Chris Rioux, as the first employee of the L0pht, wrote Back Orifice 2000 for the Cult of the Dead Cow and stayed with the L0pht through its acquisition by Symantec. His breakthrough decompiler became the basis of Veracode, which he co-founded with fellow @stake alumnus Chris Wysopal. Veracode dramatically improved software buyers' insights into the security of the code they relied upon, and Rioux served as chief scientist of the now nearly $1 billion company for 13 years until his recent retirement.
