Andrew van der Stock is a long time contributor to OWASP dating back to late 2002 / early 2003. He was the project lead and lead author of the OWASP Developer Guide 2.0, OWASP's original project, the OWASP Top 10 2007, which established the methodology used to this day, and led the creation of the ESAPI for PHP project, and is currently the project lead of the OWASP Application Security Verification Standard. He has been on the OWASP Board since 2015, and became OWASP's Treasurer in 2016. His research interests include proactive security - building application security into the development process, empirically debunking mythical "leading" practices, and modern responsive JavaScript / TypeScript web applications. He lives in Geelong, Australia with his wife, daughter and psycho cat.