Julie Sparks is a Security Engineer and a member of the Cloudflare Detection & Response team where she focuses on researching threats and writing detections. She is a member of Proudflare, Cloudflare’s LGBTIA+ ERG, which focuses on celebrating diversity and inclusion throughout the company. She graduated from Rollins College with a B.A. in History, Economics, and Computer Science. Julie is currently living in Austin, Texas with her partner and their cat.