Ted Hulick

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Expert Full Stack Observability Product Architect (Performance and Security) - Patent Committee Board Advisor - Mentor - Innovator - Entrepreneur - Veteran - Christian - Patriot @ Splunk
san francisco, california, united states
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About Ted Hulick

Recognized as a highly Innovative Commercial Software Architect who is results oriented, business purposed, solutions driven, coupled with a deep understanding of technology, a "can do" attitude, all tied together by a burning desire to excel and exceed customer satisfaction.>>> Expert Level expertise in the Design/Development/Launch of commercial software product portfolios around the following areas:* Open Telemetry/Full Stack Observability - API/SDK/Community Open Source Agent/OpAMP/Collector/etc* Application Runtime Performance - (APM/Open Telemetry) and Security (WAFs/RASP)* Network Runtime Performance and Security - Passive/SNMP/Proxies and Cloud Native Infrastructure such as eBPF* Emerging "Green Field" technologies - eBPF, OpenTelemetry (OSS Java Agent, opAMP, Collector optimization, etc.), SBOMs* Java Runtime and Internals - Instrumentation, JPMS, Optimization, Diagnostics, Troubleshooting>>> Unique ability to not only understand technology at a deep level - but how to bring products to market - while providing the enablement necessary for successful launch (messaging/competitive insight)* Co-founder for 5 startup companies and several new business lines* Advisory/Founder board member on at least 6 different companies - advising C-level and Board members in a multi-faceted role (business, technology, marketing, etc.)* Primary technology driver for numerous different product portfolio launches - most of which were highly successful* Responsible for building and helping bootstrap a highly successful application performance and security product portfolios in my current position>>> Record for driving innovation and application to the business* Patent Chairman for our Full Stack Observability committee* Over 100 patents filed - of that ~75% where I was the lead inventor (versus co-inventor)* Recognized authority in Java Internals, OpenTelemetry, AppSec helping drive key corporate initiatives across several BUs* Frequently assistant/technical advisor to our corporate IP legal team and attorneys in matters of Intellectual Property concerning potential infringement or patent acquisition>>> Advocate and Mentor* Mentored several organizations (inside/outside the company) focused on helping/encouraging Women to enter the Technology space* Responsible for mentoring other engineers and/or helping identify and protect Intellectual Property across the organization (per my role as Patent Chair)* Mentor Veterans and professionals cross-training into technology* Advise Angel Investors/Startups on optimal investments/launches

Ted Hulick's Current Company Details
Splunk

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Expert Full Stack Observability Product Architect (Performance and Security) - Patent Committee Board Advisor - Mentor - Innovator - Entrepreneur - Veteran - Christian - Patriot
san francisco, california, united states
Website:
splunk.com
Employees:
6681
Ted Hulick Work Experience Details
  • Splunk
    Technical Owner - Appdynamics Agent Instrumentation Team(S)
    Splunk Oct 2024 - Present
    Houston, Texas, United States
    I am the "Technical Owner" for the GDI AppDynamics Instrumentation Team which is one of 6 Splunk (Acquired by Cisco) GDI "Value Streams" which belong to the Splunk Observability Cloud (O11y Cloud) platform which is an Open Telemetry Ingestion Platform which processes OTEL MELT Signals in the Cloud providing Performance Insight.My job involves the "Consolidation" of instrumentation between both the AppDynamics Legacy APM Agents and the Splunk APM Agents (which consists of the OSS Open Telemetry Agent and Extensions specific to Splunk) - this consolidation consists of major languages such as Java, .NET, Node Js, Python, etc. In this role I work with 3 of the founders for Open Telemetry as well as other technologies such as eBPF for instrumentation in the Linux OS and Kubernetes Clusters.In addition to that, I am also the Lead Engineer for both the Legacy APM and OTEL Agent flavors of the Cisco Secure Application product line (CSA) which I designed and built in 2021 - with today close to 300 customers and several million Agents - as part of that I will play an instrumental role in the integration of this OTEL Agent with several backend modules (some AI and Machine Learning based) for BRO (Business Risk Observability) currently being integrated into the Splunk Observability Cloud Platform.Beyond that - I play a consulting role as a SME helping other Cisco Business Units such as Thousand Eyes, Networking, and Security migrate/extend their observability capabilities from internal proprietary metrics/dashboards to standardize on using Open Telemetry MELT signaling with the Splunk Observability Cloud.Last - I am transitioning my role as the Observability Patent Chairman inside Cisco over to Splunk which the committee will be merged with Splunk and under their leadership. Beyond the Chair position I will continue to develop IP around Open Telemetry and Observability where I currently have over 20 patents currently filed with several already granted.
