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Jeff Williams Put a Stethoscope Inside the Software
The co-founder of OWASP and Contrast Security has spent three decades arguing that software cannot be secured from a distance. His answer is simple enough to sound obvious: watch the code while it lives.
Shay Mowlem Has Spent 25 Years Turning Complicated Software Into Clear Choices
From six schools in six years to the C-suite of enterprise software, Shay Mowlem built a career by translating complexity, choosing the team over the title, and keeping his attention on what happens in the real world.
Tara Ryan Has Spent 30 Years Making Complicated Software Sound Human
From a Fresno farm to four IPO journeys, Ryan built a career by turning dense enterprise technology into stories people could use - and by refusing to let fear do all the selling.
Rick Fitz
Rick Fitz is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board at Contrast Security, the application security company behind the 'Shift Smart' approach to securing software from within. A 25-year enterprise software veteran, Fitz came to the role in April 2023 after six-plus years as SVP and General Manager of Splunk's IT Operations and Application Development Market Group, where he steered the company through landmark acquisitions including SignalFX. At Contrast, he leads a 240-person company with $274M in total funding as it works to redefine how developers and security teams find and fix vulnerabilities at runtime - inside applications as they run, rather than scanning from the outside.