Rob is a Sr Staff Software Engineer with FireEye working with a team to redefine how analysts interact with threat intelligence. Rob is an insatiably curious software engineer, technical lead, and architect with over fifteen years of experience building and supporting large- scale, distributed platforms. Rob has spent his career working across many disciplines of the SDLC with experience in the music software, telecommunications, information security, business intelligence, and financial industries with over eight years focused on COTS product development. He has spoken at internal corporate conferences as well as regional conferences in the Washington D.C. area. When not building systems, Rob enjoys hiking, traveling, and outdoor photography.