  • Invisirisk
    Technology Board Member And Co-Founder
    Invisirisk Oct 2024 - Present
    Houston, Texas, United States
    Essentially this is an extension of my role at VeriBOM as board advisor where the product line is being extended and now goes beyond SBOM management but into Build System Vulnerability Audit/Protect/Attest for Applications built on Github, AWS, Jenkins, and Team City. InVisirisk has a unique patent pending method that allows a Deeper level of visibilty into packages than what you would normally find in the SBOM market and that is paired with an innovation "proxy" which provides a portal to monitor traffic between the build system and open source projects.The end result is a truly remarkable Security System for corporate build platforms.My main role in this is advising, offering technical guidance, using my expertise on vulnerability management, both business and technical messaging. The principles in the company are well known industry experts in building and selling software companies who I have been friends with for many years and have invested in my startups as well.
  • Veribom, Inc.
    Technology Board Advisor And Founder
    Veribom, Inc. Jul 2023 - Dec 2024
    Houston, Texas, United States
    Sharing my experience in Application Security, Cloud Technology, SBOM technology, Strategy and Startups as well as product "Go To Market" launch.VeriBOM is in a unique market space, and I had a unique opportunity to work with a group of seasoned professionals (2 of which I've known over 20 years) who have successfully launched several s/w companies many of which have had extremely positive exits.VeriBOM is a "full service" SBOM lifecycle cloud service that generates/imports/stores/archives/provisions and brokers the relationship between software providers and software consumers - making your company "fully compliant' and taking the burden off your software development team so they can develop the software that drives your company revenues.For a short presentation of VeriBOM - please use these links:* Product Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fc-MZuE2XU&pp=ygUHdmVyaWJvbQ%3D%3D * How we can make a difference to your organization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGj486FgB08&pp=ygUHdmVyaWJvbQ%3D%3DFor more information - please contact www.veribom.comWhat's in your Software?
  • Appdynamics
    Principal Engineer - Java Application Performance And Security Products
    Appdynamics May 2016 - Dec 2024
    Houston, Texas Area
    Senior Architect (very hands on) in the AppDynamics Java Agent team helping drive Full Stack Observability (performance/security) innovation/products and future integrations with other Cisco Products. Current Patent Chairman for Cisco's Full Stack Observability committee and lead the AppDynamics BU in patented innovation(s) with close to 100 patents that range across performance, observability, and security (most with working prototypes and 75% as the lead inventor).Designed, Prototyped, Pitched (sold it internally), and Developed the entire Cisco Secure Application Java Agent which is a RASP based OWASP focused security extension that compliments our existing AppDynamics APM solution. The solution itself has over 15 patents filed protecting numerous innovations/techniques give the it a solid competitive advantage in the marketplace and a natural "add on" to the AppDynamics installed base. This included the development of all of the instrumentation, discovery, configuration, communications, unit tests, regression testing, and creation of the CI/CD pipeline working on different Java Platforms (IBM, OpenJDK, Oracle, Azul, GrailVM) across Java architectures including up to Java 9-21+ which included the new JPMS (Java Platform Module System).Heavily involved in helping driving our Security Portfolio across our agent platforms and Cloud Native environments. Actively involved in innovation and strategy around Open Telemetry Observability building extensions to complement the standard. Recognized inside and outside the company as an authority on Java internals and instrumentation - and regularly assigned to the most difficult P1 customer escalations where large POVs, customer renewals, or expansions are at riskRoutinely work across the Business Units with Research Engineers and other Cisco product groups working on innovation and new product concepts - as both a SME and providing prototypes for POC's
