About me
Dr. John DiLeo leads the OWASP New Zealand Chapter. In his day job, John is the Application Security Lead at Gallagher Security in Hamilton. Before joining Gallagher, John led the Application Security Services team at Datacom NZ, providing support and guidance to clients in launching, managing, and maturing their enterprise software assurance programs.
Before turning to full-time roles in security, John was active as a Java enterprise architect and Web application developer. In earlier lives, John has been a full-time professor and had specialized in developing discrete-event simulations of large distributed systems.
John is on the core team for the OWASP Software Assurance Maturity Model (SAMM) Project, leads the OWASP State of AppSec Survey and SAMMwise Projects, and is a member of the OWASP Education and Training Committee.