Growing up at the dawn of the consumerization of the Internet, Alex developed a keen interest in cyber security at a very early age. The confluence of insecure computers interconnecting for the first time, the emergence of viruses such as ‘NetBus’ and the release of the movie ‘Hackers’, propelled Alex into the underground world of hacking and has fueled his interests and passion for Internet security and protecting the erosion of personal privacy. Over the past decade, Alex’s personal interests, experience and technical foundation has supported his calling, which has included working within mission critical security operation centres, implementing next generation network surveillance solutions, running the Vancouver 2010 Olympic HoneyNet and assisting in the design and implementation of lawful access infrastructures. Alex is a Senior Security Consultant at IPS, a leading provider of services and solutions specialized in security, compliance and managed security services. Alex leads the company’s SIEM and enterprise security architecture practices, providing clients with advanced situational awareness capabilities and holistic pragmatic approaches to securing complex systems. Beyond the ether, Alex is an active member in the open source DIY Drone community which is devoted to designing and building semi-autonomous aerial vehicles at a fraction of the cost of commercially available aerial surveillance platforms. The DIY Drone and Internet security communities have leveraged these low-cost aerial platforms in several proof of concept projects proving covert aerial surveillance, wireless communication interception and even mobile network cell tower spoofing has been consumerized.