Andy Sayler
Director Of Engineering -- Security, Safety, And Identity at Patreon
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndy Sayler is a security-focused engineering leader with 15 years of experience bridging computer systems, product security, and public policy, currently directing Security, Safety, and Identity engineering at Patreon. He has led large, multi-disciplinary teams at Workday and Twitter—driving SSDLC overhauls, organization-wide HTTP security and Content Security Policy rollouts, Zero Trust and WebAuthn programs, and rapid global 2FA deployments. With a PhD in Computer Science from CU Boulder, his work blends rigorous research on secure secret storage and education with pragmatic, data-driven risk prioritization in production environments. Andy is hands-on: he has built threat prevention practices for 50+ person organizations, designed mentorship and upskilling programs, and contributed QA/test automation to open-source CI practice projects. He combines policy-savvy advocacy (CDT fellowship experience) with deep operational chops, making him effective at translating complex security research into measurable organizational outcomes. Based in Boulder, he also serves his community as a library district trustee, reflecting a sustained commitment to public service alongside technical leadership.
15 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Electrical Engineering / Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Electrical Engineering / Computer Science at Tufts UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at University of Colorado Boulder
Github Skills (4)
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c1110
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
lizboese/CU-CSCI3308-CIPractice
Jun 2014 - Jun 2014
Continuous Integration Practice
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:9 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Andy's contributions primarily focus on developing and expanding unit tests for a geometry library. They implemented initial tests, added assertions for equality and distance calculations, and included tests for the midpoint calculation. The user demonstrated a strong understanding of test-driven development by continuously adding more test cases and fixing existing ones, ensuring the reliability of the geometry functions.
continuous-integration
asayler/tutamen-pytutamen_server
Nov 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:122 pushes, 1 branch, 1 tag in 3 months
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