Richard Thieme

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Richard Thieme (born 1944), is a noted business consultant, author, media commentator and speaker.

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Richard Thieme was born in Chicago. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1965 with a B.A. in English literature. He later earned a M.A. in English at the University of Chicago, where he studied with noted Joycean scholar Richard Ellmann. Thieme spent two years in England, then returned to Chicago to attend Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, where he earned his Masters of Divinity degree and became an Episcopal priest.

Thieme was a priest for 16 years, during which he became acquainted with computers. He began writing about technology and culture, including the spiritual dimension of technology. In 1993, he began a new career of consulting, writing and speaking. He has spoken often at the Def Con and Blackhat Briefings security conferences, where he would introduce himself by pointing out that his experiences as a priest made him "more than qualified to talk about social engineering".

[edit] Notable speaking engagements

  • The Symbiotic Relationship Between Networked Computers and Humans -- A Dialectic Constituting a Rising Spiral of Mutual Transformation. Def Con July 26-28, 1996
  • Keynote speaker, Black Hat Briefings, July 9-10, 1997
  • Convergence -- Every Man (and Woman) a Spy. Black Hat Briefings July 29-30, 1998
  • The More Things Change The More They Don't: Soft Destruction and the Ancient Wisdom of Hacking Def Con July 31-August 2, 1998
  • Hacking a Trans-Planetary Net: The Essence of Hacking in a Context of Pan-global Culture, the Wetware / dryware Interface, and Going to Europa. Def Con July 13-15, 2001
  • The Truth About Life, Hacking and the Truth (about Life, Hacking and the Truth) ((about Life, Hacking and...)) Rubi-Con April 5-7, 2002
  • Hacker Generations: From Building the Network to Using the Network to Being the Network Def Con August 1-3, 2003
  • Hacker Generations: From Network Warfare to Perception Warfare Hivercon November 6-7, 2003
  • Quantum Hacking: In Search of a Unified Theory Def Con July 30-August 1, 2004
  • Zen and The Relevance of Perception to Cyber Security, or, When is a Network Not a Network? Shmoocon February 4-6, 2005
  • Living on the Edge: The Sources of Creativity for Security Wizards and Hackers Notacon April 8-10, 2005
  • Keynote AusCERT, May 22-26, 2005
  • Social Engineering at Def Con: Games Hackers Play Def Con July 28-30, 2000

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