Tim S.

Tim S. is an accomplished cybersecurity professional with extensive experience across various roles in the industry. Currently serving as Partner and CTO at Valorous, Tim specializes in hardware-based cybersecurity solutions. As a Senior Cybersecurity Consultant at Agio since 2014, Tim leads technical security assessments for clients across multiple sectors, offering guidance based on established best practices. In addition to founding CryptoTrust, an independent cybersecurity consulting firm, Tim has also retired as a Major from the Air National Guard, where responsibilities included red team operations and offensive security training development. Tim's academic contributions include serving as a Cybersecurity Adjunct Professor at Liberty University, while earlier roles included senior engineering positions at the US DoD and SafeNet, where Tim managed encryption programs and quality assurance testing. Tim holds a Master's degree in Information Assurance and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Network Security from Wilmington University.