Pieter Danhieux is the Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and Co-Founder of Secure Code Warrior.

In 2020, Pieter was recognised as a finalist in the Diversity Champion category for the SC Awards Europe 2020, and was awarded Editor's Choice for Chief Executive Officer of the Year by Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), the industry’s leading electronic information security magazine. In 2016, he was No. 80 on the list of Coolest Tech people in Australia (Business Insider), awarded Cyber Security Professional of the Year (AISA - Australian Information Security Association) and is member of the Forbes Technology Council.

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Pieter is also a Principal instructor for the SANS Institute teaching military, government and private organisations offensive techniques on how to target and assess organisations, systems and individuals for security weaknesses. He also serves as an advisory board member of NVISO, a cyber security consulting company in Europe. Before starting his own company, Pieter worked at Ernst & Young and BAE Systems. He is also one of the Co-Founders of BruCON, one of the most awesome hacking conferences on this planet.

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He started his information security career early in life and obtained the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification as one of the youngest persons ever in Belgium. On his way, he collected a whole range of cyber security certificates (CISA, GCFA, GCIH, GPEN, GWAP) and is currently one of the select few people worldwide to hold the top certification GIAC Security Expert (GSE).

Matias is a researcher and developer with more than 15 years of hands-on software security experience. He has developed solutions for companies such as Fortify Software and his own company Sensei Security. Over his career, Matias has led multiple application security research projects which have led to commercial products and boasts over 10 patents under his belt. When he is away from his desk, Matias has served as an instructor for advanced application security training courses and regularly speaks at global conferences including RSA Conference, Black Hat, DefCon, BSIMM, OWASP AppSec and BruCon.

Matias holds a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Ghent University, where he studied application security through program obfuscation to hide the inner workings of an application.

Fatemah Beydoun is a founding team member of Secure Code Warrior, having been an integral part of the company since 2014. Fatemah began her time at Secure Code Warrior as Chief Awesome and Regional Director of APAC between 2014 and 2018. Now as Senior Vice President of Customer Success and Operations, Fatemah is responsible for turning Secure Code Warrior’s customers into its biggest advocates, improving Customer Success maturity, and leading the Customer Success teams globally.

Prior to Secure Code Warrior, Fatemah held security analyst, operations management, and national director roles at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence and the Australian Information Security Association (AISA), a not-for profit organisation which aims to improve Cyber Security in Australia at a Government, Industry and Community level. In 2021, she was announced by The Software Report as one of the Top 25 Women Leaders in Cybersecurity. Fatemah holds a Bachelor of Science in Computing and Information Systems from Macquarie University.

Colin has been here from the very beginning, working closely with the other Founders to create a Secure Code Warrior proof of concept, then shaping and refining that to full commercialisation based on feedback from our initial customers.

Joining us from many years at BAE Systems, as our Director of Product Innovation, Colin now spends his time looking to the future - identifying and defining new and innovative solutions that can drive market adoption, increase customer engagement, and beat the competition!

Jaap Karan Singh is Director of Customer Strategy, Chief Singh and a co-founder of Secure Code Warrior. After security testing at BAE Systems in Australia, Jaap moved from hacking web applications to educating developers on how to protect their own applications. Jaap designs & implements the entire customer strategy which includes Customer Success, Renewals, Support, Ops, and Customer Marketing.

Based in Sydney, Jaap has delivered training on software security concepts and run workshops at leading financial and telecommunications organisations around the world. He specialises in Javascript technologies such as HTML5, Node, Express and Mongo.

Nathan is a Principal Engineer at Secure Code Warrior, where he gets to enjoy his passion for building world-class software applications that make an impact in the way developers build software with a focus on security. He was responsible for developing Sensei, a secure coding solution created to fix the fundamental flaws within the secure software development lifecycle, reaching far beyond simply finding inherent security issues in a codebase.

Prior to Secure Code Warrior, Nathan has worked for NVISO where he created the Cyber Security Challenge platform, the biggest computer security competition in Belgium. Nathan also co-founded Sensei Security, and founded Applix, a software consultancy firm. His clients include SMEs in the technology and legal sector.

Nathan graduated with a degree in Computer Science from the University of Howest Bruges, majoring in Computer and Cybercrime Professional.

Pieter Danhieux is the Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and Co-Founder of Secure Code Warrior.

