Vladimir Katalov is CEO, co-founder and co-owner of ElcomSoft Co.Ltd. Born in 1969 he grew up in Moscow, Russia. He studied Applied Mathematics at Moscows Engineering-Physics Institute (State University); from 1987 to 1989 he was a sergeant in the Soviet Army. Vladimir works at ElcomSoft up until now from the very beginning (1990). In 1997, he created the first program the password recovery software line has started from: Advanced ZIP Password Recovery. Now he coordinates the software development process inside the company and constantly calls in question the appearing security tools and services. Vladimir manages all technical researches and product developments in the company. He regularly presents on various events and also regularly runs security and computer forensics trainings both for foreign and inner (Russian) computer investigative committees and other law enforcement organizations. Vladimir regularly visits various IT security- related events, conferences and trainings all over the world. He has shared his expertise through dozens of conference sessions. Here is an incomplete list of the events: TechnoSecurity, BlackHat, CEIC, Infosecurity (Europe, Russia, Japan), IT Security Area (it-sa), European Police Congress, e-Crime, Troopers, EuroForensics, FT-Day, China Computer Forensic Conference, CanSecWest, CrimeLab, Forensics Europe Expo, Interpolitex...