Addisu Mengesha is a seasoned and certified trainer with lots of passion to teach at graduate level studies. Over 15 years at University of Phoenix on line and classroom teaching mainly Management, Strategic Planning, Leadership and Project/Product Management courses. He is also actively teaching at Cognizant Academy sharing his knowledge and mentoring mid and c level management In all aspects of Agile transformation and micro-certifications.

He is working as an Enterprise Agile Coach and Agile Transformation Lead at Cognizant Technology Solutions. Addisu holds several professional certifications such as SAFe Program Consultant (SPC5), Certified Release Train Engineer (SAFe RTE), Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT), Project Management Professional (PMI-PMP), Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP), Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), and Certified Test Manager (CTM), ICAgile Certified Product Manager (ICP-PDM) Team Practitioner (KTP), and Kanban Management Professional (KMP) with a Doctoral degree In Management and Organizational Leadership (PhD). He has extensive experience in implementing SAFe with great emphasis on Enterprise Agile Coaching and Transformation. He trained and certified hundreds in SAFE practices (SA, AP, SSM, ASSM, POPM, RTE, and many other role-based certifications in SAFe) and Kanban. Addisu implemented SAFe from the start in large accounts such as Wells Fargo, Duke Energy, Windstream, Abbott, Xerox and others.

Prior to joining Cognizant, Addisu worked for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in modernization of the Citizenship and Immigration Services, consulting on Modernization of Gates Millennium foundation, Connect Healthcare Services, and spent several years in senior management roles for technology companies such as Verizon, Bell Atlantic, GTE, and MCI. In his assignments, Addisu was managing global resources onsite and offshore in Argentina, Philippines, India, and Mexico.

His experience is related to risk management, change management, digital transformation, building CI/CD with cutting edge DevOps and Security implementation. The digital transformation processes implement future proof business agility applying system wide security and reliability.

Byron Turner has been in the information technology field for over 15 years and in IT and asset Management for 9. He has managed IT helpdesks, call centers, and deskside support groups in Georgia, New York, Maryland, Arizona and Virginia.

Over the years, Byron has obtained certifications in ITIL Foundations 4 and a Scrum Master Certification with the Scrum Alliance. He attended Morgan State University in Baltimore Maryland for Mass Communications and is currently completing a dual Bachelors/ Master of Business Administration in Information Technology Management from Western Governors University.

In his current role with Fairfax University of America, Byron supervises the day-to-day operations of the IT help desk as well as oversees the hybrid classroom support for the students and professors at the University.

In his free time Byron enjoys NFL and College Football, mentoring children with his Fraternity and traveling domestically and internationally whenever possible.

Wasim AlHamdani's been in high education for more than 35 years and has worked in many national and international education universities; He mentored several graduate research and published many research papers and textbooks. Wasim AlHamdani's general research interests are Cyber Security, Cryptography, and Cyber Security Management. His current research areas include Information Security Mathematical Modeling, Cyber Security Resilient Architecture Design, Ontologies with Cybersecurity, and Ethics with Cryptography. He had created, taught, and managed numerous online courses since 2001. He developed many online, hybrid, synchronizes, and asynchronous undergraduate and graduate courses on different Student Management platforms. He developed many techniques to prevent cheating in online education. He is currently a Cyber Security Curriculum Adviser for two international universities. With the following degrees: Ph.D. Computer Science University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK (1985) M.Sc., Computer Science, Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough, UK (1981) B.Sc. , University of Basrah, Iraq (1976).

Wasim AlHamdani's been in high education for more than 35 years and has worked in many national and international education universities; He mentored several graduate research and published many research papers and textbooks. Wasim AlHamdani's general research interests are Cyber Security, Cryptography, and Cyber Security Management. His current research areas include Information Security Mathematical Modeling, Cyber Security Resilient Architecture Design, Ontologies with Cybersecurity, and Ethics with Cryptography. He had created, taught, and managed numerous online courses since 2001. He developed many online, hybrid, synchronizes, and asynchronous undergraduate and graduate courses on different Student Management platforms. He developed many techniques to prevent cheating in online education. He is currently a Cyber Security Curriculum Adviser for two international universities. With the following degrees: Ph.D. Computer Science University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK (1985) M.Sc., Computer Science, Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough, UK (1981) B.Sc. , University of Basrah, Iraq (1976).

Vladi works at FXUA as IT Support Specialist. He graduated with Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Fairfax University of America. He has hands-on experience in software, hardware and network troubleshooting. Vladi has programming knowledge in Python, C++, and Java. He is also familiar with Linux systems and Windows PowerShell.

Dr. Marietta Bradinova is an Adjunct Professor in TESOL at Fairfax University of America in Fairfax, VA. She is in her 10th year of teaching at FXUA. She is a former EFL and ESL teacher of 15 years. Dr. Bradinova holds a PhD in English Rhetoric and Linguistics from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA. She has also earned a Master’s Degree in English Philology and Master’s Degree in English Linguistics from St. St. Cyril and Methodius University, Bulgaria and George Mason University, Fairfax, VA respectively.

Dr. Bradinova creates and delivers face-to-face and online (virtual) professional development services tailored to the unique needs of public school teachers and administrators. She coaches content-area teachers and administrators on best practices for teaching culturally and linguistically diverse students.

Her scholarly work includes the publication of ESOL student and teacher materials, presentations at national and international fora, and invited lectures. Her research and pedagogical interests are shaped by her extensive international ESOL experience.

In 2012 and 2013 Fairfax University of America, 2012 and 2013 Fairfax University of America awarded her its Faculty Outstanding Award for Academic Excellence.