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TLDR: I spent about two decades building software for a living, and now I talk about building software for a living. The latter is *much* easier.

In my role as Field CTO at Snyk I talk to cybersecurity leaders, practitioners, and developers about the evolution of application security and the critical role we play as software builders in understanding, mitigating, and remediating the organizational risk inherent to what we build.

I spent my previous lives as a web developer, DevOps engineer, cloud solutions architect, engineering team manager, technical director and consultant with two decades of experience building and supporting complex cloud-based web and mobile applications. As an engineer I thrive in problem-solving, rapid prototyping, and communicating about technical complexity.

Always a passionate advocate for contemporary SDLC methodologies like microservices, behavior-driven development, jobs-to-be-done, and everything-as-code, regardless of how close my hands are to the literal and proverbial (and always mechanical) keyboard. But still can't resist a late night of playing with Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Terraform, Bash and Python.

Faris Naffaa is a military veteran and a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche LLP. He has more than 20 years of experience in cybersecurity solutions and risk management methodologies, including security by design, security automation and orchestration, DevSecOps, cloud security, vulnerability management, and security architecture. Faris specializes in creating scalable, automated cybersecurity solutions and processes tailored to each client’s environment and needs. He has advised clients and business leaders on DevSecOps strategy initiatives, guiding them on effectively implementing secure solutions, defining security policies, and operationalizing them to be agile and scalable while creating a security culture that focuses on the customer experience. He's served various roles over his career—delivering complex projects, building new cyber capabilities and bringing them to market, practice development and leadership, and enabling business development with strategic vendors.

Mitch Ashley is VP and Practice Lead of DevOps and Application Development for The Futurum Group. Mitch has over 30+ years of experience as an entrepreneur, industry analyst, product development, and IT leader, with deep expertise in software engineering, cybersecurity, DevOps, DevSecOps, cloud, and AI. An in-demand CTO, CIO, engineering, and DevOps leader, Mitch has the pulse on the latest in software engineering, including the AI's impact in development, testing and security, cloud-native architecture, application and software supply chain security, platform engineering, ITOps, SecOps, AIOps, and DataOps. In his career, Mitch has brought to market multiple industry-impacting software-based products, including cybersecurity products, SaaS applications, Internet services, large telecommunications and financial applications, mobile applications, managed PKI services, and broadband networks.  At Futurum, Mitch advises and guides leaders in delivering contemporary and next-generation software and security strategies critical to their business strategies.