Our Team
David Campbell
Founder and Principal Consultant
DC has been immersed in technology since elementary school. Early experiences with Microsoft Flight Simulator on an 4.77MHz 8086 IBM got him interested in computers as well as aviation. Campbell went on to become a well respected figure in the information security community as well as a FAA certificated pilot.
DC joined Andersen Consulting after graduating from University and his aptitude for hacking quickly led him to the forefront of the Firm's then nascent information security practice. At Andersen, Campbell worked as a security architect for a series of high profile projects while simultaneously providing penetration testing expertise on short engagements all over the world.
Since founding EA Campbell has embraced application security and mobile security and continues to be involved in the community. DC leads the Denver chapter of the Open Web Application Security Project and organizes the successful annual FROC application security conferences.
Ashkan Soltani
Director of Privacy Research
Ashkan Soltani is a researcher and consultant focused on privacy, security, and behavioral economics. His recent academic work; "KnowPrivacy: The Current State of Web Privacy, Data Collection, and Information Sharing"and "Flash Cookies and Privacy" focuses on comparing consumers' expectations of privacy with actual online practices in an attempt to highlight potentially deceptive practices. The latter paper has been the subject of multiple class action lawsuits.
Prior to working as a researcher, Soltani led a career as an independent technology consultant assisting in software development, data-mining, and network security for organizations such as Amazon.com, France Telecom, and the Department of Homeland Security. Soltani holds a Masters in Information Management and Systems from the UC Berkeley School of Information and a Bachelors in Cognitive Science from UC San Diego. His studies were focused at the intersection of law, technology, and behavioral economics.
He recently testified as a subject matter expert in front of the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on "The State of Online Consumer Privacy" and the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "Protecting Mobile Privacy: Your Smartphones, Tablets, Cell Phones and Your Privacy"
Gerrit Padgham
Senior Security Consultant
Gerrit has been taking stuff apart since he was a small child, always curious how things worked, from the inside out. This curiosity has extended well into his professional career. Gerrit excels at digging deep into complex systems and understanding their many moving parts and inter-relationships.
Gerrit's career started in a small software startup, which quickly turned into a consulting position. Through his early consulting experiences he was exposed to vast amounts of technologies which were applied to an even greater number of business models. This exposure along with the demands to "make it work" quickly set Gerrit apart as the "go to guy" to get things done.
Before coming to EA, Gerrit worked in support of the United States Antarctic Program, and as a Security Engineer at Western Union. During his time at both places Gerrit gained the respect of his peers and a deep knowledge and understanding of the security requirements of Government and large corporate financial institutions.
Gerrit is also a field active member of the Alpine Rescue Team.