Information Science and Technology Graduate By: Jerome Jackson Zach Owen Information Science and Technology Graduate By: Jerome Jackson

Who am I? Jerome Jackson 4th Year at Mercer Major: Information Science and Technology Minor: Computer Science Cyber Defense Team Works in Mercer’s IT Department

Zach’s Background Major: Information Science and Technology & French Graduated high school with a 4.0 from Starr’s Mill High School Came to Mercer on multiple scholarships Interested in the IT field

Extracurricular Activities Cyber Defense Team 4 years Captain last year Mercer Gaming Society Vice President for 1 year President for 2 years Mercer League of Legends Club

Where Zach is Now Employed at the Information Systems Engineering Command (ISEC) Engineering work Based in Fort Huachuca, AZ Works at Fort Gordon in Augusta, GA Currently designing a training network for soldiers

How Mercer Has Helped Zach Prepared me for most topics at work Knowledge from Cyber Defense Networking Security Professors allowed him to go beyond what was expected in class and in clubs

Zach’s Advice “Get involved in what you enjoy.” “Get internships in your field.” “I also recommend that all IST/CS students, who need scholarships, look into the SMART scholarship.” Paid internships Guaranteed job Scholarship deadline: December 1, 2016 https://smart.asee.org/