Victor Cook is a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at the University of Central Florida. He received his Bachelor of Science in Geophysics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1987, and Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Florida in 1989. Mr. Cook has spent years building software and network, primarily in the areas of medical and financial technology. Systems he architected continue to serve to this day. He has been in responsible positions with sensitive data, including five years as HIPAA compliance officer, and two years as PCI compliance officer. Mr. Cook has global experience, working four years in Latin America and 18 months in Singapore. After a 25 year career in technology, he returned to UCF to earn a doctorate in the field. Mr. Cook is researching blockchain concurrency issues of performance, correctness, progress, fairness and security.