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2012: 20th anniversary year of getting chucked out of first year CompSci.

Work: A "Vulnerability Engineer" in the Java SE Security team for Oracle Corporation UK Ltd.

Top advice: If I were you, I wouldn't be starting from here.

Toast advice: Look after the corners and the middle will look after itself.

Me:

Java claim to fame: I was once in the same room as James Gosling.

In the next few months, I shall be going to:

• 25-28 Apr 2012, ACCU, Oxford, UK

Recentish past events:

• 16-18 Nov 2011, Devoxx, Antwerp
• 12 Nov 2011, ACCU Autumn Conference, Bletchley Park
• 14-15 Nov 2011, Stack Overflow Devdays, London
• 5-7 Aug 2011, DEF CON, Las Vegas, NV
• 3-4 Aug 2011, BlackHat USA, Las Vegas, NV
• 13-16 Apr 2011, ACCU, Oxford, UK
• 12 Apr 2011, "A day of deliberate practice", Oxford, UK
• 17-19 Nov 2010, Devoxx, Antwerp
• 14-17 Apr 2010, ACCU, Oxford, UK
• 18-20 Nov 2009, Devoxx, Antwerp
• 7 Nov 2009, ACCU Security, Bletchley Park
• 2 Nov 2009, Stack Overflow DevDay, Amsterdam
• 28 Oct 2009, Stack Overflow DevDay, London, UK
• 31-2 Jul/Aug 2009, DEFCON17, Las Vegas, NV
• 29-30 Jul 2009, BlackHat USA, Las Vegas, NV

Timezone: Mid-Atlantic