Alex Lindstrom
Manager, Risk Strategies
Redwood City, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Lindstrom is a governance, risk, and compliance leader with a decade of experience designing and operationalizing GRC, ERM, third‑party risk, and information security programs for R1 universities, currently managing Risk Strategies at Stanford. Known for translating complex regulatory requirements (FERPA, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR) into practical, auditable controls, Alex blends technical curiosity with institutional diplomacy to drive cross‑functional solutions. He progressed from technical writer and security analyst roles at the University of Delaware to vendor risk leadership and strategic rotations at Stanford, demonstrating both hands‑on execution and program-level stewardship. A habitual tinkerer and occasional coder (beep. boop.), he brings a builder’s mindset to policy, tooling, and vendor risk automation. Outside work he’s an avid foodie and community-builder who once grew an online hobby community from 20k to over 400k users, signaling a rare mix of product sense and people skills.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Professional Technical Business and Scientific Writing, Bachelor's Degree Professional Technical Business and Scientific Writing at University of Delaware
English, German
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Github Skills (177)
bing10
yahoo10
duckduckgo10
google10
discord10
startpage10
server10
vpn9
javascript9
mesh9
wireguard9
python9
searxng9
metasearch9
databases9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
alexlyee/hs-bot
May 2018 - Jan 2021
Contributions:27 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
alexlyee/massdm
Aug 2018 - May 2021
MassDM v3, a bot to send mass DMs to members of your Discord server.
Contributions:83 commits, 17 PRs, 96 pushes in 2 years 10 months
discordbotmassdmserver
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