Summary
Andrew Mandula is a Customer Security Analyst with 14 years of technical experience bridging software engineering, game development, and hands-on cybersecurity consulting. He combines practical expertise in Fortinet appliances, Python and C++ with classroom and client-facing teaching skills—having prepared students and professionals for Security+ and CEH certifications and led cryptography instruction. Comfortable under pressure from his game development and QA background, Andrew excels at translating complex technical issues into clear guidance for users and stakeholders. His career shows a pattern of building systems and processes—whether designing game architecture, creating database schemas for research, or directing security implementations—that prioritize usability and measurable risk reduction. Based in Windermere, FL, he brings a service-oriented mindset to security operations, often acting as the go-to problem solver for unusual system behavior.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Game Design & Development, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Game Design & Development at Rochester Institute of Technology
CORE Program, Cybersecurity, CORE Program, Cybersecurity at SecureSet