  • Brixbits
    Application Performance (Apm) And Security (Rasp) Product Architect (Co-Founder)
    Brixbits Aug 2014 - May 2016
    Houston, Texas
    BrixBits is a privately funded, technology centric company that provides "deep dive" Application Management capabilities primarily focusing on RASP (Runtime Application Self Protection) and APM (Application Performance Management), both of which address important issues(Security and Performance) that top the list for most Corporate Application Stakeholders (IT Directors/BU Managers/Architects/CIO). Our technologies are designed for easy integration ("pluggable") and/or white labeling into existing product portfolios for: WAF or Firewall companies which would benefit from enhanced Application Security (Detect/Prevent/Patch) from inside the application (RASP) or ITOM/infrastructure companies which would benefit from enhanced Application Performance visibility (Response Time/Load Time/Ajax) with a short Time To Market and minimum investment via OEM/private branding of the underlying technology.Primary responsibilities include design and implementation of J2EE agent instrumentation, operations, and management modules as part of an embedded javaagent which utilizes bytecode instrumentation/intercept technology for the purposes of performing a variety of security and performance functions.The core RASP agent (Security Analyzer) addresses most of the OWASP (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OWASP) categories as well as many that are not listed or addressed by other Security Vendors such as auditing java specific vulnerabilities,Security Exception interception, and detailed Security Manager permission auditing. This agent is also bundled withan Elasticsearch DB and Event Dashboard for standalone use or is easily integrated into any SIEM for extended Application Event monitoring.Developed several agents for APM (pre and post production) with the primary one EUE (End User Experience) which includes a back end Server component (Transactions/Exit Points/Stall Points/Health) and a front end Browser component (Page Load Time/Ajax response/WebSocket response).
  • Bmc Software
    It Operations Mgmt Architect (Performance & Availability)
    Bmc Software Apr 2014 - Aug 2014
    Houston, Texas
    Assigned to the Central Architecture Team (CAT) for Performance & Availability as the primary technical representative for the APM product line (Application Diagnostics, Synthetic EUEM, Passive EUEM, and Active EUEM) within P&A.Initial objective was the complete re-architecture/re-factoring of the Service Modeling module focusing mainly on harnessing the rich discovery potential inside the APM product line for the purposes of automatic population and relational structure for the Service Modeling repository. The Service Modeling initiative within TrueSight (BMC's integrated operations platform) was the #1 release initiative and would be used in the Service Impact Visualization dashboard as well as for PCA (Probable Cause Analysis). The focus was on performance analytics, events, and intelligently applying event sequences and sources back into a model that showed IT (and APM) component relationships for both predictive and real-time assessments of Service Impact/Cause. In addition to my role in overall P&A, I continued to technically drive the APM product offering for Active EUEM (Browser based javascript instrumentation for Page Load/AJAX/WebSockets) and the MQAgent (Middleware instrumentation) after writing the original prototypes (as POCs) which were handed to the development teams.
