New Year Brings Change, a New Role with a New Company
In a previous post I announced that I would be leaving my current role shortly after the new year. On New Year’s Eve it seems appropriate to share with you the other half of that story. It’s time for me to announce where I’m going and what I’ll be doing.
So let me get right to the point. I’m excited to announce that I’ll be joining Snyk Ltd. as an Application Security Advocate. Snyk develops software and performs research to help organizations find, fix, and monitor vulnerabilities in open source dependencies of their code. In my new role, I’ll be socializing strategies for how organizations can ensure security of open source dependencies. My focus will be on interaction with development and business leaders. I’ll be working to bring greater awareness of how open source challenges can be addressed.
A focus on new responsibilities
I’m truly excited to have the opportunity to re-focus on Application Security. Those of you who know my background understand that AppSec has always been my core strength. In this new role, I’ll be primarily responsible for key activities for which I have tremendous passion. Those will include creating content and various public appearances to drive the open source security and DevSecOps message.
Passion and vision
I’m really looking forward to joining Snyk. I believe in their vision of solving the challenges around open source dependencies. Their focus on research and integration as part of a DevSecOps approach really resonates with me. Their strong and steady growth model also means that I’ll have the chance to grow my career equally as dynamically. So in the end I feel like this is the right role at the right time for me.
I appreciate all the support I’ve gotten over the last year from my security community. 2019 was a phenomenal year for me personally. I look forward to continuing my growth in 2020. Happy new year to you all and I look forward to seeing where we can take our security community in the new decade.
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