University of North Texas 
About Us
NEXUS Director
NEXUS Staff
Natália Heringer, MA
Academic Program Coordinator & Qualitative Research Advisor
NEXUS Industry Advisory Council
Randy Potts*, CISO
Real Time Resolutions
Jon Brickey, PhD CISO
Mastercard
Royce Markose, CISO
Visual Comfort & Co
Travis Farral, CISO
Archaea Energy
Steve London, IS Leader
Newrez
Christopher Marks, ISO
Scout Motors
Najm Saqib, ISO
United Airlines, Harvard Business Review Advisory Council
Jay Taylor, IS Advisor
Retired
*Top 100 CISOs in the US & Canada, 2024 (security current)
NEXUS National Security Advisory Council
Taylor Moore
Former CIA Intelligence Officer & Department of Defense Consultant, Author (TaylorMooreBooks.com)
David Venable*
Former NSA Intelligence Officer, Chairman & President of the Institute for Strategic
Risk and Security
*One of the most influential people in cybersecurity, 2019 (Security Magazine) ISRS.NGO
NEXUS Academic Council
Michel Fathi, PhD
Assistant Professor, Information Technology & Decision Sciences, UNT
Melissa Gosdin, PhD
Qualitative Research Analyst, Center for Healthcare Policy & Research, UC Davis
Tobi Oyinlade, PhD
Cybersecurity Program Strategist, Crownstone Strategy Group
Wendy Watson, JD, PhD
Assistant Teaching Professor, Criminal Justice & Criminology, Ball State University
Association of Information Security
UNT
Business Analytics Club
UNT
Cyber Security Club
UNT
Sociology Club
UNT
NEXUS Partnerships
Institute for Strategic Risk and Security
ISRS.NGO
DeAmber Bullard
Outreach & Testing Supervisor, Kind Clinic
S.R. Allen
Dallas Police Department