Joshua Franklin has over a decade of experience working with election technology, and is an information security engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) focusing on cellular and electronic voting security. Prior to NIST, Joshua worked at the U.S. Election Assistance Commission gathering extensive experience with voting technologies. Joshua managed federal certification efforts and worked closely with local election officials, laboratories, and manufacturers across the United States. After graduating from Kennesaw State University with a Bachelors of Science in Information Systems, he received a Masters of Science in Information Security and Assurance from George Mason University.

Joshua is presenting this work in his personal capacity.