CIS Lecturers and Adjuncts

Affiliated Part-Time Faculty

Alim Buksh
Email: abuksh (at) fordham.edu 

CSIRT Manager/Lead Incident Responder at Verizon. CISSP, GREM, Cloud + certified security specialist providing managed security service. Specialty includes security incident response; assessing, containing and eradicating threats and vulnerabilities. Experience in all realms of IT and industries, including Telecommunication, Pharmaceutical, Food & Beverage, Aviation and Chemical.


Anthony Duhaime Candeias
Email: aduhaimecandeias (at) fordham.edu

Anthony is a Bronx native who has a passion for technology and information security. His specialty is in the attack life cycle of advanced persistent threats. He currently holds the position of Information Security Manager at the Ford Foundation. The Ford Foundation is an international non-profit which operates in 11 different countries and manages an endowment of 12 billion dollars. Anthony has held a number of positions in the Ford Foundation since joining in 2010. During this time, he has worked closely with the FBI and DHS investigating advanced persistent threats. Now he is responsible for the day to day Security Operations, Incident response and penetration testing of the organization.

He has worked across a various number of industries providing information technology and security services. Anthony has previously worked for Goldman Sachs, Fordham University and New York City Department of Education.

During his time as an Adjunct Professor at Fordham University he has taught the following courses: Cyber Security and Applications, Network Essentials and is currently developing the course material for Penetration testing.

Anthony received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems Management and a Master’s of Science in Cyber Security from Fordham University. He is certified in a number of different technologies and vendors. Holding over 14 certifications most notability the prestigious certifications of:  CISSP, CISSP-ISSMP, CCNP Security, MCSE, CEH and GMON. He received his first certification as a CompTIA A+ certified IT technician at 16-years-old.


James Doyle
Email: jdoyle26 (at) fordham.edu

James Doyle is a highly successful, well respected cyber-security, investigations, and risk management executive leader. He has been a member of Deloitte’s Cyber Risk practice and has been involved in assisting clients with their assessment and solutions for their cybersecurity posture. At Prudential Financial as its VP and Global Head of the Corporate Investigations Division, Jim led a number of the company’s worldwide programs including insurance fraud investigations, internal fraud and misconduct, broker dealer and sales practice compliance, cybercrime, privacy and data breaches, intellectual property theft, and litigation eDiscovery. Prior to Prudential, he served as Senior Director of Guidance Software’s Professional Services Division in New York where he developed, implemented the company's critical response, cybercrime and litigation support services for clients domestically and internationally. Prior to Guidance, James served 21 years with the Police Department of the City of New York and retired from as a Detective Supervisor (Sergeant) of the NYPD Computer Investigations and Technology Unit, one of the most innovative and successful computer crime units in the nation, and he was one of the founding members of that unit. James currently teaches in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Fordham University in the Master’s program for Cybersecurity. James received his Bachelors and Masters Degrees from Fordham University.


Stephen Flatley
Email: sflatley1 (at) fordham.edu

Stephen R. Flatley is a Senior FBI Forensic examiner with over 11 years of experience in Computer Forensics and over 25 years of general computer experience. He is currently the CART Coordinator for the New York Division of the FBI. He is FBI certified in Wintel, Mac, and cell phone forensics, has testified multiple times in support of cases in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He has been on foreign deployments to The Caribbean, Europe, Scandinavia, Africa, and the Middle East. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Fordham University in the Computer Science Department.

Adjunct

Robert Alpert
Email: ralpert3(at) fordham.edu
Office: JMH 340 (RH)

Abdullah Al Hayajneh
Email: aalhayajneh (at) fordham.edu
Office: JMH 340 (RH)

Silvio Balzano    
Email: sbalzano2 (at) fordham.edu
Office: JMH 340 (RH)

John Bezark
Email: jbezark (at) fordham.edu
Office: LL725F (LC)

Sharang Biswas
Email: sharang.biswas( at )gmail.com
Office: JMH 340 (RH)

Maria Belen Chano
Email: mzembrano1 (at) fordham.edu
Office: LL725F (LC)

Zhixiong Chen
Email: zchen74( at ) fordham.edu
Office: JMH 340 (RH)

Anusha Dandapani
Email: adandapani( at )fordham.edu
Office: JMH 340 (RH)

Ian Gray
Email: igray (at) fordham.edu
Office: LL725F (LC)

Zhou Ji
Email: zji( at )fordham.edu
Office: JMH 340 (RH)

Michael Kadri
Email: mkadri1( at )fordham.edu
Office: JMH 340 (RH)

Spencer W. Luo
Email: wluo23 (at) fordham.edu
Office: LL725F (LC)

Elena Martinez
Email: emartinez123 (at) fordham.edu
Office: LL725F (LC)

Mark Meretzky
Email: [email protected]
Office: JMH 340 (RH)

Griffin Miller
Email: gmiller54 (at) fordham.edu
Office: LL725F (LC)

James Myer
Email: jmyer1 (at) fordham.edu
Office: JMH 340 (RH)

Subramaniam Palamadai
Email: spalamadai( at )fordham.edu
Office: JMH 340 (RH)

George Pefanis    
Email: gpefanis2 (at) fordham.edu
Office: JMH 340 (RH)

Michael Rios
Email: mrios27 (at) fordham.edu
Office: JMH 333 (RH)

Michael Rowin
Email: mrowin (at) fordham.edu
Office: JMH 333 (RH)

Dylan Smith
Email: dsmith167 (at) fordham.edu
Office: LL725F (LC)

Samuel Sultan
Email: ssultan3 (at) fordham.edu
Office: JMH 333 (RH)

Matthew Tams
Email: tams1 (at) fordham.edu
Office: JMH 340 (RH)