Alan Gonzalez
Summary
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SeniorAlan Gonzalez is a seasoned security and privacy executive with 11+ years in leadership roles and a 25+ year technical career spanning consumer electronics, automotive, medical devices, and cloud/IoT platforms. As Plume’s Director Security & Privacy and CISO, he secures smart-home services at scale across 60M+ devices and 250+ partners, translating complex compliance and engineering requirements into operational assurance. He has deep hands-on expertise in secure-by-design architectures—PKI, secure boot, TrustZone, DevSecOps, and SSDLC—combined with practical regulatory experience implementing GDPR, CCPA, ISO27001 and HIPAA controls. Earlier roles at Ford and Harman show a rare blend of embedded/ASIC-level engineering and large-scale cloud security, including a co-invented mobile app key-storage patent and leading PSIRT and vulnerability programs. Known for turning research and threat models into deployable protections, he bridges executive strategy and technical implementation while mentoring cross-functional teams. Based in Grand Rapids, he brings a pragmatic, product-focused approach to privacy engineering that balances risk, usability, and business needs.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (68)
smartphone10
unix9
linux9
rest9
pci9
mobile-application9
gdpr9
sdl9
vulnerability-scanners9
security-vulnerability9
compliance9
security-scanner9
java9
apk9
auditing9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
smartdevicelink/sdl_cordova_android
May 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:68 PRs, 37 pushes, 34 branches in 7 months
androidproxycordova
alangonzalez/poc
Nov 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:1 review, 73 PRs, 116 pushes in 21 days
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