SD West 2008 Conference Catalog - (Page 7) ADVISORY BOARD JUVAL LÖWY is a software architect and the principal of IDesign (www.idesign.net), a company focused on .NET architecture consulting and advanced .NET training. Juval is a Microsoft Regional Director for the Silicon Valley, working with Microsoft on helping the industry adopt .NET. His latest book is Programming.NET Components, 2nd Edition (O’Reilly, 2005). Juval participates in the Microsoft internal design reviews for future versions of .NET. Juval published numerous articles, regarding almost every aspect of .NET development, and is a frequent presenter at development conferences. Microsoft recognized Juval as a Software Legend and one of the world’s top .NET experts and industry leaders. PAUL TYMA is a software engineer at Google, Inc. in Silicon Valley. Previously, he was Chief Scientist of Preemptive Solutions Inc., a Java and .NET code security company. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University with a research focus in dynamic language performance. Paul is a frequent industry writer, including lead author of the book Java Primer Plus, the “VM Roadtest Java VM” column in Java Pro magazine, various articles in Dr. Dobb’s Journal and Communications of the ACM. He has spoken at JavaOne, Java Business Expo, Software Test & Performance and is a ten-year Software Development conference veteran. GARY MCGRAW, Cigital Inc.’s CTO, researches software security and sets technical vision in the area of software quality management. Dr. McGraw is coauthor of five best-selling books: Exploiting Software (Addison-Wesley, 2004), Building Secure Software (Addison-Wesley, 2001), Software Fault Injection (Wiley 1998), Securing Java (Wiley, 1999) and Java Security (Wiley, 1996). A noted authority on software and application security, Dr. McGraw consults with major software producers and consumers. He serves on Advisory Boards of Authentica, Counterpane, Fortify Software and Indigo Security, as well as advising the CS Department at UC Davis. Dr. McGraw holds a dual Ph.D. in Cognitive Science and Computer Science from Indiana University and a BA in Philosophy from UVA. He writes a monthly security column for Network Magazine, is the editor of Building Security In for IEEE Security & Privacy magazine, and is often quoted in national press articles. ROSS WHEELER is serial entrepreneur having been involved in technology startups since 1985. He is currently Founder/CEO of Paravirtual, a leader in Embedded Supersystem Virtualization. He previously founded and led RouterWare, the leading network protocol supplier with over 300 networking infrastructure customers, until its acquisition by Wind River Systems, Inc. in 1999. Following the acquisition, he continued as CTO with the Networking Business unit. His prior experience includes positions in software engineering with Fibermux, NewGen Systems, Gateway Communications, and Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. Mr. Wheeler holds a BSCS and BS Computer Engineering from Trinity University. DAN SAKS is the president of Saks & Associates, a training and consulting company specializing in C++. He is a contributing editor for Embedded Systems Programming (US) and a former member of the advisory board for C/C++ Users Journal. He has also written columns for the C++ Report, Software Development magazine and Windows Developer’s Journal. Dan is coauthor of C++ Programming Guidelines and co-developer of Suite++: The Plum Hall Validation Suite for C++. He served for many years as secretary of the ANSI and ISO C++ standards committee, and continues to follow the committees’ activities. REBECCA WIRFS-BROCK, president of Wirfs-Brock Associates, is a world-renowned innovator in practical object analysis and design techniques. She is lead author of Object Design: Roles, Responsibilities and Collaborations (AddisonWesley 2003), and invented the set of development practices known as Responsibility-Driven Design. Most recently, she has focused on ways to effectively communicate design ideas, ways to be a thoughtful agile designer, designing flexible software without over- or under-engineering a solution, and effective ways to consider design alternatives. Among her widely used innovations are use case conversations and object role stereotypes. “Nice coverage of all software development topics!” ––SD West 2007 Attendee “All of the sessions that I attended were excellent— most of which were in the C++ track. I would like to see more of the same next year!” ––SD West 2007 Attendee REGISTER TODAY AT SDEXPO.COM 7 http://www.idesign.net http://Programming.NET http://SDEXPO.COM
For optimal viewing of this digital publication, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page. If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.