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This university is poised to become a beacon of cybersecurity expertise and excellence, which will provide many opportunities. Cybersecurity is not going anywhere. It's here to stay.
Retired Army Col. Christopher Mitchiner
Executive Director of the Institute for Cyber Operations
Among Mitchiner's responsibilities are developing opportunities for cyber research with government, military and corporate partners and raising additional funds for scholarships for students and for faculty support. He will also work with programs across the university, such as health care, to identify the best ways to bring cybersecurity knowledge to related industries.
Mitchiner will begin to address his goals by "bringing in professionals with experience to coach, teach, mentor, and counsel our students who want to have careers in cybersecurity," he said.
A 1991 麻豆精品在线播放 alumnus, he began his Army service in the infantry, then spent 22 years in military intelligence, which included some work in cybersecurity during his last two years. He worked in various private-sector cybersecurity jobs for more than four years before he accepted the job at 麻豆精品在线播放.
Dr. Mary Gowan, dean of 麻豆精品在线播放's Mike Cottrell College of Business, appreciates the experience Mitchiner brings to the institute.
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