Aaron Ott
SVP, Application Security
Thornton, Colorado, Ireland
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Top SchoolAaron Ott is an application security leader with 15 years of hands-on experience, currently serving as SVP of Application Security at Rule4 and co-founding the local BSides Boulder security conference. He combines deep technical roots—from PHP development and systems administration to senior security architecture—with a clear focus on "security by design" and developer empowerment. Aaron excels at translating complex security concepts into actionable programs for both engineering teams and business stakeholders, driving measurable improvements in secure development practices. His career progression from technical support to senior engineering roles demonstrates a pragmatic, customer-focused approach to risk reduction and resilience. Based in Denver/Boulder, he is committed to collaboration, education, and open-source-minded contribution to build security-savvy engineering cultures.
16 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Associates, Associates at Westwood College of TechnologyAssociates, Associates at Frontrange Community College
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (33)
mongodb10
coffeescript9
filesystem9
glusterfs9
replication8
linux8
storage8
hubot8
server8
high-availability7
distributed-systems7
django7
html6
curl6
owasp6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
aaronott/Chargify_API
Jul 2010 - Jan 2013
Contributions:14 commits in 2 years 6 months
aaronott/aaronott.github.com
Mar 2015 - Jul 2018
Contributions:85 pushes in 3 years 5 months
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