Nischit Vaidya is the President/CEO and founder of Argotis, Inc. a Cybersecurity Consulting and Training firm providing services to the federal government and commercial organizations. He started his career in 1998 working as a desktop support technician moving his way up to starting his own company in 2013. He holds his A.A in from Howard Community College in General Studies, B.Sc from UMUC in Information Assurance, and M.Sc from Capitol Technology University in Information Assurance. Along with running his own company working billable hours as an Information Security Engineer, he’s also been teaching cybersecurity courses at colleges and universities around Maryland; presently for UMUC and online for the University of California Irvine. He’s worked for companies such as SAIC, ManTech, and small companies throughout his nineteen-year career. He’s traveled all over the world supporting government customers in the Intelligence Community, DISA, and Department of Defense.