Dr. Tom Nedorost joined the University of Central Florida in 2012 as an Instructor of Computer Science and Information Technology. He was promoted to Associate Instructor in 2018 and to Senior Instructor in 2024. Dr. Nedorost is the Course Coordinator for CIS3003-Fundamentals of Information Technology, CIS4364-Cyber Defense Analysis, CIS4940C-Topics in Cybersecurity, and Director of the Cyber Operations Certificate program and the CS/IT Internship Program. He serves as the Faculty Advisor for the Collegiate Cyber Defense Club (aka Hack@UCF) and Coach for the UCF Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition (C3) Team. Under his leadership, the UCF C3 Team has won 13 National Championships in cyber competitions including the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2024; the DOE CyberForce Competition in 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 2024; the NSA-CAE NCX in 2022, and the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition in 2016. Hack@UCF was awarded the Collegiate Cybersecuirty Championship Cup in both 2014 and 2015 in recognition of the club's record of exceptional performances over a wide variety of cybersecurity competitions. Dr. Nedorost is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Colloquim for Information Systems Security Education (CISSE), InfraGard, ISACA, Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), Florida Cyber Alliance, National CyberWatch, National Cybersecurity Education & Training Center (NCyTE), and the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP). His interests include cybersecurity, information assurance, digital literacy, and societal impacts of new technologies.
Dr. Nedorost earned his EdD in Higher & Postsecondary Education at Arizona State University in 2007. He holds a MS in Management Information Systems from the University of Central Florida and a MBA in Management from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. His undergraduate education includes a BS in Computer Science from Northern Illinois University, a BB in Personnel Administration & Industrial Relations from Western Illinois University, an AS in Computer Programming & Analysis from Valencia College, and an AA from Moraine Valley Community College.
Prior to joining UCF, Dr. Nedorost taught Computer Information Technology courses at Valencia College in Orlando, FL. His past industry experience includes technical management positions with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), the Hewlett-Packard Company, and the Walt Disney World Company.
