Roland Varriale

Roland Varriale, CISSP, currently serves as a Senior Cybersecurity Researcher at Argonne National Laboratory, focusing on cybersecurity in transportation systems, particularly electric vehicle supply equipment, and researching attacks on autonomous vehicles through the NSA InSuRE program. Varriale has experience as a Research Aide and Lecturer at the University of Chicago, where foundational concepts of cybersecurity and secure system design were taught. Prior roles include IGERT NSF Fellow at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Director of Technology and Teacher at Marist High School Chicago, Young Adult Leader for the Marist Brothers, and Teaching Assistant at The University of Scranton. Varriale's professional background includes a tenure as a Business Analyst/IT Analyst at Citigroup, and academic qualifications include a Ph.D. in Computer Science, an MSSE in Software Engineering, and a BS in Computer Science.