CISSP | PMP | AWS Solution Architect | ScrumMaster
18 years in software, 11 of them at WatchGuard holding security validation and release sign-off for 10+ production security products across firewall, proxy, identity, endpoint, and Wi-Fi. My route into security ran through the release gate rather than the network operations center. I built the adversarial validation infrastructure that made security sign-off defensible: 3,000+ test scripts scaling automated coverage from 10% to 90% against injection, authentication bypass, and protocol-level fuzzing, with org-wide red-team methodology adopted as the standard across security product engineering. At Cisco I lead 9 engineers (7 FTEs and 2 contractors) building AI systems for 12M+ production devices. The current work is platform security for agentic AI: trust boundaries and least-privilege access for autonomous agents, model and output validation for AI-driven recommendations, and data integrity controls across distributed AI pipelines. One production rollout cut incident resolution time by 81%. The through-line is software lifecycle depth applied to security: knowing where vulnerabilities hide in the development cycle, and building controls developers can actually ship with. I am targeting Director of Platform Security and Head of Security Engineering roles where security architecture is the primary mission. I write about AI security at Outwire (outwire.ai), where I publish practical guidance for teams shipping AI applications and take on advisory work with those teams.
When I'm not securing infrastructure or optimizing workflows, you can find me logging miles on long-distance runs, playing guitar, or out on the golf course and badminton courts.
Lead a team of 9 engineers (7 full-time employees and 2 contractors) delivering AI-driven wireless intelligence services for 12M+ production devices and 800K+ customers globally. Set technical direction, build the team, drive execution, and make sure security, reliability, and governance are designed in from the beginning rather than added after.
Beyond shipping secure code, I'm integrating AI security and threat modeling workflows into how the team develops software — making secure-by-design AI development a first-class part of the engineering process, not just an afterthought.
Trajectory: Staff QA Engineer -> Engineering Manager -> QA Architect. Held security validation and release sign-off for 10+ production security releases across firewall, proxy, identity, endpoint, and Wi-Fi. Built the adversarial validation infrastructure — 3,000+ test scripts scaling automated coverage from 10% to 90% against injection, authentication bypass, and protocol-level fuzzing — with org-wide red-team methodology adopted as the standard across security product engineering.
Scaled automated security linting and policy enforcement using Python, embedding compliance directly into distributed APIs, UIs, and CI/CD pipelines. Governed security architecture for 10+ major releases end-to-end, maintaining zero deployment delays while achieving a 7x growth in automated vulnerability and risk coverage.
18 years in software and security engineering. QA Architect at WatchGuard (2011–2022). Software Engineering Manager at Cisco (2022–Present).
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I'm currently exploring senior engineering leadership roles in Security Engineering and AI Security opportunities, and ambitious side projects. If you're building something that matters, or in the need to secure anything, let's talk. The inbox is open at hello@outwire.ai.