David Wayland has served as the head of Enterprise Application Security and Security Architecture for a Fortune 500 financial firm since 2015. He and his team provide security architecture and application security services and training for the enterprise. He launched the services during his first year and continues to grow the operations and scope each year. Relying on more than 14 years of direct Application Security experience as a developer, architect, and enterprise architect, David provides actionable information based on personal experience.
Prior to joining his current company, David led application development and enterprise architecture teams at several Fortune 500 companies where he designed and implemented secure enterprise architectures and applications. He started his career by supporting network infrastructure, developing applications, and providing technical instruction to developers and administrators.
David has over 20 years of experience in the application development space. In his spare time he enjoys reading, speaking with people about application security, and keeping his programming skills sharp.