Gerald Benischke has a software engineering career spanning 25 years in the public, financial and telecoms sectors. He is consulting with Equal Experts and currently is leading the AppSec programme at HMRC Digital, having previously been an architect and technical lead in the delivery of flagship HMRC programmes. He has previously worked with MoneySuperMarket, Barclays and MBNA as software architect, tech lead and senior developer. His primary interests are around middle-tier services, databases, security, automation and functional programming.