Koby Bryan Email & Phone Number

Lehi, Utah, Us

"Secure the flow, as we build and grow." As the Security Architect at MX, I am dedicated to embedding security into our development and application practices. We create secure, resilient architectures, build security capabilities into engineering processes, and improve the DevSecOps culture. By integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and ensuring our platforms are protected from emerging threats, we champion a secure and automated approach to safeguarding MX’s products and infrastructure.

Tampa, Florida, Us

Teaching Cyber Security/Information Security and security-oriented Python 3 programming courses (2 tracks). Instruction on Python, security concepts, principles, terms, and practices with a focus on real-world scenarios and relevant practice. Covering everything from securing information with the use of security policies, risk management, authentication and access control, network security, web application security, and more. Instruction on reconnaissance and tools, scanning, exploitation, and building tools from scratch, etc.

Tampa, Florida, Us

Elected "Master in Residence" as a leader, influencer, and subject matter expert (SME) by the membership of the Guild in the 2020 elections representing overall cybersecurity and Purple Team/DevOps.

Austin, Texas, Us

As Director of Security Research in the global Software Assurance organization, our mission is to make security and software assurance a reality for Oracle customers. We research, develop, and manage security trustworthiness in regards to privacy protection and data sovereignty by ensuring security is resilient and works as intended. We do this by architecting and measuring compliance to security assurance processes and controls focused on the auditing of how systems gather and use sensitive and controlled data. The goal is to identify threats; and verify through research that architecture, controls, practices, procedures, and features are effective against these threats and meet all security objectives and requirements.We enjoy working with today's complex enterprise systems composed of hundreds of millions of lines of code, that come in a variety of languages, with a mix of established and new technologies to detect vulnerabilities and attack vectors before others do. Oracle has decades of experience securing data and applications, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) builds trust and protects our customers' most valuable data by delivering a more secure cloud infrastructure.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

A technical leader, subject matter expert (SME), and security evangelist as the Principal Security Engineer at Sezzle. Responsible for ensuring that security and fraud defense is considered early and maintaining security status and certification for numerous compliance programs from within the DevSecOps/SRE practice. Sezzle is the first buy now, pay later (BNPL) solution with a commitment to financial empowerment and social good. As a Public Benefits Corporation and certified B Corp, Sezzle is a customer-focused FinTech organization that helps users navigate financial responsibility, while also driving consumers to make smart decisions for the world around them. On Feb. 27, 2022, Minneapolis-based Sezzle agreed to be acquired by Australia-based Zip. The deal was expected to close by the end of the third quarter, but fell through.

Tampa, Fl, Us

Advisor to the USF Muma College of Business in the Cybersecurity for Executives Certificate Program. The goal is for executives is to better understand the impact of digital safety in the workplace today, for the future. The program was made to support executives goals to increase the brand protection within their company, ensure safer customer transactions, and identify tools for security innovation.

Co-founded a virtual/remote full-service product marketing agency of 8-10 people specializing in custom teams to solve problems through marketing automation and lead generation services. Provided custom software products/services, marketing services, and business automation consulting to clients, resulting in a transformation of business brands and operations through new products and modern tools. Became a case study for the Dent / Key Person of Influence entrepreneur business accelerator for completing the one-year program.

