Steve Garon is an IT analyst at the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) and the lead developer for Assemblyline. Steve has been at CSE for 11 years and began as an analyst working on malware reverse engineering. His wish to speed up the process of triaging malware detection eventually lead to the creation of Assemblyline, which he has worked on for seven years. Steve is from Rimouski, Quebec and holds a Bachelor degree in Computer Science from the Université de Sherbrooke. John O'Brien is a Senior Technical Advisor with the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), currently working for the organization's Cyber Defence program. John has 12 years of experience in the field of incident response and forensics, spending 6 years as a senior IT security specialist with a focus on malware reverse engineering and the next 6 years leading a team specializing in malware triaging and detection. Since 2005, he has participated in the response efforts to a majority of compromises that have targeted the Government of Canada. John holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of New Brunswick.