Ryan Mechem has over 20 years of experience in IT / cyber security from both public and private sectors and currently is a Senior Cyber Security Analyst with the State of Colorado. His primary role is working on the Joint Cyber Task Force while working with the States Security Operation Center. Apart from his main duties he also supports North Central All-Hazards Regional Cybersecurity Working group and Whole of State Cyber Projects. In the past Ryan has worked with the Colorado State Fusion Center to provide regional incident response support and outreach engagements to help organizations create functional incident response teams. Ryan holds a CISSP and has a BS in Computer Science.