Principal Security Engineer / Senior Architect; Founder, Managing Member - a virtual/remote business of 15-20 on Microsoft, Javascript, and LAMP stacks. An application security (AppSec) consultant collaborating directly with clients to architect their product solutions, pentesting/verifying security, and a hands-on coder leading to ensure delivery to clients. Consistently transformed businesses through the development of complex and custom business-critical software in a devops operation. Lifelong member of the weekly sales and management Sandler Training President’s Club (6+ yrs training). Formerly Koby Consulting, LLC-Delivered hundreds of PCI-DSS and HIPAA compliant security-focused products for the web, cloud (AWS, Azure), and mobile including hardening and verification; treatment tracking software products for each: HIV, MS, Diabetes, and COPD.-Developed, delivered and supported a suite of mass-market commercial online software for a client with Federal oversight (AppSec and compliance), becoming its core multimillion dollar business for 20+ years.-Won the Outstanding Industry Supported Continuing Medical Education Activity Award (only a single annual recipient) for iPointofCare, a custom HIPAA compliant mobile and desktop app.-Experienced in C#, Python, JavaScript, PHP, C++ and Java, and a Brainbench Certified C#.Net Developer, achieved by passing 15 exams.-Achieved and maintained multiple clients in PCI-DSS “Safe Harbor”, triaged incidents and audited without interruption (16+ yrs).-Delivered award-winning applications compliant with NIST SP 800-171 (r2)/CMMC, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOC2, OWASP guidelines and standards, with a security-first approach.-Implemented pair-programming, OWASP-based technical code reviews, incident investigation/remediation, and other strategies to reduce vulnerabilities and build errors 500%.

Elected "Master in Residence" as a leader, influencer, and subject matter expert (SME) by the membership of the Guild in the 2020 elections representing overall cybersecurity and Purple Team/DevOps. The entity named The Undercroft closed doors December 31st, 2020. The community banded together en masse to form The Neon Temple.

The Technology Director is an experienced entrepreneur and technology strategist with experience formalizing people, process, and technology in both startup and mature organizations. Central to planning, leading, and organizing a scalable technology stack and will focus on training UC staff on its’ use.

Teaching Cyber Security/Information Security and security-oriented Python 3 programming courses (2 tracks). Instruction on Python, security concepts, principles, terms, and practices with a focus on real-world scenarios and relevant practice. Covering everything from securing information with the use of security policies, risk management, authentication and access control, network security, web application security, and more. Instruction on reconnaissance and tools, scanning, exploitation, and building tools from scratch, etc.

As a founding member, gave talks and taught classes on cybersecurity standards to the members of the guild, in particular the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) by the Department of Defense (DoD). The Undercroft is a a member driven cybersecurity guild and development center to build, grow and sustain a local security ecosystem that ensures individual, organizational and economic security by catalyzing economic growth and advancing the security posture of the Tampa Bay region. As our reliance on technology grows, so does the need for security and privacy. Disruptive innovation is necessary to ensure the future of our knowledge economy; it is our duty to fight in defense of the digital domain while contributing to individual, organizational and economic growth.

Co-founded a business to solve cybersecurity problems for Department Defense contractors related to requirements of DFARS 7012/NIST SP 800-171 and the upcoming Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC); and for businesses wanting military-grade cybersecurity solutions. Sold in October, 2020.

Tampa, Florida, Us

Was hired to to scale the company and provide leadership by example, reporting to the CEO. Scaled the company 300% to 90 employees, by organizing and acting as the executive coach to a new change management leadership team resulting in new management positions and senior leadership reporting structures and formats. Was responsible for People and Process to change company behavior at a rapid pace. Designed and implemented business operations to ensure all product delivery to customers.-Led team to build a cloud mobile retail app generating over 5 billion in annual revenue.-Led a client turnaround for the largest dev team, and expanded from 10 to 25 people.-Implemented company-wide automated testing/DevOps and strict linting based on AirBnb ruleset. -Built and led a QA team with a “security by quality” objective resulting in sustained 99% bug-free delivery to clients; resulting in the client's decision to discontinue the contract of their QA company.-Developed two mobile applications for the largest food distributor in the US, and led delivery of the new flagship product to the largest furniture distributor in the US.-Organized and led the in-house recruiting process, and implemented structure for employee reviews and performance incentives.-Implemented top-talent focused recruiting “A-Player program”, mentored others on interviewing skills, and led hiring for over 60% of total employees. This improved culture and reduced high turnover - no employee left the company for a record 8 month period in 2016.-Trained in Trinet HR best practices in recruiting, management, and ending employee relationships.-Implemented Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to unify the company's strategic goals, and career path goals for all employees.-Implemented and daily use of the methodologies, principles, and processes of Agile: Kanban Lean/Kaizen, Modern, SCRUM with team mentoring through check-in pull requests/code reviews.

