Rob Winch started programming when he was 13 years old and has not looked back since. He currently works as a software engineer at Cerner Corporation with 5+ years of experience in securing health care applications and 10+ years writing web applications. In his spare time, he is a committer for Spring Security and actively responds to questions on the forums. In the past he has worked as an independent contractor, in proteomics research, and on the Globus Toolkit. His interests include web security and identity management, high performance computing, and ALM tooling. When he is not sitting in front of a computer he enjoys participating in a variety of intramural sports and playing guitar.