Speaker Bio

Chris Shiflett

Chris Shiflett is an internationally recognized expert in the field of PHP security and the founder and President of Brain Bulb, a PHP consultancy that offers a variety of services to clients around the world.

Chris is a leader in the PHP community, and his involvement includes being the founder of the PHP Security Consortium, the founder of PHPCommunity.org, a member of the Zend PHP Advisory Board, and an author of the Zend PHP Certification.

A prolific writer, Chris has regular columns in both PHP Magazine and php|architect. He is also the author of the HTTP Developer's Handbook (Sams) as well as the highly anticipated Essential PHP Security (O'Reilly).