations: Product Security, Cyber Resiliency, Enterprise Security, Vendor Security, Cybersecurity Audit

NYU Involvement: 2019 CyberForce Competition, Academic Achievement Award Recipient

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Jeff Beazley

 

Jeff Beazley

Pronouns: He/Him

Hometown City and State: Staten Island, NY

Degree Progress: Alumni '21

Job Title: Senior Lead Cybersecurity Technologist

Cybersecurity Specializations: Vulnerability Management, Data Security, Encryption

NYU Involvement: Member of First Place team at Temple University’s Graduate Students Social Engineering Competition

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Kiran Chaudhry

 

Kiran Chaudhry

Pronouns: She/Her

Hometown City and State: Piscataway, NJ

Degree Progress: Alumni '22

Job Title: Technical Program Manager, Security Integration; Adjunct Professor

Cybersecurity Specializations:  IAM, Cloud Security, Penetration Testing

NYU Involvement: Recipient of the 2022 Inclusive Excellence Award

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Bill Dockery

 

Bill Dockery

Pronouns: He/Him

Hometown City and State: Powell, OH

Degree Progress: Alumni '21

Job Title: Principal Archtitect

Cybersecurity Specializations: DMZ controls, secure app development

NYU Involvement: Stewardship of NYU online security classes

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Eliana Halevi

 

Eliana Halevi

Pronouns: She/Her

Hometown City and State: Kailua, HI

Degree Progress: 3rd Year

Job Title: Student

Cybersecurity Specializations: Penetration testing, digital forensics, network security, and application security

NYU Involvement: Offensive Security, Incident Response, and Internet Security (OSIRIS) Lab member

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Alon Hillel-Tuch

 

Alon Hillel-Tuch

Pronouns: He/Him

Hometown City and State: Brooklyn, NY

Degree Progress: 3rd Year

Job Title: Managing Partner

Cybersecurity Specializations: Memory management, hardware interface security, social engineering

NYU Involvement: TA (Bridge to Tandon, Internet Security & Privacy, Introduction to Operating Systems, Computer Networking)

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Creed Huddleston

 

Creed Huddleston

Pronouns: He/Him

Hometown City and State: Raleigh, NC

Degree Progress: Alumni '22

Job Title: President

Cybersecurity Specializations: Purple team (offensive and defensive) security with a focus on industrial control systems and IoT (Internet of Things) devices.

NYU Involvement: Cyber Fellows ambassador, CyberStrike and RangeForce competitions

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Bushra Kabir

 

Bushra Kabir

Pronouns: She/Her

Hometown City and State: Baltimore, MD

Degree Progress: 3rd Year

Job Title: Senior Consultant

Cybersecurity Specializations: Identity and Access Management, Threat Intelligence Analysis.

NYU Involvement: Returning Cyber Fellows Ambassador and RSA Conference Security Scholar 2023

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Trishala Karmacharya

 

Trishala Karmacharyara

Pronouns: She/Her

Hometown City and State: Woodside, NY

Degree Progress: 1st Year

Job Title: Research Associate

Cybersecurity Specializations: Cyber Operations

NYU Involvement: Cyber Attack Challenge participant

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Eric Lankford

 

Eric Lankford

Pronouns: He/Him

Hometown City and State: Fort Worth, TX

Degree Progress: 3rd Year

Job Title: Cybersecurity Specialist

Cybersecurity Specializations: K-12 Education, Manufacturing, Secure by Design, Cryptography, Cybersecurity Capacity Building, Cybersecurity Transformation

NYU Involvement: Cyber Fellows Ambassador, NYU RSA Conference Security Scholar 2023

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Jigyasa

 

Jigyasa

Pronouns: She/Her

Hometown City and State: Champaign, IL

Degree Progress: Alumni '22

Job Title: Quality Engineering Architect

Cybersecurity Specializations: Variety of interest areas

NYU Involvement: Bridgewater Scholarship recipient, Student speaker at 2022 Graduation Reception

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Patrick Palafox

 

Patrick Palafox

Pronouns: He/Him

Hometown City and State: Trumbull, CT

Degree Progress: 3rd Year

Job Title: Student

Cybersecurity Specializations: Network Security, Penetration Testing

NYU Involvement: Winning team member at Rangeforce Battle Contest; Academic Achievement Award recipient; Mastermind Mentorship - Lead Mentee; Assisted with planning CSAW

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Teeya Roberts

 

Teeya Roberts

Pronouns: She/Her

Hometown City and State: Nyack, NY

Degree Progress: Alumni '22

Job Title: Quality Automation Engineer

Cybersecurity Specializations: Privacy and Compliance

NYU Involvement: Bridgewater Scholarship recipient, Mastermind Mentorship participant

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Mamadou Sall

 

Mamadou Sall

Pronouns: He/Him

Hometown City and State: Buffalo, NY

Degree Progress: 2nd Year

Job Title: Student

Cybersecurity Specializations: Cloud computing, Artificial Intelligence

NYU Involvement: Cyber Attack Challenge participant

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