I am an experienced software developer and consultant from the UK. Having spent many years working in mission critical systems and becoming increasingly aware of the challenges which software and system providers have in assuring the security of their products and solutions, I have started creating applications which will hopefully help to identify security issues earlier in the development lifecycle and to enable developers and users to be better informed of issues in deployed products and solutions.

I am currently working on applications to help secure the software supply chain by developing applictions around Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs). My applications are designed in Python (to maximise portability) to work with the two main SBOM formats CycloneDX and SPDX). The tools are designed to 'do one thing' well rather than to be 'a jack of all trades'.

Funding will help me spend more time developing, testing and supporting the applications as they grow and develop. They will also enable further applications to be produced.