Tom Kopchak is the Director of Technical Operations and a Splunk Implementation Engineer at Hurricane Labs. A 2020 inductee to the SplunkTrust, a Splunk Certified Architect, and an Accredited Consultant, Tom’s speaking experience includes talks at several annual Splunk .conf events, DEFCON, and many other conferences around the United States. He also volunteers as a competition director for the National Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC). He has several years of experience building, designing, and managing Splunk deployments. His professional responsibilities involve managing teams of Splunk engineers, designing Splunk deployment strategies, and developing Splunk training materials. When he is not working with computers, Tom enjoys composing, music improvisation (Acts of Music), and playing both the piano and organ. He holds a Master’s degree in Computing Security from the Rochester Institute of Technology.