As an EECS program, the KU Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) and Research (CAE-R) receives support, advice and guidance from the EECS advisory board. The current IAB members include:

Brian Ruf, Chairman of the Advisory Board
Founder & CEO, Ruf Systems Group

Raj Ananthanpillai
Chairman and CEO, Endera

Brian Anderson
Co-Founder, CEO, Applogie

Ted Batchman
Dean of Engineering, Retired, University of Nevada, Reno

Robert Chaney
Director of Engineering, Honeywell FM&T

Audrey Chritton
Lead Electrical Engineer, US Dept. of Energy, National Security Campus

Andrew Flower
Managing Director, Right Triangle Consulting, LLC

Shane Haas
Principal, Signition LP

Brian McClendon
Research Professor, University of Kansas

Keith Preston
Head of Software, SnapLabs

Chris Raider
Dept. Mgr, Networks, Integration & Automation, Transmission & Distribution Services, Burns & McDonnell

Tom Rudkin
Software Development Engineer, Retired

Bert Soto
RVP, Sales, Ciena

Craig Sparks
Customer Solutions Engineering, DISH Networks

Mike Swink
Special Projects Scientist/Flight Software Lead, York Space Systems LLC

Mitch Trope
Software Engineering Team Leader, Garmin International

Ben Vos
President and Owner, i3 Consulting, LLC

Calvin Washington
Owner, Calvin’s Studio, LLC, Former Director of Marketing, Motorola

Micah Witacre
Principal Engineer, Cerner