Robert Johnston

Robert Johnston's work experience includes serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Adlumin Inc. since December 2016. Robert is also a FinTech Advisory Board Member at the University of South Florida Muma College of Business, starting in November 2019 and ending in November 2020. Prior to this, they worked as a Principal Consultant at CrowdStrike from November 2015 to July 2016. Robert also served as a Marine Corps Officer in the United States Marine Corps from May 2008 to January 2016.

Robert Johnston's education history includes a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Information Technology from the United States Naval Academy, which they obtained between 2004 and 2008. Robert later pursued a Full Stack Web Development program at Bloc from 2015 to 2016. Additionally, they completed a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree with a focus on Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Georgetown University from 2016 to 2019.

Aside from their formal education, Robert has obtained several certifications. In 2009, they achieved the Network+ and Security+ certifications from CompTIA. Later, in 2012, they obtained the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification from the EC-Council and the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification from ISC2. Robert further expanded their knowledge by completing the Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking (GPEN) certification from the SANS Institute in 2013, followed by the Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester (GXPN) certification in 2014.

Additionally, Robert obtained the Payment Card Industry Qualified Security Assessor certification from the PCI Security Standards Council in 2016. Lastly, in the same year, they completed the Advanced Computer Forensic Analysis and Incident Response (GCFA) certification from the SANS Institute.