Bryson Payne
Director, Institute For Cyber Operations
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolBryson Payne is a senior academic and cyber operations leader with a Ph.D. in Computer Science and over two decades of experience building accredited CS programs, leading campus technology transformations, and directing national-scale cyber education initiatives. As Director of the Institute for Cyber Operations and former Director of UNG’s Center for Cyber Operations Education, he has secured and managed major DoD and NSF-style funding, serving as PI/Co-PI for more than $10.7M in direct institutional support and contributing to over $81M in awarded projects. A recognized coach and researcher, he’s a two-time NSA Codebreaker Challenge champion, three-time US Cyber Team coach, and author of 100+ peer-reviewed publications and three books, with 200+ presentations across six continents. He combines rigorous credentialing (CISSP, GPEN, GREM, GRID, CEH) with pedagogy that has reached 75,000+ online students in 182 countries, and brings rare language breadth—Spanish, French, Russian and Mandarin—that amplifies his global collaboration footprint. Known for practical innovation, he routinely integrates emerging tech (drones, 3D printing, robotics) into curricula to prepare students for both military and civilian cyber careers.
8 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
USG Executive Leadership Institute, USG Executive Leadership Institute at University System of GeorgiaA.A. Liberal Arts French, A.A. Liberal Arts French at Young Harris CollegePh.D. Computer Science, Ph.D. Computer Science at Georgia State UniversityB.S. M.Ed. Mathematics, B.S. M.Ed. Mathematics at University of North GeorgiaCybersecurity Leadership Certificate , Cybersecurity Leadership Certificate at Georgia Institute of Technology
Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (13)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
brysonpayne/LearnJava
Sep 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:8 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
brysonpayne/go-hack-yourself
May 2022 - Jun 2022
Contributions:14 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
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