Chris Niemira is AOL veteran who once spent over seven years running the front door to one of the world’s largest email systems just so he could kick spammers in their digital pants. He's done time in the banking and pharmaceutical industries, as well as some bubble-era dot-coms that we won’t talk about. Today he survives in the Northern Virginia Underground as an SRE and security enthusiast who spends his days hands-on helping product owners make their code faster, more stable, and safer. Either that or sitting in meetings. Depends on the day, really. He's been designing and teaching security training classes for the past year, so he probably thinks he knows more than he does about it. He also speaks at conferences from time to time, has directed off-Broadway theater, and enjoys retro video games.