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Nishi Kumar is an Architect with 20 years of broad industry experience. She is part of OWASP Global Industry Committee, project lead for OWASP CBT (Computer based training) project, and a regular contributor to the OWASP Global Education Committee. She is a committed contributor of OWASP. She is the chair of Software Security Forum at FIS. She has spearheaded Secure Code Initiative program in FIS Electronics Payment division. As part of that program, she has delivered OWASP based training to management and development teams to various groups in FIS. She has been involved with PA-DSS certification of several applications in FIS. Since joining FIS in 2004 she has worked as an architect and team lead for several financial payment and fraud applications. She has hands-on accomplishments in design, development and deployment of complex software systems on a variety of platforms.

Prior to joining FIS Nishi Kumar has worked for Pavilion, HNC, Fair Isaac, Trajecta, Nationwide Insurance and Data Junction as Senior Software Engineer, Architect and in Project Management roles.

Since joining Grant Thornton, Rex has led various information security and risk management engagements including FISMA, IV&V, SOX, and OMB A-123 engagements as well as identity management and system certification and accreditation efforts. During his tenure at previous employers, Rex designed and developed complex distributed web-based applications. As a member of a managed security services team performing research and development, he co-architected and implemented a scalable information detection and prevention information aggregation solution for use in a real-time 24/7 information security monitoring system, correlating and reporting on thousands of devices. He has presented on the topic of information security and assessment methodologies to various institutions and is currently a global committee member for the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP).

Sarah Baso is currently managing operations for the OWASP Global Industry, Chapters, and Conferences Committees, reporting to the Director of Operations and the committee chairs. She also provided logistical support during the course of the 2011 OWASP Global Summit and is in the process of putting together formal documentation on the Summit 2011 Outcomes. Sarah's educational background includes a B.A. in English from the University of Minnesota, and a J.D. from Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is a licensed attorney with a variety of experiences and skills that relate to her current work with the OWASP global community including: Practicing Attorney, Judicial Law Clerk, English and Computer Skills Teacher for English Language Learners, and Retail Management.

Mr. Bernik has more than 16 years of experience as a risk professional. He has developed risk management practices, procedures and standards for several Fortune 100 companies including several global banking organizations. Prior to his role at Fifth Third Bank, Mr. Bernik served in roles including Director of Operational Risk at the Royal Bank of Scotland and Chief Information Security Officer of ABN AMRO, and its subsidiary, LaSalle Bank. Mr. Bernik received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and completed graduate work in business administration at the City University of New York. Mr. Bernik currently serves as an advisor to the Federal Reserve on matters of information security and is on the steering committee of the Financial Services Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC). He also is the current committee chair for the OWASP Global Industry Committee.