Tampa, Florida, Us

Tampa, Florida, Us

Co-Founded a company providing technical back-office and infrastructure services for tradesman and general contractors nationally.

Formed a team to create secure custom software development products for clients as a freelance lead software architect and consultant, often flagship products critical to their business. Held roles: Owner, operator, product strategy/engineering/management, sales, IT consultant, team lead, recruiter, software architect, ethical hacker, lead developer, database admin, network admin, security admin.- Designed, developed, and managed dozens of projects as team lead of 3-7 people.- Developed, supported, and maintained a suite of mass-market commercial online software for a client that became its core multi-million dollar business for 20+ years.- Employed enough people with a large pipeline of business to start a company.

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

Hired as a travel-intensive Lead Developer of international group of software developers supporting pre-sales engineering that helped generate over 90 million in revenue for i2 Technologies in 2000-2001 with Supply Chain Management software (quarterly bonuses were tied to revenue). Led virtually with developers in US, England and Sweden with an emphasis on teamwork, creativity, craftsmanship, security, and a self-directed approach. Held roles such as: eCommerce Web Integration Modeler, Developer Lead, Solutions Consultant. i2 Technologies was acquired by JDA Software, then renamed to Blue Yonder.- Our team created 67 software-integrated enterprise product demos in 2 weeks for tradeshow Planet Las Vegas.- Created next generation enterprise software targeting Procurement, Fulfillment, and Commerce.- Created developer screening evaluation tests for international recruiting of elite team candidates.- Lead an international team of developers in US, England and Sweden.- Creation of minimum viable product (MVP) of next generation of software, dynamic charting, data manipulation, etc.- Was on-call to fly to anywhere in the world in under 6 hours notice.- Configuration and support of team network using Windows, Mac, and Linux servers.- Trained in Supply Chain Management and in GUI Design by Frog Design.

Lead developer of a small team (approx. 25 Engineers/Multimedia Developers) on multiple projects for Perot Systems, PC Show and Tell, "The Garden Rebel" TV show. Lead Engineer and Strategic Consultant to develop Enterprise-Level Healthcare Portal for Moon Communications. Lead Engineer and Strategic Consultant to develop Healthcare Portal for Ceridian Health Benefits. Mediacentric Group, Inc. was sold in February 2003.

Was hired in a hybrid role of the multimedia design and software development teams and created the first online football pool application for Sunshine Networks (now: Fox Sports Sun), making the company $130k within my 90-day review as my first assignment.

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Developed applications and deployed critical updates to client locations. Designed, developed, and managed CitraNet project and site for the Florida Department of Agriculture (a law was passed in Florida to enable the application), an online system to link daily fruit test results to the Internet for registered growers (ASP, Sybase SQL). Developed areas of Accounting Pak, Grove Pak, Base Pak, Admin Pak, Persistent Systems and Harvest Pak for CitrusPro, a scalable suite of software packages (Progress Provision). Responsible for network and flow of developmental code to and from central office to developers resident at multiple client sites, and for promoting Team Building and Quality Awareness.

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Responsible for database maintenance, troubleshooting, and deployment of critical updates to all client locations. A high-stress position, as the job required citrus processing plants to shut down for the minimum time possible - typically running 24/7 during season.

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A startup where people wore many hats... was also promoted to the roles and responsibilities of Network Administrator and Software Deployment Lead (including Site Manager and Trainer). I was also the Webmaster for the business and product suite, as the chief marketing content creator, Web Designer and Web Developer.

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I was hired in this startup to do QA on a suite of software packages developed to automate to citrus industry in Florida. Formerly known as: Central Florida Business Solutions, Inc. / CitrusPro Software