Difference between revisions of "Summit 2013 Attendee Bios"

Some of the projects Simon works on:

   OWASP Zed Attack Proxy project lead
   Mozilla Zest poject lead
   Bodge It Store project lead
   OWASP Web Application Security Testing Cheat Sheet joint author
   OWASP AppSensor contributor
   wavsep contributor
   OWASP Data Exchange Format project lead (currently inactive) 

He is also started an co-leads the OWASP Manchester chapter. Simon has a B.Sc in Computing and Information Systems from Manchester University.

For the past couple years Dinis has focused on the field of Static Source Code Analysis and Dynamic Website Assessments (aka penetration testing), and is the main developer of the OWASP O2 Platform which is an Open Source project that is focused on 'Automating Security Consultants Knowledge/Workflows' and 'Allowing non-security experts to access and consume Security Knowledge'. Dinis is currently focused on making the O2 Platform the industry standard for consuming, instrumenting and data-sharing between: the multiple WebAppSec tools, the Security consultants and the final users (from management to developers). Past industry experience include: running a small Software/Consultancy business, acting as CTO for a Portuguese University, being part of a Security Assessment team (Pentesting and Source Code Assessment) for a global Bank (ABN AMRO), taking the role of Directory of Advanced Technologies at Ounce Labs (acquired by IBM) performing Web Application security assessments on a large number of languages/technologies/frameworks and being a very active participant and enabler at OWASP.

EDUCATION

   MSc. Information Technology with specialization in Security Engineering, University of Liverpool
   BSc. Civil Engineering, University of the Netherlands Antilles 

I specialize in (Web) Application Security, combining both my software development and information security experience. In the last 10 years I have performed several successful secure development lifecycle projects in the financial and utility sector, started up software security groups, supported customers in selecting and implementing Web Application Firewalls (WAF), delivered web application security training and closed a lot of audit findings regarding application security :-).

I started the Belgian OWASP Chapter Leader, am member of the OWASP Foundation Board and performed several public presentations on Web Application and Web Services Security. I also co-organize the yearly security & hacker BruCON conference and trainings in Belgium.

Samantha earned her MBA in International Management with a concentration in sustainability from Royal Holloway, University of London. She earned her Bachelor's degree majoring in Multimedia from The University of Advancing Technology in Mesa, Arizona, and she earned her Associate's degree from Scottsdale Community College in Scottsdale, Arizona. Additionally, Samantha recently attained her Prince2 (Foundation) project management certification.

Jack is the lead developer for the OWASP GoatDroid Project, and is a contributor to the OWASP RailsGoat Project.

During the day, Chris is an Application Security Engineer and Senior Software Engineer for Aspect Security where he has been since fall 2010. Prior to joining the team at Aspect Security he spent 5 years as 'Black Ops Beef' for ServiceMagic Inc with the official title of Software Engineer. Before getting involved in software professionally, Chris worked in hardware as a Senior Field Service Engineer providing hardware and software support for PC’s, Servers, Midrange Systems and Peripherals for 9 years.