In 2020, Pieter was recognised as a finalist in the Diversity Champion category for the SC Awards Europe 2020, and was awarded Editor's Choice for Chief Executive Officer of the Year by Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), the industry’s leading electronic information security magazine. In 2016, he was No. 80 on the list of Coolest Tech people in Australia (Business Insider), awarded Cyber Security Professional of the Year (AISA - Australian Information Security Association) and is member of the Forbes Technology Council.

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Pieter is also a Principal instructor for the SANS Institute teaching military, government and private organisations offensive techniques on how to target and assess organisations, systems and individuals for security weaknesses. He also serves as an advisory board member of NVISO, a cyber security consulting company in Europe. Before starting his own company, Pieter worked at Ernst & Young and BAE Systems. He is also one of the Co-Founders of BruCON, one of the most awesome hacking conferences on this planet.

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He started his information security career early in life and obtained the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification as one of the youngest persons ever in Belgium. On his way, he collected a whole range of cyber security certificates (CISA, GCFA, GCIH, GPEN, GWAP) and is currently one of the select few people worldwide to hold the top certification GIAC Security Expert (GSE).

Matias is a researcher and developer with more than 15 years of hands-on software security experience. He has developed solutions for companies such as Fortify Software and his own company Sensei Security. Over his career, Matias has led multiple application security research projects which have led to commercial products and boasts over 10 patents under his belt. When he is away from his desk, Matias has served as an instructor for advanced application security training courses and regularly speaks at global conferences including RSA Conference, Black Hat, DefCon, BSIMM, OWASP AppSec and BruCon.

Matias holds a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Ghent University, where he studied application security through program obfuscation to hide the inner workings of an application.

Eddie Sheehy is a tech entrepreneur, investor and director with a significant interest in security technology companies.

From 2006 - 2017 Eddie oversaw the commercialisation and global expansion of Nuix, from almost no customers or revenue and 2 developers to a profitable $100M+ business with 2000+ customers across the world. He guided the software’s growing functionality from digital forensics to legal discovery, investigation, cybersecurity, information governance and intelligence. Prior to Nuix Eddie held strategy, sales and CEO positions in London and Australia. Eddie holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Masters of Finance from University College Cork.

Jim is the Managing Partner at Cynergy Partners in Menlo Park, California and has over 30 years of Silicon Valley experience, including 15 years as CEO of cyber security and data management companies. He has a proven track record of translating cyber security and related technology, policy, and market dynamics into competitive advantage.

Currently, Jim is a board director at several leading cyber security companies. Prior, he’s also served as a board director and investor at several other leading security firms in North America and Europe.

From 2012-2018, he was at The Chertoff Group where he was a Principal, member of the Operating Committee, and was responsible for the strategy practice and technology vertical at the firm.

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David Campbell is a managing director in the Merchant Banking Division (MBD) of Goldman Sachs, focused on growth-stage technology companies. Prior to joining MBD, he held various roles within the Technology Division, including manager of systems infrastructure in Asia, manager of global storage, and manager of global infrastructure architecture and strategy. David joined Goldman Sachs in 1994 and was named technology fellow in 2002 and managing director in 2013.

Prior to joining the firm, David worked on super computer research and development in Japan, and operating system and real time system development in Australia.

David serves on the boards of AvePoint Inc., MetricStream Inc., Nasuni Corporation, ScienceLogic Inc., and Secure Code Warrior.

David earned a BSc in Electrical Engineering and a BA in Japanese, both from The University of Queensland, Australia.

Mourad is a Managing Director at Paladin Capital Group. He is an investment lead for the firm’s Cyber Fund, which focuses on investing in early stage companies in the US and Europe with solutions for cyber security and digital resilience. Mourad is currently actively involved in several of Paladin’s investments including Expel, RiskSense, Secure Code Warrior, Ursa, RiskLens, and previously worked with Unitrends (acquired by Insight Venture Partners).

Prior to joining Paladin in 2009, Mourad was VP of Finance and a corporate officer at a Nasdaq-listed leading industrial infrastructure company, where he led the build-out of the company’s financial planning and risk management functions during a period of rapid growth in operations and nearly tenfold increase in revenue to over $700 million. He also played a key role in structuring and negotiating over $500 million of equity and debt financing working with major institutional investors and a global lender syndicate. Prior to this, Mourad was a senior consultant at a boutique advisory firm focused on M&A, turnaround, and restructuring assignments for middle market clients. Mourad holds an MBA and BS in Finance from Fresno State University.

