Ron has been working in IT for over 30 years. Starting as a software engineer writing database programs on CP/M, MSDOS, VAX/VMS, and UNIX in C, Pascal, VAX/VMS assembler, and FORTRAN. After 15 years, he switched into a database administration role, managing large Oracle databases as well as smaller SQL Server and Sybase databases. Ron became interested in security while working for a biotech firm when he was required to secure databases to comply with Sox and FDA requirements. He has been working in InfoSec and audit for over 10 years, performing security assessments and testing, and as a database and general security instructor.