Ashley Knowles joined Black Hills Information Security (BHIS) in Fall 2021. As a Security Consultant, Ashley’s role is to perform network (internal/external), social engineering, and cloud penetration tests, as well as participating in red team assessments. Since joining the infosec community in 2013, she has developed and taught hacking classes, worked as a security consultant, and been a team lead on a red team. Ashley serves as a mentor at a local high school’s cyber security class and, as someone who loves to learn and teach, she looks forward to developing and teaching classes that add to BHIS’s educational catalogue. In her free time, Ashely enjoys photography, hiking and exploring new places with her kids, and building Legos.

Matthew Eidelberg became part of Black Hills Information Security (BHIS) in August 2023. He works as a Red Teamer and Researcher on the continuous testing team. Matthew previously ran the red team at Optiv and the research initiative for Threat. He chose to join BHIS hearing great things from friends and started reading and watching the content BHIS produces. He most enjoys the community and working with like-minded security folks who are passionate about infosec and love to help each other out. When he’s not working, Matthew can be found cooking (mainly barbequing experimentation), reading comics, and, admittedly, creating payload tools.

Ryan Poirier began his time at Black Hills Information Security (BHIS) as the Video Producer and Editor in August 2020. Ryan polishes and perfects every webcast, podcast, and workshop on the BHIS, ACM, and WWHF YouTube Channels. Prior to Ryan’s time at BHIS, he worked for one of the largest public schools in the United States, conducting their video production and live broadcasting. He joined the BHIS team because he felt like it would be a great group of people to work with, and he couldn’t pass up the perfect next step in his career. Outside of his time with BHIS, Ryan does freelance photography, attends Cars & Coffee events, and expands his knowledge of audio and videos.

Tom Smith joined the Black Hills Information Security (BHIS) team in 2021 as a Business Consultant. He works with clients to identify their correct testing solution needs and proposal requests. Prior to his time at BHIS, he directed a business operations team in real estate. He decided it was time to make the switch when he realized he could work from home and fell in love with the energy at BHIS. Outside his time at work, he is a father to seven children, enjoys reading, playing guitar, and home improvement projects.