Arben (Beni) Asllani is the Department Head and Rollins Professor of Data Analytics at The University of Tennessee Chattanooga. He has over 25 years of experience teaching and researching Data Analytics and related topics.

Dr. Asllani has published over 80 papers in peer-reviewed journals and proceedings. In 2020, he received a Fulbright scholarship to teach at EPOKA University in Albania. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska in 1998.

Christopher Kreider is an Assistant Professor at Christopher Newport University and Director of Cybersecurity and Information Science programs. He was instrumental in developing the University's Cybersecurity program starting with a single class and growing it into a popular major.

Dr. Kreider is active with service to students and the larger community. He advises the cyber defense competition team. He works with his local ISC2 Chapter to help advance a safe and secure cyber world. For his contributions to the field, he was awarded the Virginia Cybersecurity Educator Award in 2025. He received his Ph.D in Information Systems/IS Cyber Security from Dakota State University in 2023.