Who Am I?

A security builder.

• Founded and scaled Product Security (AppSec/CloudSec) programs from the ground up at a Fortune 200 company
• Creator of Canada’s largest cybersecurity community and events, built over the last 17 years
• Former Red and Purple Teamer; built two internal offensive security programs - one at a startup, one at a public company
• Led Red/Purple Team service development at a cybersecurity consultancy
• 15+ years of hands-on experience as an application penetration tester - clients have included Fortune 1000 companies, governments, banks, insurance firms, entertainment brands, and retailers
• Application security trainer for over 15 years
• Former member of a government cybersecurity expert committee
• Frequent contributor to cybersecurity and IT media as a subject matter expert