Dr. Brant is a recent graduate of the University of Florida's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department with his Ph.D in Computer Engineering and Cybersecurity. Currently, his primary role is as the CTO of BMP Logic here in Florida, just outside of the Gainesville area. Dr. Brant is a recipient of the National Science Foundation's SFS CyberCorps Fellowship, and is actively looking for qualified government positions in cybersecurity and information assurance to fulfill the fellowship service commitment.
Current Resume
Work Experience
BMP Logic Inc.
Chief Technology Officer
October 2024 - Present
Began as the lead IoT Network Engineer responsible for creating and maintaining their LoRaWAN network stacks and connections for large scale precision agriculture monitoring and sensing. Elevated to CTO in March of 2025 and became responsible for direction and strategic decisions for design, deployment, and maintenance of new technology across BMP Logic's multitude of software services and hardware products.
United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Threat Hunting Intern
May 2022 - August 2022
Threat Hunting Intern on the Kit Team within the Cybersecurity Division of CISA. Over the course of the Summer, tasks included, but were not limited to, wiping all data and performing clean installs of all necessary software modules for threat hunting kits to be deployed elsewhere within the government or to any government contractors. Additionally, I was tasked with investigating possibilities for infrastructure updates to Kit Team procedures.
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Model-Based Systems Engineering Intern/Developer
May 2019 - August 2019
Worked to create a Web Data Connector for Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server to connect to the Boeing MBSE group's backend MMS database. As well as miscellaneous other development and software tasks. Mainly developed in HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Typescript.
Clemson University
Undergraduate Researcher
May 2018 - Aug 2018
Undergraduate research assistant under Professor Yongqiang Wang, Ph.D. The research project delved into the viability of GPS signal security through the comparison of individual measurable and predictable GPS signal values such as the Doppler value.
Nuage Networks from Nokia
Software DevOps Engineering Intern
June 2017 - Aug 2017
Intern with the SDN/SD-WAN company owned by Nokia. Tasks included, but were not limited to, overhaul and redesign of the testing environment for the Metro Automation of Network Installation and Setup product, Jenkins environment testing, development of programs/scripts specifically for dynamically creating VMs managed through OpenStack for testing, as well as aiding in the ongoing evolution of the Metro product through continually testing new code for said Metro product.
Infrastructure Consulting and Engineering
Engineering Assistant/Intern
May 2016 - Aug 2016
Intern with the engineering firm, ICE. Tasks included, but were not limited to, maintenance of specific project information in Microsoft Excel, aiding in checking calculations for the professional structural engineers, and aiding in implementation of designs into Bentley Microstation.
Education
University of Florida
August 2019 - August 2024
Received an M.S. in Computer Engineering in 2021 and a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering and Cybersecurity in 2024. Graduated with a 4.0 cumulative GPA.
Clemson University
August 2015 - May 2019
Received a B.S. in Computer Engineering with a minor in Cybersecurity. Graduated with honors, summa cum laude, as well as received the Faculty Scholarship Award for completing my degree at Clemson University with a 4.0 cumulative GPA.
Publications
University of Florida Dissertation
August 2024
Christopher Brant, “Lightweight Dynamic Information Flow Tracking (DIFT) for IoT and Embedded Device Security”, University of Florida, 2024.
IEEE CCNC
January 2025
Christopher Brant, Uday Kiran Sunkara, Janise McNair “IoT-CODIFT; Compiler Optimization DIFT for IoT and Embedded Devices”, IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), 2025.
IEEE CNS
October 2022
Christopher Brant, Tuba Yavuz “A Study on the Testing of Android Patches,” IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS), 2022.
ACM CSUR
June 2021
Christopher Brant, Prakash Shrestha, Benjamin Mixon-Baca, Kejun Chen, Said Varlioglu, Nelly Elsayed, Yier Jin, Jedidiah Crandall, Daniela Oliveira, “Challenges and Opportunities for Practical and Effective Dynamic Information Flow Tracking,” ACM Journal on Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2021.
Contact Information
Personal: christopherbrant2019@gmail.com
Work: cdbrant@enjoyneering.org
Cell: +1 (803) 767-9292
References
Doug Crawford
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
BMP Logic
+1 (352) 538-1772
doug@bmplogic.net
Janise McNair, PhD
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Florida
+1 (352) 392-2629
jymcnair@ufl.edu
Darrik Puetz
Threat Hunting Kit Team Engineer
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
+1 (563) 552-6120
darrik.puetz@associates.cisa.dhs.gov
Harlan Russell, PhD
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Clemson University
+1 (864) 656-7214
harlanr@clemson.edu
Bill Glandon
IT&DA Model-Based Systems Engineering Team Lead
The Boeing Company
+1 (843) 641-4133
william.glandon@boeing.com
Yongqiang Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Clemson University
+1 (864) 656-5923
yongqiw@clemson.edu
Doug Crawford
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
BMP Logic
+1 (352) 538-1772
doug@bmplogic.net
Janise McNair, PhD
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Florida
+1 (352) 392-2629
jymcnair@ufl.edu
Darrik Puetz
Threat Hunting Kit Team Engineer
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
+1 (563) 552-6120
darrik.puetz@associates.cisa.dhs.gov
Harlan Russell, PhD
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Clemson University
+1 (864) 656-7214
harlanr@clemson.edu
Bill Glandon
IT&DA Model-Based Systems Engineering Team Lead
The Boeing Company
+1 (843) 641-4133
william.glandon@boeing.com
Yongqiang Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Clemson University
+1 (864) 656-5923
yongqiw@clemson.edu