James Cameron is a Partner at Airtree Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in world-class Australian entrepreneurs building exceptional companies of tomorrow. James is focused on growth/scale up stage companies, with personal inclinations towards enterprise software/SaaS, security, infrastructure/core tech and fintech (but with a very open mind!).

A Canberra boy at heart, James returned to Australia after 15 years living in the Valley and London, joining Airtree from a US fund called Accel, and before that was running a venture backed fintech startup called Bipsync in Palo Alto. AS well as Secure Code Warrior, James also works with DroneDeploy, Athena, dGraph, Prospa, 90 Seconds, A Cloud Guru, Whispli, Huddle, Paxata, and Inventia.

Sean Cunningham is Managing Director of ForgePoint Capital.

Sean is renowned as a top tier cybersecurity investor for over 18 years and has invested in 22 security startups during his career and led 16 to exit. He is well respected by entrepreneurs, co-investors, board members and go-to market partners and was cited as cited as one of the top cybersecurity investors by market analyst firm CB Insights. He is listed in their “Board of Directors: Who’s Who’s in Cybersecurity”. Prior to ForgePoint, Sean was focused on Cybersecurity investments with Intel Capital. Sean earned an MBA from Gonzaga University and is a huge Zag basketball fan.

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Tom Clute is a Senior Vice President at Paladin Capital Group and a member of Paladin’s investment team, which is focused on driving new opportunities for the firm’s Cyber Fund. His primary responsibilities include identifying, assessing and executing on compelling investment targets. Tom serves as a board member at Cloud Conformity and as a board observer or works closely with several of Paladin’s investments including Digital Shadows, Expel, Risklens and Risksense. He was an active contributor with prior investments PhishMe (acquired by BlackRock) and Perspecsys (acquired by Blue Coat Systems). He joined the firm in 2010 as an Analyst.

Prior to joining Paladin as an Analyst, Tom earned his Masters in Management from The Fuqua School of Business (Duke University) and his bachelor’s degree from Duke University.

Gary McGraw is co-founder of the Berryville Institute of Machine Learning.

He is a globally recognized authority on software security and the author of eight best selling books on this topic. His titles include Software Security, Exploiting Software, Building Secure Software, Java Security, Exploiting Online Games, and 6 other books; and he is editor of the Addison-Wesley Software Security series. Dr. McGraw has also written over 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications.Gary serves on the Advisory Boards of Maxmyinterest, NTrepid, Ravenwhite, and Secure Code Warrior. He has also served as a Board member of Cigital and Codiscope (acquired by Synopsys) and as Advisor to Black Duck (acquired by Synopsys), Dasient (acquired by Twitter), Fortify Software (acquired by HP), and Invotas (acquired by FireEye).

Gary produced the monthly Silver Bullet Security Podcast for IEEE Security & Privacy magazine for thirteen years. His dual PhD is in Cognitive Science and Computer Science from Indiana University where he serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council for the School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering.

Aaron Bedra is always exploring new and interesting ways to break and defend software. He is a Senior Software Engineer at DRW, where he works at the intersection of software, security, and business.

Aaron has served as a Chief Scientist, Chief Security Officer, Chief Technology Officer, and Principal Engineer/Architect. He has worked professionally on programming languages, most notably Clojure and ClojureScript. Aaron is the creator of Repsheet, an open source threat intelligence toolkit. He is the co-author of Programming Clojure, 2nd and 3rd Edition and a contributor to Functional Programming: A PragPub Anthology.

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Chenxi Wang, Ph.D., is founder and managing general partner of Rain Capital Fund, LP, a cybersecurity-focused venture fund.

Dr. Wang also serves on the board of directors for MDU Resources Group (NYSE: MDU). Previously, Wang was the Chief Strategy Officer at Twistlock. Wang was the 2016 and 2017 program Co-Chair for Security and Privacy at the Grace Hopper Conference and named by SC Magazine as a 2016 Women of Influence. Wang built an illustrious career at Forrester Research, Intel Security and CipherCloud. Dr. Wang started her career as a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. She is a sought-after public speaker and a trusted advisor for IT executives. Wang holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Virginia.