  • Bmc Software
    Product Development Architect (For Apm)
    Bmc Software Apr 2011 - Apr 2014
    Houston, Texas
    As a Product Development Architect for APM I was asked to drive the technical development (design, implementation, architecture, roadmap) for a new portfolio of products that monitored the availability and quality of service for J2EE and .NET Application Servers given a very short timeframe, limited development resources, and budget.Working closing with the Product Management team, I led an Israeli development group in the effort to integrate this Server Based product with the Coradiant "Passive Tap" technology fulfilling a compelling “Front End” to “Back End” end to end APM story. The result was a highly competitive/successful initial product launch (in < 7 months) for both J2EE and .NET applications designed for modern customer environments (Saas, mobility, virtualization, cloud) with an extremely low TCO, and a quick TTV with POCs generally completed in less than a week. This product suite (BMC Application Diagnostics) was also highly integrated with EUEM ( Coradiant “True Sight”) which combined network analysis with back end application flow path and metrics. Together this formed a strong “relaunch” of BMC into the APM market which ultimately led to being named as leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for the first time in many years.During this time, I personally implemented many of the key modules/techniques used in the product for monitoring/finding hotspots/metering web requests/call tree composition/dependencies which included 2 key filed patents and 2 others pending to be filed. I also participated in many of the key POCs driving technical discussions, and training/enabling field consultants. Personally responsible for integrating the BE server and UI technologies into the Amazon E2C AWS Cloud services as an AMI SasS offering (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bmc-software-delivers-application-performance-124500879.html)Consistently ranked/recognized/rewarded by BMC R&D leadership as a critical contributor and top performer.
  • Hewlett-Packard
    Technical Lead (J2Ee Agent)
    Hewlett-Packard Sep 2007 - Apr 2011
    Roseville, Ca
    As a lead engineer for the BTM (Business Transaction Management) team, my responsibility has been on the incremental integration and evolution of HP’s J2EE Diagnostics Agent(s) which are comprised of the J2EE Diagnostics Agent (via Mercury acquisition) and the J2EE Transaction Agent (via Bristol Technologies acquisition) which is a core component of HP’s end to end Transaction Management system which feeds the Business Availability Center (BAC).With limited guidance, and while working remotely I was able to quickly implement high impact design/code changes to both the Diagnostics and Transaction Agents (which rely on JVM bytecode instrumentation) which resulted in improved installation, management, and a high degree of integration between the Agents which exceeded expectations over several releases.During this time my achievements included a complete rewrite of the entire Java Agent installation system, re-architected and designed the Transaction Agent, and developed numerous core integration modules to extend the transaction lifecycle information via custom “plugins” that have resulted in successful POC implementations where HP was competing for deals ranging from $5m downward.Performance has been consistently rated in the top level (“exceeds all expectations”), and have received several awards of recognition internally for providing cross product integration designs, custom implementations/solutions leading to customer wins, and rapid solutions to difficult product design issues. Two patents pending (internal to HP for review) which focuses/concepts on unique approaches to Java instrumentation.
  • Nvision Software (Allen Systems Group - Acquired)
    Chief Technical Officer (Sr. Product Architect After Acquired)
    Nvision Software (Allen Systems Group - Acquired) Sep 2001 - Jul 2007
    Austin Texas
    Responsible for launching the nVision Software operations. This consisted of providing a business plan, enter/exit strategy, financial estimates, hiring plans, and overall technical leadership. Lead the technical due-diligence necessary for the ASG acquisition. Architected and launched the AppVision product line that provided Application Health Monitoring for the J2EE and .NET platforms. Key contributions included:• Developed the entire library of 20+ diagnostics (SNMP Query, SQL Query, JMX MBean Query, JNDI Lookup, EJB JMS simulation, WMI Query, Perfmon Query, Event Log Query, Change Management enforcement, Network Connectivity, ASP.NET health queries, FTP simulation, DNS health monitoring, and dynamic on the fly OS scripting) to determine failure based on incomplete operation and/or response time compliance.• Developed the entire product framework system in Java that included the Management Agent (Servlet HTTP/XML based), UI Management system (JFC Swing), Job scheduling, Reporting (PDF, HTML), Charting (JFreeChart) Database (mySQL/JDBC), Setup, and .NET C# interfaces (to bridge Java). Provided central configuration, operations, real-time display, alerting (SNMP, mail, JMX, MOM Connector, syslog, and SMS), Voice system (JSAPI), and automatic Component discovery (using Multicast).• Redesigned and implemented the .NET and J2EE instrumentation modules that provided low level MSIL and VM Bytecode method interception of Exceptions, Servlet In/Out, SQL Server In/Out, JDBC open/connect/query/update, and ASP.NET HttpRuntime interface (what globals.asax uses). This involved a deep understanding of the Java VM and .NET CLR/CLI mechanics to implement the java.lang.instrument profiling and the .NET profiling function Enter/Leave and JIT Compilation process. Designed a unique system of methods (using AppDomain COM methods and Cross Domain Object marshalling) to circumvent constraints designed by Microsoft for .NET AppDomain memory segmentation.
