Adam Schaal
Distinguished Engineer, AI Security at Contrast Security, Inc.
Omaha, Nebraska, United States
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Top SchoolAdam 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 OmahaMaster of Science (MS) Architectural Engineering, Master of Science (MS) Architectural Engineering at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
English, Spanish, Italian
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Github Skills (141)
authentication10
lambda-functions10
amplify10
api10
aws-amplify10
gatsby10
cli10
static-site-generator10
storage10
aws-lambda10
amplify-cli10
fastest10
aws-appsync10
aws-fargate10
aws10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Contrast-Labs/contrast.security
Aug 2021 - Mar 2022
Contributions:3 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
clevernyyyy/ForensicChat
Oct 2015 - Apr 2021
Contributions:30 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 7 months
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