The team

Who is behind SAMM?

SAMM is a community-based project and there have been many contributors throughout its history.

The OWASP SAMM community is powered by security knowledgeable volunteers from businesses and educational organizations. This global collective collaborates to create freely-available articles, methodologies, documentation, tools, and technologies.

The OWASP SAMM Core Team

These are the people who are currently part of the Core Team, participating actively in regular meetings and summits, and contributing to the project with their work.

Seba Deleersnyder

Project leader

Co-founder & CTO at Toreon, COO & trainer at DPI, Cybersecurity Personality of the Year 2022 in Belgium

Bart De Win

Project leader

Director Cyber&Privacy unit PwC Belgium, AppSec enthusiast

Maxim Baele

Core Team member

Product security consultant with a background in linux system engineering, architecture, and automation

Chris Cooper

Core Team member

Product Security Director at News Corp. Formerly Sage appsec and pentesting. Passionate STEM ambassador.

John DiLeo

Core Team member

Application Security Consultant and Trainer, Solution Architect, Auckland-area leader of the OWASP New Zealand Chapter

Patricia Duarte

Core Team member

Technical writer, UX person, developer

John Ellingsworth

Core Team member

Cybersecurity & web technology expert, leader of the OWASP Maine Chapter

Brian Glas

Core Team member

Professor and security consultant

Aram Hovsepyan

Core Team member

CEO of Codific, security and privacy expert

Daniel Kefer

Core Team member

InfoSec leader at Germany’s largest mail and cloud provider. OWASP SecurityRAT co-lead.

John Kennedy

Core Team member

B2B Content, conversion & marketing strategy specialist

Romuald Szkudlarek

Core Team member

Cyber security and data protection specialist building & managing trust in digital systems

Contributors

SAMM has also been enriched by a diverse group of contributors who have poured their expertise and passion into shaping the project. To all our contributors, we extend our heartfelt thanks for your dedication and invaluable contributions. Your tireless efforts are truly appreciated and, together, we are making the digital world a safer place.

• Sebastian Arriada
• Brett Crawley
• Bruce Jenkins
• Yan Kravchenko
• Timo Pagel
• Hardik Parekh
• Felipe Zipitria

If you think someone is missing, do let us know!

Willing to contribute? If you want to learn more, check out our contributing page.