Dr. Phil Polstra is an internationally recognized hardware hacker. He has spoken at many top conferences worldwide including repeat performances at Blackhat, DEFCON, 44CON, GrrCON, ForenSecure, and B-sides Iowa. His most recent work developing hacking hardware based on the Beagle family of devices is documented in his book Hacking and Penetration Testing with Low Power Devices (Syngress, 2015).

Dr. Polstra is an Associate Professor in the department of Math, Computer Science, and Statistics at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. When not teaching, creating new electronic devices, performing penetration tests, or providing infosec consulting services he has been known to fly, teach others how to fly, and build aircraft. He is an accomplished aviator with thousands of hours of flight time in various aircraft and a dozen aviation ratings/certificates, all of which are current. He is licensed as a commercial pilot, flight instructor, airplane mechanic, aircraft inspector, and avionics technician.