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Recently moved to a Wellington security consultant firm. Dr Greg Baatard ~~~~~ Some kind of Swiss ~~~~~ Could not be bothered to write a bio. Word around the watercooler is that he once drank a whole litre of water. It is also rumoured that he knows how to wear more than one hat at a time. Brian Tisdale ~~~~~ Perth! ~~~~~ Local guy, teaches the dark arts of locksmithy at a local learning institution. Life's greatest acheivement is teaching kronicd to pop locks. Matt Lambie ~~~~~ Perth!!!!! ~~~~~ Likes coffee, Lego, comics, knitting, helicopters, ballet, skydiving and Ruby. Purple belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu, trained for 8 years. Co-owner/CIO of @frontiergroup, a leading web and mobile software development company. David Taylor ~~~~~ Perth, awwwww yeah. ~~~~~ David is a breaker, not a builder. Despite a diverse information security career, he is happiest when he is hacking stuff. He is also a great guy, I would hang out with him in vegas again. Chris Courtis ~~~~~ ORIGIN UNKNOWN. POSSIBLE PRODUCT OF A 1980s SUPER SOLDIER PROJECT ~~~~~ Chris holds degrees in Computer Science, Cyber Forensics & Information Security Management, Internetworking & Security and Security, Terrorism & Counter Terrorism. He has also spent some time in the Australian Army as an Infantry Rifleman. Jody Melbourne ~~~~~ Melbourne ~~~~~ Superstar hacker, pentester, and all around awesome guy. No-one knows if he moved to Melbourne just so he can tell people his name is Jody Melbourne and that he lives in Melbourne just to watch their minds explode. Chris Hanratty ~~~~~ Western Australia ~~~~~ Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing), Master of Information Technology, former CISSP and Information Security Consultant. Former Information Security lecturer at Curtin University. Currently business analyst, information security enthusiast, and somewhat paranoid privacy advocate. Man, this guy must be good. David Cake ~~~~~ Electronic Frontiers Australia and ICANN Non-Commercial User Constituency (He sounds pretty fancy) ~~~~~ Currently Chair of Electronic Frontiers Australia, Internet governance researcher at Curtin University, member of ICANNs first Security, Stability and Resiliency Review Team, formerly ICANN Non-Commercial Users Constituency Chair, and currently ICANN GNSO Councillor for the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group. Besides activism work, 20 years experience as a sysadmin and software developer. (Yep, pretty damn fancy) Pi3ch ~~~~~ %00 ~~~~~ aHR0cDovL3BlZHJhbWhheWF0aS5jb20= Wez ~~~~~ Perth ~~~~~ Explorer, adventurer at heart. This guy will basically go out into the bush and survive forever. Dr Simon O'Rouke ~~~~~ We hear that he might have come from the shadows ~~~~~ Dr O'Rourke is an Adjunct Lecturer at the Edith Cowan University Security Research Institute Kai ~~~~~ A copper world ~~~~~ Kai has worked for over 15 years in the internet industry with a focus on telephony services and spearheading their migration from traditional switched technologies to IP based communications. During this time he has been instrumental in the design and deployment of two of New Zealand and Australias largest consumer VoIP networks. Peter Dreisiger ~~~~~ Perth, YEAH! ~~~~~ Peter Dreisiger is a Perth-based computer scientist who is becoming increasingly involved in activism, the arts and social justice campaigns. He has been involved in several protest trips and arts projects, providing software, hardware and mobile streaming systems and support to a variety of groups. Peter is also a committee member of Perth's hackerspace, 'The Artifactory', and has worked as a Systems Scientist and Analyst in both the mining and defence sectors. He holds bachelor degrees in Engineering and Science from UWA, and his research interests include concept formation, artificial natural language processing, and the history of computing. Lex Burke ~~~~~ Internet ~~~~~ Lex has worked in journalism, media, NT server administration, Amiga programming, visual effects, and many other industries that died just after the year 2000. (If anyone knows a bookie, he just moved into knowledge management, and it's likely heading south as well.) He is also a fine purveyor of hoaxes internet and otherwise (UFOs, aliens, chat logs, moon landings ... pretending to be psychic at parties) and a beloved troll. Grant McCutcheon ~~~~~ Jumped a fence while escaping South Australia ~~~~~ Not much is known about grant, what we do know is that he likes to make things that fly and that might shoot things at you. Jacob King ~~~~~ We saw him riding a motorbike once ~~~~~ Jacob holds degrees in Cyber Forensics and Information Security Management and Interactive Digital Design Grant Boxall ~~~~~ The Moon ~~~~~ Grant holds degrees in Cyber Forensics, Information and Security Management, Business Information Systems and Computer Science. He also holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Business Administration. Grant wrote his first computer program at age 9 and is currently a project manager at a multinational transport organisation and has extensive experience in databasing and business solutions James McCutcheon ~~~~~ CSI Miami ~~~~~ James has some degrees which sound pretty great, but i'm too lazy to copy paste so instead you get to find out that he once picked up a cat and smooshed his face into its fur. Cameron Ball ~~~~~ Perth, possibly from a basement that contains Dancing Games ~~~~~ Used Linux for like one million years. Played dancing games for about 6 or 7. Have degree in being smart on maths and computers. He knows how to make the groove go. Sheldon Gill ~~~~~ Perth (Man there are a lot of Awesome people from that place) ~~~~~ Started tinkering with computers in late primary school and still hasn't stopped. Likes getting them to do real work in the real world, but isn't averse to occasionally using them for more recreational pursuits. Does not currently live with a guy named Leonard. Steph ~~~~~ The Beehive ~~~~~ Steph is a bee and collects bees. She also tries to spend all of her money on bees and tries to encourage others to purchase bees. bees.