Steven Beaty is a tenured professor in the Computer Sciences Department at Metropolitan State University of Denver. In addition to teaching, he works on a number of open-source projects, consults with a variety of businesses, and is regularly interviewed by the media. Previously, Dr. Beaty wrote compilers at Cray Computer and was the security team lead at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Colorado State University.