  • Marimba
    Chief Architect (Performance Products)
    Marimba Apr 2000 - Sep 2001
    Mountain View, Ca
    Responsible for launching the Marimba Houston Performance technology operations. This consisted of providing a business plan and financial estimates to Kim Polese (CEO/credited with the Java name) and Author Van Hoff (CTO/author, first Java Compiler). This included choosing an office location, hiring (12 people), and conducting executive and board briefings. Provided the technical leadership and the vision for a set of performance products that would lead to the “Web Traffic Monitor” product suite. These products focused on passive network decoding of HTTP/XML traffic to gauge Performance and availability of websites during the height of the Internet boom. Shortly after 9/11, and after a heavy economic recession in late 2001, Marimba had to discontinue our operation after considering the financial pressure, and ultimately brokered an arrangement to transfer the software over to Mercury Interface (a competitor) as part of a joint partnership.
  • Bmc Software
    Product Author/Patrol Architect
    Bmc Software Jun 1996 - Apr 2000
    Houston
    Responsible for architecture, implementation, and development of the underlying network analysis modules which supported the Patrol Networked Applications KM (Knowledge Modules) and Patrol For Internet Services (PFIS) products. This module was known internally at BMC as “Patrolnet”. The original product (authored) was acquired by BMC (“Connection Detective”) from Network Catalyst, which resulted in my relocation to Houston and employment at BMC. This technology included detailed interaction with Unix Stream Drivers, NT Network Drivers, FDDI, TokenRing, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit, switching technology, and a heavy emphasis on real time performance. Later, I was transferred into the Ecommerce Division as a Lead Architect and conducted research into Java/Web Service integration into the BMC Software Patrol architecture for the PFIS product line.
  • Network Catalyst (Bmc - Acquired)
    Director (And Co-Founder)
    Network Catalyst (Bmc - Acquired) Jan 1995 - Jun 1996
    Irvine, Ca.
    Responsible for the overall performance of the Network Catalyst Software LLC Business Unit which also included the continued development of the Detective Series products. This included maintaining and porting the ChalkTalk, System Detective IS, and System Detective AO security tools to additional versions of OpenVMS. These tools are recognized as leaders in the OpenVMS security market and include customers around the world such as Chase Manhattan, Citibank, UBS, Barkley’s, National Westminster, Caterpillar, etc. Emphasis was placed on Connection Detective which was our network security product. This product was eventually acquired by BMC Software. Activities included: Development of an MFC console, porting the product from OpenVMS to HP-UX, Solaris, AIX, porting the product to Windows NT, and porting the entire Detective series to OpenVMS 7.0 which included threads and 64 bit virtual addressing. These activities required extensive knowledge of Unix Internals, NT Internals, and OpenVMS internals as well as expertise with understanding network protocols.
  • Saber Software (Acquired By Demax Software, Acquired By Openvision Technologies)
    Senior Software Architect (Division Founder)
    Saber Software (Acquired By Demax Software, Acquired By Openvision Technologies) Jan 1991 - Jan 1995
    Dallas, Texas
    Responsible for the business plan, creation and development of the Detective Series product line. In this capacity, was very involved in the sales effort as well and had strong customer relationships in the U.S. as well as overseas. Transitioned between all three companies as my contract was transferred during several acquisitions. During this period, the products generated between $10-$15 million in sales revenue. Participated in all aspects of the acquisition phase, and negotiated/conducted due-diligence acceptance criteria.
