André is a seasoned technologist who has spent more than 30 years in the trenches of IT, software development, and architecture. For the past 15 years, he's been laser-focused on application security--finding and fixing the vulnerabilities before they become problems. He’s passionate about building secure software and loves connecting with others in the security community to share ideas. André is a co-leader of the OWASP St. Louis chapter.

Outside of work, André has what his wife calls "way too many hobbies," but you can usually find him either tinkering with a new IoT project, talking on his ham radio, or getting lost in the great outdoors.