Legal and Administrative Committee
Igor Muttik
Igor Muttik graduated from the Physics Department of Moscow State University in 1985. He then worked there in the Low Temperatures Physics Laboratory investigating doped semiconductors and high-Tc superconductors. Igor received his Ph.D. degree in physics and mathematics from Moscow University in 1989. He became interested in computer viruses in 1987 when PCs in the lab were infected with Cascade.
Dr. Muttik has been a member of CARO since 1994. In 1995 he joined Dr.Solomon's Software in the UK as a Virus Researcher. Since 1998 he has been part of McAfee Avert(tm). In 1999 he headed the Avert Research laboratory in Aylesbury (UK) and Avert in Europe. Now Igor is Senior Avert Architect. He speaks regularly at security conferences.
Igor lives in England with his wife Elena, 3 children, 3 cats and a hope that one day there will be decline in computer malware!
Stuart Taylor
Stuart Taylor is the UK Threat Lab Manager for Sophos . Stuart graduated in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Aston University in Birmingham. He spent the first part of his career as a software and electronic engineer in various industries culminating in 10 years writing software and developing electronics for mixing consoles used in the music and film industry.
Looking for a career change Stuart joined Sophos in 1997 and went from writing software to pulling it apart, analysing the latest malware - at that time principally DOS, macro and script viruses. He went on to lead the team in the UK and helped Sophos to expand their network of laboratories by opening labs in Boston, MA and Sydney, Australia.
Stuart continues to manage the UK Threat Lab with specific responsibility for industry malware tests. He was elected to the Board of AMTSO at the outset , is the treasurer to the organisation and is also Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Stuart lives in Oxford, UK with his wife, Jill.
