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If you are interested in Cybersecurity and are a major/minor at The University of Tampa, join our club. You’ll get hands on technical experience and get to network with potential employers.
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Want to attend one of our events? Our Event Calendar provides a full schedule of events for the current semester.
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Officers
Meet our Club Leadership Team

Ricky Salgado
President
Ricky is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Science in Cybersecurity. Ricky has a Bachelor of Science in MIS & Cybersecurity from the University of Tampa. He is particularly interested in network security and expects to graduate in May 2019.

Ivan Marchany
Vice President
Ivan is a graduate student pursuing a M.S. in Cybersecurity. He currently holds a B.A. in IT from Curry College. He has obtained working experience as a help desk specialist. He expects to graduate in May 2019. His interests include network security, penetration testing, routers, switches, and firewalls.

Triston Vaira
Director of Technology
Triston is a freshman pursuing a B.S. in Cybersecurity. He has a lot of experience working with VMware and other server infrastructure. He also runs his own home lab and has experience with Metasploit, Wireshark, and Kali Linux. He also participates in Cross Country & Track.

Keaira Philogene
Treasurer
Keaira is a sophomore pursuing a B.S. in Cybersecurity. She has hands-on experience working as a Security Analyst at Abacode Cybersecurity. Keaira is also a part of Delta Sigma Pi.

Chris Janak
Director of Recruitment
Chris is an undergraduate student pursuing a B.S. in Cybersecurity and a minor in MIS. He is particularly interested in cyber analysis and expects to graduate in May 2021.

Marcella Benner
Director of Events
Marcella is a sophomore at UT pursuing a B.S. in Cybersecurity and Finance. She runs cross country and track for UT and expects to graduate in May 2021.

Matthew Russell
Student Gov’t Representative
Description coming soon

Dr. Mia Plachkinova
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Plachkinova is interested in cybersecurity, and how human behavior leads to security breaches. Plachkinova also holds a number of professional certifications such as Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Project Management Professional (PMP) and ISO 27001 Internal Auditor.