Chris, aka WeldPond, is a member of L0pht Heavy Industries and is the Co-Founder, CTO, and CISO of Veracode. Prior to Veracode, Chris was the VP of R&D at @stake. At L0pht, he was one of the first to publicize the risks of insecure software. He has testified to the US Congress on the subjects of government security, and how vulnerabilities are discovered in software.