After flying to 40 countries and racing through a half-Ironman competition, Derek woke up one morning on the top of Kilimanjaro and saw the world in a new light. Soon after, Derek become a huge advocate of applying proven supply chain management principles into DevOps practices to improve efficiencies and sustain long-lasting competitive advantages. From 2015 - 2016, Derek led the largest and most comprehensive analysis of software supply chain practices to date across 3,000 development organizations.
As the VP and DevOps Advocate for Sonatype, Derek is passionate about changing the way people think about software supply chains and improving public safety through improved software integrity. Derek is also the founder and core-organizers of the All Day DevOps Conference.
Altus Consulting Happy Hour 5pm - 5:15pm (15m)
Altus is proud to sponsor BSidesNoVA Happy Hour for their inaugural 2017 conference. Altus Consulting was founded in 2002 with the express intent to offer Government and Commercial customers the best and brightest technical consultants in the Northern Virginia area. Altus is focused on finding the right fit in the workplace for their Engineers, as it is their belief that in making smart employees happy, the customer receives unrivaled technical service and expertise. Altus’ core focus areas are Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Network Engineering, Program Management and Cyber Engineering—a combination of all core technical disciplines with a primary focus on security. Altus Cyber Engineers are experts in areas including information security, computer and network defense, penetration testing and computer forensics. While these descriptions cover a wide range of capabilities, Altus Cyber Engineers are highly technical within their area of expertise and provide a range of products and services including but not limited to: reverse engineering, active and passive malware analysis, incident handling and reporting products, security product development, and red team and blue team services. Altus Consulting Cyber Engineers are highly creative andslightly devious individuals who ply their talents for good. Interested in learning more about career opportunities with Altus Consulting? Check them out at altuscc.com.!