Education and Community
Tanya Janca, also known as SheHacksPurple, is the best-selling author of ‘Alice and Bob Learn Application Security’. She is the Director of Developer Relations and Community at Bright Security, as well as the founder of We Hack Purple, an online learning academy, community and podcast that revolves around teaching everyone to create secure software. Tanya has been coding and working in IT for over twenty five years, won countless awards, and has been everywhere from public service to tech giants, writing software, leading communities, founding companies and ‘securing all the things’. She is an award-winning public speaker, active blogger & streamer and has delivered hundreds of talks on 6 continents. She values diversity, inclusion, and kindness, which shines through in her countless initiatives.
Chief Innovation Officer
Product Security and Engineering executive leader with 20+ years of experience delivering customer-focused and outcome-driven solutions. Dual background in the disciplines of security and software engineering with sixteen (16) patents to date. Proven track record of utilizing strong management, technical, and communication skills to drive success across Product, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, and Executive teams.
