Mike Andrews

Current

• Principal Consultant at Foundstone/McAfee
• Principal at Foundstone, a Division of McAfee

Past

• Asst. Professor at Florida Institute of Technology
• Programmer / systems analyst at Freelance (Self-employed)
• Lighting systems designer/programmer/technician at Freelance (Self-employed)

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Education

• University of Kent
• University of Kent

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Industry

Computer & Network Security

Mike Andrews’s Summary

Computer security specialist helping companies create more secure, reliable and trustworthy software.

Mike Andrews’s Specialties:

Computer security, especially web and software security.
Software development
Research
Public speaking/training

Mike Andrews’s Experience

• Principal Consultant

  Foundstone/McAfee

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

  May 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)

  Software security consultant,specializing in web-based systems, for large companies and government agencies . Responsible for the web penetration testing service line(s) as well as internal systems development. Activities include project management, project delivery, strategy and R&D. Continued community outreach and publications/speaking engagements.

• Principal

  Foundstone, a Division of McAfee

  (Computer & Network Security industry)

  2005 — Present (4 years)

• Asst. Professor

  Florida Institute of Technology

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Research industry)

  January 2002 — May 2005 (3 years 5 months)

  Researcher/Project management for government and commercial projects. Professor for undergrad + postgrad CompSci degrees. Numerous publications and speaking engagements

• Programmer / systems analyst

  Freelance (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Computer Software industry)

  August 1996 — December 2001 (5 years 5 months)

  Developed numerous database driven websites for various companies and not-for-profit entities. Contract debugging consultant at OnlineMagic (since acquired by agency.com)

• Lighting systems designer/programmer/technician

  Freelance (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Entertainment industry)

  January 1992 — August 1996 (4 years 8 months)

  Design/program/repair/maintain large-scale lighting systems (w/ specialty in automated lights) for theatre and concerts. World-wide touring experience working with multi-national crew for house-hold name artists

Mike Andrews’s Education

• University of Kent

  PhD , Computer Science , 1999 — 2002

  Research focused on programmer psychology and debugging techniques. System derived from thesis published in IEEE Software Nov/Dec 2003. Overview and full thesis available at http://www.bug-box.net/projects/signpost/

• University of Kent

  BSc , Computer Science , 1996 — 1999

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