Biography
I’m a forty-something woman who has worked in the software industry for many years. I recently left a position as a Project Manager in Test but before that spent several years as a Software Development Engineer in Test (in other words I write code to accomplish or facilitate testing software) at a large software manufacturer in Redmond, Washington. Although worked at the same company from 1995 to 2009, I’ve worked on a wide variety of products and projects within that company.
I discovered a talent for being able to relate technical information in common terms and concepts while writing process documentation and that has become a core interest. This has become one of my driving passions – to teach others. After writing a multitude of papers and teaching some in-house classes that I developed, I turned my talents to writing a book on software security testing, Testing Code Security.
I live with my husband and young son in the beautiful Puget Sound area of Washington state. We share our home with a multitude of cats, a talkative African Grey parrot and the supplies for my love affair with craft hobbies – oh, and a new hobby of digital photography.