Yolonda Smith
Head Of Cybersecurity at Grubhub
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYolonda Smith is a cybersecurity executive with 10 years of experience, blending military discipline with enterprise security leadership to protect complex digital ecosystems. As Head of Cybersecurity at Grubhub, she shapes risk-aware security strategy across a national footprint, drawing on prior leadership roles at Target, sweetgreen, and Pwnie Express. In Target’s Digital BISO, she designed right-sized risk controls for 50+ products and translated external threat trends into actionable security guidance. Her U.S. Air Force career spanned cyber defense leadership for thousands of personnel and multi-million-dollar budgets, delivering rapid containment of incidents and secure communications for critical missions. She champions diverse, high-performing teams and clear security communications to executives, turning auditable patterns and training into measurable risk reductions. Based in Minneapolis, she holds advanced degrees in computer science and information security that underpin both technical depth and strategic IT management.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Maryland, College ParkMaster of Science - MS, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Master of Science - MS, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at University of MarylandBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at University of Notre Dame
English, Spanish
Github Skills (9)
npm3
middleware3
javascript3
stateless3
security3
nodejs3
markdown2
static-site-generator1
documentation1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ysmithND/content
Jul 2018 - Feb 2019
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
darkmsph1t/_spartan-factory-default
Sep 2018 - Oct 2018
single file repo (not including README) with the default policy for _spartan generated security policies
Contributions:4 PRs, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
policysecuritypoliciesspartansingle-file
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