About

Matthew D. Gonzalez, PhD, is the Founding Director of Cyber Security for the University of Charleston, WV. He served as a Chief Data Officer for the DoD,  IT Project Manager at USAA and at TTEC, Chair of Business for the University of the Incarnate Word, and serves as a Cyber Security Evaluator and Enterprise Architect for the American Council of Education. He has served the:

• Pentagon Offense/Defense trainer to the Air Force Cyber Command on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency 

• Assess Intelligence, Cyber Security, and Network related occupation and courses covering the Global Information Grid to include Department of Navy, Army, Air Force Cyber Command, and Coast Guard Cyber Operations   

• Consult with private sector initiatives to include IBM, Microsoft, Northeastern University, DoD, and DEAC.

Dr. Gonzalez has presented at Harvard University on Emotional Intelligence in Project Management. In addition, he’s advised members of the DoD on Blockchain technology at the Pentagon. 

Juan-Antonio Henriquez is a Senior Lecturer at Oregon State University’s School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, with extensive experience in engineering education, academic leadership, and instructional innovation. He previously served as Associate CIO and Director of Academic Computing at the University of New Orleans, where he led strategic IT initiatives, faculty technology programs, and post-disaster academic continuity efforts. His teaching portfolio spans electrical engineering, computer science, cloud computing, and cybersecurity, with faculty appointments at the University of New Orleans, Delgado Community College, University of Charleston, and at a DEAC-accredited institution, where he also directed nationally recognized distance education programs.

Mr. Henriquez has served as a Subject Matter Expert and evaluator for the American Council on Education (ACE) for numerous years, reviewing military and workforce training programs across the U.S. Navy, Army, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard to assess academic credit equivalency and curricular rigor. He is also an experienced accreditation chair and curriculum evaluator for the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC), where he has led institutional reviews and served on educational standards and appeals committees for several years. His engineering background includes hands-on design and consulting in embedded systems, audio signal processing, industrial control systems, and emerging AI applications, with work spanning both academic research and private industry.