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# Arthur Hicken
Chief Evangelist at Parasoft focused on app security and keeping code quality high at AI speeds.

## About

Arthur Hicken works on application security and functional safety. As Chief Evangelist at Parasoft, he helps automate software development practices for high-stakes industries like aerospace and medicine.

He focuses on how engineering teams can maintain quality and rebuild release pipelines when AI generates code faster than humans can review it. Outside of his day job, he runs the Code Curmudgeon blog—featuring a Hall of Shame for IoT vulnerabilities—and sits on safety standards committees like IEEE P1228.


## Upcoming Sessions

### World Congress 2026 North America · September 23, 2026
San José, CA
- [Keeping Code Quality at AI Speed](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1860-keeping-code-quality)