Robert brings over 30 years of experience in secure coding, software architecture. Robert started and led the threat modeling program at Bank of America, filled in a similar role at Aquia, and was a trainer and coach at Toreon. He is passionate about helping teams identify, communicate, and understand threats and mitigations and enhance workload security through threat modeling.

Robert is a Microsoft MVP for Developer Security and an ISC2 Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP). He holds a Master of Science in Cyber Security from Southern New Hampshire University and is a Ph.D. candidate in Space Cybersecurity at Capitol Technology University.

Robert is co-author of the Threat Modeling Manifesto (https://www.threatmodelingmanifesto.org/), Threat Modeling Capabilities Model (https://www.threatmodelingmanifesto.org/capabilities), and co-host of the Application Security Podcast (https://appsec.buzzsprout.com/). A world-renowned expert in threat modeling, he frequently contributes thought leadership pieces on the topic and delivers workshops and presentations at industry events.