Summary
Irvin Lemus is a cybersecurity leader and educator with eight years of hands-on experience building cyber ranges, training programs, and regional competition ecosystems across the United States and Latin America. Currently Director of Individual Training Latin America at By Light and a Cyber Range Engineer supporting NORTHCOM, he pairs technical depth in virtualization and incident exercise orchestration with classroom experience as a former department chair and professor. Irvin has a proven track record scaling talent pipelines—creating regional CTFs, SkillsUSA events, and cyber camps—and serves as a Co-Principal Investigator on NSF-funded diversity initiatives. Known as a "Professional Troublemaker," he blends public speaking, consulting, and community organizing to make cybersecurity accessible and practical for students and practitioners. Based in California with a Secret clearance, he brings a rare combination of operational range engineering, curriculum design, and grassroots competition leadership.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Mt Sierra College