Arthur Hicken is evangelist at Parasoft and has been involved in automating various practices there for over 30 years. His popular blog “The Code Curmudgeon” is known for his Hall-of-shame lists covering SQL injection and IoT vulnerabilities.
He has worked on projects such as working with databases, the software development life-cycle, legacy system integration, static code analysis, and cybersecurity. Arthur has worked with IT departments in companies such as Cisco, Vanguard, and Motorola to help improve their software development practices.
He has published several papers and spoken frequently on software testing, development strategies, software compliance, and security best practices at conferences such as ASQ, AppSec, BetterSoftware, and QCon. Arthur has been issued 5 patents for software development.