Our Story

CyberProtex LLC was founded in 2012 with the vision to bring world class cybersecurity training, managed cybersecurity services, and providing cybersecurity and risk management mitigation solutions to organizations around the United States. CyberProtex's niche is delivering high-end enterprise Microsoft migrations, providing incident response, and developing custom cybersecurity services to Fortune 500 companies.

​Headquartered in Rocket City USA, Huntsville, Alabama, CyberProtex assists in securing commercial clients and the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) by providing guidance for NIST CSF, CMMC, DFARS, and the RMF Compliance. CyberProtex office is located at the "High Tech" hub the Invention to Innovation Center (I2C) on the campus of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). CyberProtex provides managed security services, secure software and application development, and advanced hands-on cybersecurity training for companies all across the nation. We specialize in the following for our clients:

• Managing security posture
• Identifying and remediating vulnerabilities
• Performing Threat Modeling and Incident Response
• Implementing Threat Protection​

​Ben McGee
​​President and CEO
MS-Cyber, CISSP, CEH-Master Instructor, CNDA, MCTS

Benjamin McGee, is a leader in cybersecurity software and systems engineer arena. Ben began slinging code on an Atari 800XL computer at 10 years old and hasn't looked back since. He has spoken at over 100 cybersecurity events across the United States and is an educator, cyber innovator, and a dedicated cyber mentor to the next generation of Cyber Warriors.
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Mr. McGee holds a Masters of Science from New York University (NYU) Polytechnic School of Engineering and attended the University of Florida for his Undergraduate Degree. Prior to founding CyberProtex, Ben was a Chief Scientist for SAIC where he was decorated with many awards including the "Trailblazer" award for cybersecurity. Ben has also worked with the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), SAIC, the U.S. Army Software Engineering Directorate, NASA at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Raymond James Financial Headquarters, and Benefit1 Healthcare of America.

Mr. McGee has helped certify over 3,000 Cybersecurity professionals all over the United States. 

Meet Our Team Members

Melissa Van Kampen, MCP
​Operations Manager

Mrs. Van Kampen has a Bachelor's degree from Florida Atlantic University and is a Microsoft Certified Professional. Mrs. Van Kampen has a background in Human Resources, Bookkeeping, and Inventory Management/Logistics. 

Hugh Saylor, Security+, CEH
Senior Cybersecurity Advisor

Mr. Saylor brings over 30 years of experience in Information Assurance, Systems Administration and Systems Configuration. Mr. Saylor holds a Security+ certification and has the Certified Ethical Hacker (EC Council CEH) designation as well. Mr. Saylor is an expert tester and can hack into systems to exploit the vulnerabilities. Mr. Saylor is semi-retired but is continually studying and earning new certifications in cyber security. He also tests most of our software, games and apps.

Shelbie Rose, MCP
Client Journey Specialist

Shelbie Rose brings over 10 years of experience in Information Technology. Mrs. Rose holds a MCP and is our Client Journey Specialist. 

Stephen Kinney, Security+, Linux+, MCP
Cybersecurity Specialist

Stephen Kinney has a Master of Science from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Bachelor's degree from Jackson State University. He is a COMPTIA Security+ and Linux+ and is a Microsoft Certified Professional. 

Lacy Slaten, MCP
​Cybersecurity Specialist

Lacy Slaten is working on a Bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in Information Systems, with emphasis in Cybersecurity, and is a Microsoft Certified Professional. She has a background in vulnerability assessments and remediation. She enjoys spending her free time reading and being outdoors.

Seth Bredbenner, MCP
Cybersecurity Specialist​

Seth works at CyberProtex as a cybersecurity specialist working hard to meet the needs of our customers. He holds Microsoft Certifications and assists with customer projects.

Tim Roe, MCTS
Director of Managed Services

Tim Roe is the Director of Managed Services at CyberProtex. As a a Certified Microsoft Professional, Mr. Roe leads our Managed Services offerings and teaches many of our in person and online instructor led Microsoft Curriculum. 
As a Microsoft SME, Mr. Roe has extensive experience training people. Prior to joining CyberProtex, Tim was previously an Investment Advisor Representative at T Rowe Price where he held several finance certifications. 
Mr. Roe studied statistics at Florida State University (FSU) and he enjoys sports, volunteering for Special Olympics, coaching Little League, and coaching Youth Basketball. 

Robert Thompson, MCP 
Lead Software Security Engineer 

Robert is a Microsoft Certified Professional, a Certified PHP and MYSQL Developer and has extensive experience developing and delivering software applications Apache, PHP, Drupal, WordPress and MySQL products and related network.

Aidan Lear, MCP
​Software Security Engineer

Aidan Lear has a Bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in Computer Engineering and is a Microsoft Certified Professional.  Aidan works at CyberProtex as a cybersecurity engineer working hard to meet the needs of our customers. He holds Microsoft Certifications and develops software.

Juliana Denes-Walker
​Digital Content Specialist

Juliana works at CyberProtex as an Digital Content Specialist. She takes care of all our communications with social media and digital content. She has a Master's Degree from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. 

Brandon Fisher, Security+, MCP
​Cybersecurity Specialist

Brandon works at CyberProtex as an cybersecurity specialist working hard to meet the needs of our customers. He holds Microsoft Certifications and assists with customer projects. He enjoys sports and video games.

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