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California, United States

Sydney, NSW, AU

Pitched, built, launched Atlassian's threat detection product as part of "Point A," an internal accelerator.

Mountain View, California, US

Employee #3; helped created container security product from scratch.Detection, product, and corporate security responsibility. Managed six team members.Implemented support for Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, Apache Kafka, SAML.Raised Sequoia funding in 2016. Deployed to Fortune 100 customers.Later acquired by Red Hat.

Burbank, CA, US

• Application Security Program ManagementResponsibilities include:
• Developing AppSec center of excellence and assisting multiple business units and security teams.
• Designing and delivering training to developers and product managers.
• Maturing the Secure Development Life-cycle processes and standards.
• Initiating, documenting and delivering SDLC Security Activities, such as:
• Threat Modeling, Black/White Box Assessments, Architectural Analysis.

Medford, Massachusetts, US

• Responsibilities included:
• Assessing home-grown and vendor-supplied applications' security risk.
• Working directly with developers to improve security practices.
• Developing guidance and training to support adoption of security practices.Implemented, maintained, and trained staff on using:
• IBM Rational AppScan
• IdentityFinder Console DLP

• Engagements included:
• Developing custom training on defensive coding for Fortune 500 security software corporation.
• White box thick client analysis for major international online poker client.
• Black box thick client analysis for massively multiplayer online gaming studio.

• On engagements lasting between 2 and 12 months, I was responsible for:
• Providing white box security review during development.
• Providing black box security testing prior to release and post launch.
• Offering secure coding guidance for security features or systematic defense.Implementing security activities within the SDLC, such as:
• Developing misuse and abuse cases during requirements analysis.
• Integrating static analysis tools into the build script.

Sebastopol, CA, US

Author of the Web Security Testing Cookbook, published by O'Reilly

Developed and supported the operation of the internet subscription service (ResNet). Designed, implemented, tested and supported web-based interfaces for students and support-staff.