Redpantz is the only man in history to travel back in time to father himself. Although he is the president and founder of the Handsome Boy Modeling School, he does not take offense that most aren't as handsome. Michael Schumaker has been quoted as saying 'Redpantz is the best driver I've ever seen'. Redpantz is also the smartest person he has ever met.

Woodzy is currently reimbursed for his time by HP's Web Security Research Group. Some say he might be first born son to James Brown, being credited for the inspiration of �I Feel Good�. He is also quoted as saying, "That's right I own this floor." While not busy hacking web applications he has been known to dabble in the gerbil slave trade. Woodzy will be guiding you through hacking our web application test lab.

During the day, Eater is a fashion critic for Google, Inc. By night, he's a tavern connoisseur and technological guerrilla revolutionary. He enjoys bacon, data center design, and zombie movies.

Charlie Vedaa, CCIE #7502, is a network architect for the FBI�s CJIS Division. He is the founder of PacketProtector.org, an OpenWrt-based security distribution for wireless routers.

Genetically engineered in a secret lab deep beneath Stone Mountain, the man code named PBR90X was endowed with a superhuman intellect and a metabolism dependent on Pabst Blue Ribbon lager and Jim Beam bourbon. Trained by the Company from childhood in elite cyber warfare techniques, PBR90X later assumed the identity of a mild-mannered software engineer and security researcher. He currently directs the research operations of a leading security services provider.

Gweeds is the night watchman at Cheetah's Madhouse and a field representative for Mansfield Pharmaceuticals.

While paying the bills as a network engineer and security consultant, Deviant Ollam's first and strongest love has always been teaching. A graduate of the New Jersey Institute of Technology's "Science, Technology, & Society" program, he is always fascinated by the interplay that connects human values and social trends to developments in the technical world. A member of the Board of Directors of TOOOL (The Open Organization of Lockpickers) here in the United States, Deviant runs the Lockpicking Village at DEFCON and ShmooCon every year and has conducted lockpick training sessions at Black Hat, ToorCon, HOPE, HackCon, ShakaCon, HackInTheBox, CanSecWest, and the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Capt. Awesome is a semi-professional bull rider, world champion turkey caller, and seasoned bow hunter. When Ted Nugent was asked about his opinion of Capt. Awesome, he said "If I were to get gay, I'd want a piece of that!!" To sum it up, the only difference between you and Capt. Awesome, is he's awesome.
Note: These comments were never spoken or written by the actual Ted Nugent.

Marisa Fagan is the ProtoDev Manager for Errata Security's penetration testing team and the Hacker Eye View suite. ProtoDev is a rapid custom development solution to create cutting edge tools. Marisa Fagan led the release of Ferret, Looking Glass, and the popular tool AxBan at BlackHat in 2008. This was followed by the assessment of several Warp Core Breaches at Quark's.