Connor leads the Threat Research team at Blackstone. With a focus in Security Operations, his team ensures the Blackstone SOC is able to leverage cutting edge technology and research to defend the firm. He oversees Detection Engineering, Threat Hunting Innovations, Data Science & Machine Learning, and a handful other strange and ambitious projects.

Connor started his career in the Antivirus/EDR industry as a Reverse Engineer. He has subsequently worked in Cybersecurity and Incident Response roles in critical infrastructure such as Energy and Finance.

Connor graduated from Iowa State University in 2012 and is pursuing his Master's degree at MIT. He likes dogs and using data to reason about things he cannot directly observe.