Summary
Adam Schaal is a Distinguished Engineer in AI Security with 11 years of technology experience and over six years focused on cybersecurity, AppSec, and automation. He has led large security teams and built organization-wide programs at AWS—creating SHINE to drive secure-by-default systems, automation, and validation at scale—and most recently drives AI security efforts at Pixee. Adam blends hands-on engineering (from IaC and DevTools to generative-AI-driven detection) with leadership in incident response, apprenticeship programs, and product security for developer-facing services like CodeWhisperer. A long-time conference speaker and founding board member of Kernelcon, he pairs operational security rigor with community-building and training, having organized villages and CTFs that teach practical offensive and defensive skills. His background in architectural engineering and an MS in cybersecurity gives him a systems-minded approach to secure design and measurable automation.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Master of Science (MS) Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at University of Nebraska at Omaha
Master of Science (MS) Architectural Engineering, Master of Science (MS) Architectural Engineering at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
English, Spanish, Italian