Chris Dotson is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and an executive security architect in the IBM CIO organization. He has eleven professional certifications, including the Open Group Distinguished IT Architect certification, and over twenty-five years of experience in the IT industry. Chris has been featured as a cloud innovator on the ibm.com home page several times; his focus areas include cloud infrastructure and security, identity and access management, networking infrastructure and security, servers, storage, and bad puns.

Stephen Caffrey has been a stage actor in New York, Los Angeles, and across the country for over thirty years. On film and television he directed and starred in the series Tour of Duty for over three seasons on CBS. He received an Emmy nomination for his year on All my Children. He has had leading roles in many TV movies and miniseries, as well as the Sundance Film Festival winner Longtime Companion. He also has had numerous guest star appearances, including on the famous "Yada Yada" episode of Seinfeld. He was more recently seen in Bosch, Cinema Verite on HBO, and recurring on NBC's American Odyssey. His stage work includes shows at New York Theatre Workshop, Classic Stage Co., Mark Taper Forum, Geffen Playhouse, Geva, Seattle Rep., Cleveland Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse, American Conservatory Theatre, Berkeley Rep., Old Globe, Hartford Stage, Royal George/Chicago, and many others.