Kevin L. McLaughin - Assistant Vice President for Information Security & Special Projects

Kevin L. McLaughlin began his career as a Special Agent for the Department of Army. He was responsible for investigating Felony crimes around the globe. He has had many careers over the years, including being a Police Officer in Kissimmee Florida, an Investigator for Mastercard/Visa, a Middle School teacher, a Director at Kennedy Space Center (where he worked with Fred Hayes, James Lovell, Armstrong, Sheppard, etc.), the President of his own company, and an IT Manager and Senior Information Security manager with the Procter & Gamble (P&G) company. Kevin has also been an adjunct since 1992. While at P&G Kevin created one of P&G’s augmentation outsourcing teams in India. Kevin and Quinn Shamblin (a member of Kevin’s UC InfoSec team) designed and implemented this India team and it won a global Gold Service award from Atos-Origin and has acted as a model for countless corporate relationships since. Kevin joined the University of Cincinnati in April of 2006 with the responsibility to create an Information Security program and build a team of Information Security professionals. He is responsible for all aspects of Information Security Management, including but not limited to Strategic planning and the Architecture and Design of Information Security solutions.

Education - MS in Computer Science Education, BS in Management of Information Systems

Professional Certifications - CISM, CISSP, PMP, ITIL Master Certified, GIAC Security Leadership Certificate (GSLC)

Quinn R. Shamblin

Quinn R. Shamblin has served as an Officer in the US Navy, teaching Nuclear Power Plant system theory, design, construction, safety and operations to the students of the Navy´s Nuclear Power School. He moved from classroom teaching to become the Director of Multimedia Development for that school. Quinn left the Navy for Proctor and Gamble where he worked as one of a team of three on the development, deployment and support of a global data transport system. During the early days of team augmentation outsourcing to India, Quinn worked with Kevin to form and manage a very successful team that won a global service award from Atos-Origin and has acted as a model for countless relationships since. From there he moved into a role as special projects manager for the contract Governance team in the relationship between P&G and HP. He has worked as a senior architect delivering business process automation solutions based on services-oriented architecture. Quinn joined the UC InfoSec Team in 2006 and is responsible for managing team operations, conducting investigations, awareness & education and special projects. Quinn is active in the information security community, is an officer in the local chapter of the HTCIA (High Technology Crime Investigators Association) and is a regular contributor on a forensic blog run by SANS.

Education - Bachelors of Science in Physics

Professional Certifications - CISSP, PMP, GIAC Certified Forensics Analyst (GCFA)

Other Certifications - Access Data Ultimate Tool Kit, TIBCO Rendezvous, TIBCO Business Works, SQL, Macromedia Authorware, PERL

Kim Logan

Kim Logan graduated from Wright State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. She worked as a substitute teacher in the Centerville, Ohio school district before finding full-time employment with EDS. She began her career at EDS supporting the GMAC branches and their System 38 and AS/400 midrange computers. When the GMAC branches began decommissioning the midrange computers, Kim was fortunate to be transferred to the Security team where her career really began. Kim worked as a mainframe security administrator for 5 years with EDS and was the team lead for 3 years. She moved to Cincinnati in 1999 when she married her husband, and joined the UC security team. As a member of the UC Information Security team, Kim is responsible for risk management.

Education - B.S. Elementary Education

Professional Certifications - CISSP

Renee Wright

Renee Wright is an Application Analyst in Information Security. Renee began her employment in UCit as a Cincinnati State cooperative student in the UCit Helpdesk in 1998. She held her co-op position for one year as she received her AS in Information Systems. She was then hired by the Helpdesk as a Senior Support Technician. She handled many additional duties during her time with the helpdesk providing excellent customer service for the university for Exchange Email support as well as any additional tasks assigned to her. Renee has been working on the UC Flex (SAP) project in the security group since 2005 and has been able to learn and help resolve UC Flex security issues. Renee is the UC Flex Security Application Team Lead and reports to Kevin McLaughlin. Renee is located in room 300 University Hall with the Core Business Systems team for UC Flex.

Education- AS in Computer Information Systems, PC Support and Administration

Paul Powers

Paul began his career with the Cincinnati Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, serving as a member of Disaster Services and First Aid Services as an Advanced First Aid instructor. Paul joined the United States Air Force and graduated first in his class to become an Air Traffic Controller. Paul’s interest in computer networks started when he and a small group of air traffic controllers help develop and fully test the first standalone Radar Air Traffic PC based simulator for the USAF. It later became the model for all other USAF radar facilities. After leaving the military, Paul moved back to Cincinnati in pursuit of a more challenging career in computer systems. Paul worked with 3 major companies in the tri-state before joining the University of Cincinnati. An avid fan of challenge, Paul moved into a career path in Information Security. Paul currently assists the lead investigator with ongoing investigations, focusing on illegal download activity of copyrighted material, and monitors the UC network for attacks inside and outside the UC network. Paul also works with other departments helping them develop plans to implement encryption solutions to end users. Paul enjoys the vast amount new challenges that the UC InfoSec Team has to offer!

Joshua H. Ohmer

Josh Ohmer is currently a student at University of Cincinnati, majoring in Information Systems in the College of Business where he has shown a great interest in Database Administration and Network Security. Josh grew up on the West Side of Cincinnati in the small town of Sayler Park before moving up the hill to Delhi, where he attended Oak Hills High School. He is currently a student worker for the Information Security department and can be found working on network vulnerability scanning, mainframe access, and numerous other tasks. Josh plans to graduate from the University in Spring of 2010 and to then chase aspirations in the Information Security realm.

Joshua Biehler

Joshua Biehler works in the Information Security department as a student worker. He is majoring in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in Sustainable Engineering, with an expected graduation date of June 2012. He is also an active member of UC´s chapter of Engineers Without Borders.

Shadi Dibbini

Shadi Dibbini is currently enrolled at the University of Cincinnati with a major of Information Technologies at the College of Engineering & Applied Science. His primary focus is networking with a minor in database and digital media. He is currently a student worker at UC Information Security who is working on network security, website vulnerability scanning and various computer hacking skills. Shadi also has a passion to be a part of the computer forensics and investigative community and hopes to gain his CISSP, GCFA and CEH certifications subsequent to graduation.

Certification - Infragard Information Security Awareness

Emily Morgan

Emily Morgan is in her second year as a student at UC, currently working in the Information Security Department as a student worker/Coop student. She is majoring in Information Technology in the College of Engineering & Applied Science with Software Development as her primary track and Database as her secondary track. After graduation in June of 2012 she plans to pursue a career in Information Security.