Nick Kulesza is a former Air Force communications officer, currently responsible for managing the Air Force Institute of Technology's control system cybersecurity portfolio, within the Civil Engineer School. He provides subject matter expertise in various cyber disciplines and develops curriculum to include the Advanced Control Systems Cybersecurity course. 

His formal education includes a Master’s degree in Computer Science, with a specific focus on cybersecurity. He possesses a variety of industry certifications tailored towards offensive cyber operations, risk management, audit and compliance. His current concentration in security research centers on exploitation of industrial control systems and applications of artificial intelligence.

Committed to lifelong learning, Nick has dedicated the last 10 years educating at the graduate level, 15 years towards penetration testing, and 20 years in security research.