Andrew Cook
Chief Technology Officer at Recon InfoSec
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Cook is a seasoned cybersecurity leader and Chief Technology Officer at Recon InfoSec with 13 years of experience in threat hunting, digital forensics, incident response, and network defense. He has progressed through operational and executive roles—shaping technical strategy, growing services, and doubling IR revenue through operational improvements and go-to-market changes. A former Air Force and Air National Guard cyberspace operations officer, he wrote portions of the Air Force threat hunting manual, led national-level exercises, and has been recognized by senior leadership for his expertise. He combines hands-on forensic and analytics work with capability development and team mentorship, regularly speaking and publishing on incident response topics. Based in Austin, he blends federal and commercial operational rigor, and an often-overlooked strength is his track record of cutting tooling costs dramatically while preserving technical capability through smart vendor partnerships and automation.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer and Systems Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteMaster of Science (MS), Information Security and Assurance, Master of Science (MS), Information Security and Assurance at Western Governors University
Github Skills (57)
docker10
zeromq10
python10
configuration-management10
package-repository10
infrastructure-management10
iot10
automation10
scale10
infrastructure10
saltstack10
infrastructure-as-code10
salt10
remote-execution10
event-stream10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
iquaba/salt
Jan 2016 - Jan 2016
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 day
dotfilesconfiguration-managerconfigurationconfig
iquaba/usbmissilecommand
Apr 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:5 pushes, 4 branches in 1 day
pythonlinuxusblaunchermissile-launcher
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