Dakota is an engineering student at Olin College in Boston, and an intern at Black Hills Information Security. He has previously developed software for DoD, DOE, and DARPA, and is heavily involved in the Boston startup community, including as a Student Fellow at .406 Ventures, a security-heavy venture capital firm in Boston. He has a diverse software development background, but has mostly focused on creating novel web applications while at BHIS. He published a paper on NFC security during his senior year of high school, and has driven hundreds of miles to attend DEFCON each year since age 17. You can find more at his website, http://dakotanelson.com.