Lexie Thach is a Lead Cybersecurity Engineer at NIWC Pacific with more than a decade of experience in defensive cyber operations, red teaming, and autonomous system security. A U.S. Air Force veteran, Lexie specializes in robotics, drones, IoT exploitation, and wireless attacks. She is the founder of Ex Machina Parlor, a woman-owned, veteran-operated cyber-centric hackerspace, and the creator of multiple open-source security robotics platforms showcased at DEFCON. Her work focuses on blending physical systems with modern cyber offense and defense.