Spencer Thompson
Co-founder CEO at Prelude
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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SeniorSpencer Thompson is a technology founder and CEO based in Vancouver with a decade of experience shaping ambitious software startups. As co-founder and CEO of Prelude since 2020, he leads a security-focused company that enables continuous, scalable testing of production environments, backed by top investors. He previously founded Sokanu, the largest occupational website in the US, where over 500 million questions were answered using machine-learning-driven career matching, and the company was acquired in 2021. In addition to Prelude, he contributes as an advisor or partner to multiple ventures, including AdeptID (advisor), Rookly (advisor), and Alphaninja Partners (partner), and serves on the board of Penn Foster Group. His career blends product vision, security technology, and data-driven decision making across startups and growth-stage companies. Spencer is known for turning complex security and career-data challenges into practical, auditable solutions at scale.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (14)
prelude9
operator8
security-testing6
kubernetes6
testing6
security6
endpoint5
automation4
agent4
protect4
endpoints4
kubernetes-operator3
penetration-testing2
cybersecurity2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
preludeorg/protect
Aug 2021 - May 2022
Information on Prelude Protect, our new "red" endpoint & training product. Deploy attack chains on endpoints & improve security behavior.
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 9 months
protectsecurity-toolssecurityendpointscybersecurity
sthomps/sthomps.github.io
Mar 2015 - Feb 2019
Contributions:7 pushes in 4 years
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