Ms. Chappell is the Founder of the Protocol Analysis Institute, Inc., and Chappell University. Ms. Chappell researches, documents, and presents information on network protocols, analysis, Wireshark, network forensics, and interplanetary communications. Ms. Chappell is often called in to analyze more complex network problems that require visibility into the communications system and create custom training systems for national, state, and local governmental agencies.

 In addition, Ms. Chappell is the Vice President of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association’s Silicon Valley Chapter, the Working Group Lead for the Interplanetary Networking Special Interest Group (IPNSIG) Academy, as well as a founding member of the ISOC Interplanetary Chapter. Ms. Chappell has been a member of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) since 1990.