Bio

Brian is a Developer Advocate for Snyk, Java Champion, and Software Engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience in creating and maintaining (web)applications. He is passionate about Java, (Pure) Functional Programming and Cybersecurity. Brian is a JUG leader for the Virtual JUG and the NLJUG. He also co-leads the DevSecCon community and is a community manager for Foojay. He is a regular international speaker on mostly Java-related conferences like JavaOne, Devnexus, Devoxx, Jfokus, JavaZone and many more. Besides all that, Brian is a military reserve for the Royal Netherlands Air Force and a Taekwondo Master / Teacher. Currently, I write a lot about software security for developers, mostly in the Java and JavaScript ecosystems. Other than this, I mentor and coach junior developers and speakers. I am very active in the developer community leading a few User groups like: - Virtual Java User Group (vJug) - Netherlands Java User Group (NLJUG) - DevSecCon - Friends of Open JDK (Foojay.io) If I can help you with a seminar, guest lecture, or training on a verity of security and software development topics. Please feel free to contact me. Note to all recruiters: I am not looking for a job. Especially not a full-time engineering job. I am very happy with my current position as a Developer Advocate and not planning to switch any time soon. Please respect that, thank you!