User:Helen Gao

Helen Gao has worked in the field of information security since 1991. Helen has worked as an application developer, project manager, and software architect. Her employment history includes working at a financial institution, a market research company, a high-tech device manufacturer and a software company.

Helen is currently a senior architect at TIBCO Software Inc. Her job duties include the design and development of complex event processing software. The protection of information security in such systems is challenging, due to their strict performance requirements in terms of high event throughput and low processing latency. Helen welcomes the challenge and uses the knowledge she obtained from OWASP to manage project life cycles.

Helen has taught mathematics, physics and computer science at colleges in both United States and China.

Helen graduated from Sun Yat-sen University in China. She continued her studies of physics and computer science in the United States. Helen holds master's degrees in both physics and computer science.

Helen founded the Long Island chapter of OWASP in 2006. Besides volunteering for OWASP, she has also served as the president of Sun Yat-sen University Alumni Association. Helen help founded the Long Island School of Chinese, a branch of Huaxia Chinese School.

Helen's contribution to OWASP includes the following:
 * Global Membership Committee Member
 * OWASP Asia Pacific Liaison
 * Representative of OWASP China Chapter
 * China AppSec 2010, 2011 Overseas Chair
 * Leader of the OWASP Chinese Project
 * Founder and leader of OWASP Long Island Chapter

[mailto:helen.gao@owasp.org Email and Google Talk address].