The Fall 2021 Cybersecurity Mentorship Program
The Fall 2021 cycle of the MassCyberCenter’s Cybersecurity Mentorship Program kicked off in October during Massachusetts Cybersecurity Month. This cycle’s cohort pairs 25 undergraduate students studying cybersecurity at colleges and universities across Massachusetts with 24 mentors from world-class cybersecurity companies/organizations.
Six new schools and seven new companies have joined the Program this cycle. In total, 39 mentors from 24 companies/organizations and 60 students from 22 colleges and universities in Massachusetts have participated in the three cycles of the Cybersecurity Mentorship Program.
Student mentees will meet one-on-one with their mentors throughout the fall to discuss careers in cybersecurity and work together on a cybersecurity project. The goal of the program is to encourage diverse college students to continue to pursue a career in cybersecurity and to promote the diversity of the cybersecurity workforce in Massachusetts.
6 New Colleges/Universities Represented
Program Total: 60 Students from 22 Schools
Fall 2021 Student Mentees
|
Anastasia Grosch |
Mustapha Ayad UMass Lowell |
| Angelina Zhukova MassBay Community College |
Nil Ngallopi UMass Boston |
| Chanthea Quinland Smith College |
Omar Osman Bridgewater State University |
| Christian Kayego UMass Lowell |
Pilar Tapia Reyes Bay Path University |
| Clea Demuynck Tufts University |
Rodrigo Desa MassBay Community College |
| Daniel Trejo Tufts University |
Rosemary Davies Simmons University |
| Duamell Gomez North Shore Community College |
Sarah Balch Bay Path University |
| Ebenezer Mireku Mount Wachusett Community College |
Shadia Singo Roxbury Community College |
| Hamssatou Almahamoudou Maiga Smith College |
Stanley Ekpong MassBay Community College |
| Isra Ali Tufts University |
Stephanie La UMass Lowell |
| Jeremiah Stephens Boston University |
Thant Kyaw Hset Hampshire College |
| Kevin Zhang UMass Lowell |
Vinh Tran UMass Lowell |
| Liberty DeAngelo UMass Dartmouth |
7 New Companies/Organizations Joined
Program Total: 39 Mentors from 24 World Class Companies/Organizations
Fall 2021 Mentors
| *James Dinneen Chief Operating Officer Advanced Cyber Security Center |
Clark Cone Information Security Consultant, Privileged Access Management Program Owner MassMutual |
| John McKenna President & CISO Chair/(Retired) SVP & Global CISO Advanced Cyber Security Center/(Retired) Liberty Mutual |
*Meghan Martinez Digital Forensics and Incident Response Lead MassMutual |
| *Chris Frappier Senior Customer Success Manager, Technical Team Lead Armis |
Sara Hall Deputy CISO and Head of Security Operations & Engineering MassMutual |
| *Chris Schwarzer Security Architect athenahealth |
*Brendon Chetwynd Technical Staff MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
| *Andrew McDonald Security Architect Cisco |
*Dennis Ross Assistant Group Leader MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
| John Giantsidis President CyberActa, Inc. |
*Donato Kava Associate Staff MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
| Noam Liran Sr. Director, Customer Success CyberArk Software |
*Mark Zissman Associate Head, Cyber Security & Information Sciences Division MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
| Christie Newell Director GSOC, Americas Region Cybereason |
*Erik Burns Senior Domain Engineer - Application Security Rapid7 |
| Leanna Stewart Operations Manager CyberForceQ |
*Lloyd Evans Cyber Security Engineer Aquia |
| Brandan Keaveny Chief Executive and Principal Consultant Data Ethics LLC |
Mike Wells Director of Technology Town & Schools of Westford, MA |
| *John Danahey Managing Partner - Systems Engineering Digital Tech Partners, Inc. |
Gerald Gagne Principal Wolf & Company, P.C. |
| Chelsea Hill Information Security Director MassMutual |
Sean Goodwin |
*Participated as mentor in a previous Cybersecurity Mentorship Program cycle
Spring 2022
If you are interested in participating as a mentor or mentee in the future, please complete the Interest Form to receive updates on when applications open for the Spring 2022 cycle.
About the MassCyberCenter
The MassCyberCenter was launched in September 2017 with a vision to enhance opportunities for the Massachusetts cybersecurity ecosystem to compete as the national cybersecurity leader while strengthening the resiliency of the Commonwealth’s public and private communities. Learn more at masscybercenter.org.