  • Kinetics, (Acquired By Excelan, Acquired By Novell)
    Senior Engineer
    Kinetics, (Acquired By Excelan, Acquired By Novell) 1988 - 1991
    Dallas, Texas
    Responsible for custom application development and technical consulting for Excelan’s LANAnalyzer and LANtern products. The LANAnalyzer was a real-time DOS based network monitoring application. The LANtern was the industry’s very first SNMP monitoring probe. Provided Fortune 100 consultation for Novell focused on architecture/solutions for large heterogeneous environments (such as American Airlines, MD Anderson, and Bellsouth) that included Token Ring and Ethernet using Appletalk, Netware, NETBeu, and TCP/IP. Recognized internally and externally as an authority on the design and troubleshooting of TCIP/IP based Token Ring/Ethernet networks.
  • Bell Helicopter Textron
    Senior Engineer
    Bell Helicopter Textron 1984 - 1988
    Ft. Worth, Tx
    Responsible for the development of real-time communications systems that communicated between an OpenVMS cluster, Silicon Graphics IRIS, and an Evans Sutherland visual system. Some of the communications utilized TCP/UDP over ethernet, other communications took place over high speed parallel lines. In some cases, I developed device drivers for these devices as they were shipped from a vendor with no software. Most of the software was developed to support the V22 Osprey ASW (anti-submarine warfare) for the Marines and Navy. Developed a flight recorder for mil-std 1553 bus communications for the AHIP helicopter (Army) using a PDP11. Developed a real-time push button display system which interfaced with a voice recognition system from TI simulating a voice command cockpit. Designed and developed (under the direction of Aerospace scientists) the entire package of Composite (graphite) flaw and crack analysis programs using at Bell and Boeing by scientists testing the reliability of composite (versus steel) wings/airframes.Recognized as the company expert on real time flight simulation over networks, and OpenVMS Internals.
  • Itt Federal Systems
    Computer Analyst
    Itt Federal Systems 1984 - 1985
    Edwards Afb, Ca.
    Responsible for developing time history reduction/analysis software to analyze/plot rocket propulsion attributes for the Space Shuttle and Hyper Velocity Missile. This software was mostly FORTRAN on CDC Cyber systems.
  • United States Air Force
    Computer Programmer
    United States Air Force 1979 - 1983
    Edwards Afb, Ca
    Responsible for rewriting a wide variety of utilities (UFTAS – Uniform Flight Test Analysis System) used to do everything from data reduction to plotting on a calcomp plotter. Specific USAF projects assigned included the B1 Bomber, F15 IFFC, LanTern, ALCM, and the AFTI F16. Recognized as the division expert on Fortran V, and conducted training sessions for other personnel. Received 5 letters of accommodation involving work done on the A-10 Worthog, AFTI F16 (Voice Command), F15 IFFC (Anti-Satellite) , Lantern (Night Vision) and ALCM (Air Launched Cruise Missile).Offered a Civil Service position in the Ridley Mission Control Center before being discharged.

Ted Hulick Skills

Java Cloud Computing Java Enterprise Edition Mobile Applications Saas Integration Virtualization Unix Architecture Jmx Databases Snmp Solaris Mobile Phone Apps Testing C# Microsoft Sql Server Tcp/ip .net Javascript Software As A Service Network Analysis/protocols Java Language Event Management Frameworks Architectures Application Performance Management Java Security Cisco Voip Xml Applications J2ee Application Architecture/internals Application Tracing/analysis Techniques J2ee Runtime Performance Analysis Saas Enabled Management Architecture C# Language

Ted Hulick Education Details

  • Usaf Computer Programmer - Keesler Afb
    Usaf Computer Programmer - Keesler Afb
    Graduated Top In My Class
  • Manhattan Academy
    Manhattan Academy
    Best Grades Were Math/Science Related
  • Manhattan Academy
    Manhattan Academy
  • Oakdale
    Oakdale
  • Oakdale
    Oakdale

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