Matt Tesauro is the application security lead engineer at Pearson, and was previously the senior product security engineer at Rackspace. He is also an adjunct professor for the University of Texas Computer Science department, teaching the next generation of CS students about AppSec. Matt is a broadly experienced information security professional of 15 years specializing in applications and cloud security. He has presented and provided trainings at various international industry events. His work has included security consulting, penetration testing, threat modeling, code reviews, training, and university teaching. He is a former board member of the OWASP Foundation and project lead for OWASP WTE project. He holds two degrees from Texas A&M University and several security and Linux certifications.