Cybersecurity Faculty

Cyntria Bouknight-Lyons is an instructor in the Computer Engineering Technology Department at Wake Tech. She has been employed at the college since August 2010 and teaches a variety of courses. She also is involved in a college effort to increase minority retention in online classes.

Cyntria holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Campbell University and a master's degree in Information Science from North Carolina Central University. While at Wake Tech, she has also earned several certifications, including ITIL Foundations, MTA Security and MOS Certifications.

Dr. John Sheuring is a Cybersecurity instructor at Wake Tech. He has spoken to various groups in the Raleigh-Durham area on cybersecurity and security and has attended conferences and given presentations on information technology and computer security.

Sheuring has numerous published articles on the non-traditional student in higher education.

He obtained his doctorate of management in Homeland Security and a master's of science in Information Technology Management and Security Management.

Barbara Warner is an instructor for the Digital Forensics and Ethical Hacking classes taught as part of the Cybersecurity program at Wake Tech. She came to Wake Tech after concluding her career at IBM, where she last served as the vice president of global cybersecurity. Her responsibilities at IBM included overseeing the development and deployment of cybersecurity initiatives aimed at protecting the IBM Services Division and its clients. She was also a member of the IBM core team that worked with federal banking regulators throughout IBM examinations.

At Wake Tech, she has been responsible for building the digital forensics courses, assisting in the design of the RTP Campus forensics lab and developing the Ethical Hacking curriculum of study.

Warner holds a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a master's certificate from George Washington University. She is certified with CompTIA in Security+ and is a Certified Computer Forensic Examiner. She is a Project Management Professional with the Project Management Institute since 2000.