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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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