Ian Melven
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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SeniorIan Melven is a seasoned software security leader with 13 years of experience building and securing products across startups and large tech players. He is currently a Senior Application Security Engineer at Huntress in Portland, applying practical security expertise to a world-class attack-resistance platform. Across his career he has built and led security programs—from directing security at HackerOne to shaping IT and security programs at Community.com—anchoring initiatives to the NIST CyberSecurity Framework and rapid, cross-functional delivery. His background spans product security, reverse engineering, and offensive security, with leadership stints at New Relic, Mozilla, and Adobe, reflecting a rare blend of hands-on engineering and strategic risk management. A long-time advocate in the OWASP community and an advisor to stealth and growth-stage ventures, he is known for going from zero to productive quickly, shipping secure solutions on tight timelines. Based in Portland, he earned a BA from Boston University and pursues daily advancement through deep technical exploration and practical security impact.
13 years of coding experience
Github Skills (5)
plug7
compose5
erlang3
web-applications3
compose-web2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
mmoutenot/SandFox
May 2012 - Aug 2012
Contributions:36 commits in 2 months
imelven/dotfiles
Aug 2019 - May 2020
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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