James Wickett

James is the CEO of DryRun Security, where he and his team built a team of AI-powered Contextual Security Agents that dryrun your code before it gets merged. They enforce policy, detect vulnerabilities (including logic flaws most tools miss), and provide real insight that appsec & eng teams need.

He draws on lessons from distributed systems and Promise Theory to show how explicit commitments between agents lead to security, resilience, and trust at scale. Over his career, he’s built application security programs, advanced DevSecOps practices, and helped organizations reimagine how security fits into fast-moving engineering environments.

James has taught 1M+ professionals through his popular DevOps courses on LinkedIn Learning and has delivered talks at leading conferences, including RSA Conference, OWASP, and SXSW. He lives in Austin, TX, and keeps trying to make the perfect smoked brisket.