About the Author

Dmitry Vostokov is an internationally recognized expert, speaker, educator, scientist and author. He is the founder of pattern-oriented software diagnostics, forensics and prognostics discipline and Software Diagnostics Institute (DA+TA: DumpAnalysis.org + TraceAnalysis.org). Vostokov has also authored more than 30 books on software diagnostics, forensics and problem-solving, memory dump analysis, debugging, software trace and log analysis, reverse engineering and malware analysis. He has more than 20 years of experience in software architecture, design, development and maintenance in a variety of industries including leadership, technical and people management roles. Dmitry also founded OpenTask Iterative and Incremental Publishing (OpenTask.com), Software Diagnostics Services (former Memory Dump Analysis Services) PatternDiagnostics.com and Software Prognostics. In his spare time, he presents various topics on Debugging.TV and explores Software Narratology, an applied science of software stories that he pioneered.