Security since 2000, application security since 2004, when I made http://www.wisec.it and published several advisories. Stefano Di Paola is the CTO and a cofounder of Minded Security, where he is responsible for the Research and Development Lab. Prior to founding MindedSecurity, Stefano was a freelance security consultant, working for several private and public companies. He also worked in collaboration with University of Florence at the Faculty of Computer Engineering. Stefano is recognized as one of the top application security researchers http://myappsecurity.blogspot.com/2007/05/reflection-on-stefano-di-paola.html In past years he released several cutting edge security advisories and researches presented at several international events (Flash application security testing, Subverting Ajax). He is the Research & Development Director of OWASP Italian Chapter and contributor to several chapters of the OWASP testing guide.