Andy Tinkham
Software Architect at CyberArk
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolAndy Tinkham is a software architect and QA leader with nearly 20 years of expertise in automated and performance testing, now serving as QA & Testing Practice Lead at C2 Solutions. He blends deep academic grounding—MS in Software Engineering and PhD work in Computer Science focused on testing—with hands-on delivery, balancing billable client work, consultant support, sales/recruiting, community building, and external reputation. His specialties span functional, regression, domain, and exploratory testing, with particular interest in the psychology of testing and human performance that informs pragmatic risk-based strategies. Based in Minneapolis, he also brings security architecture perspective from work noted on his GitHub profile and an early computer engineering foundation from Rensselaer. Colleagues rely on him to translate research-driven testing methods into repeatable practices that improve team outcomes and reduce production risk. Outside of client engagements he curates a public-facing presence (andy.tinkham.org) that surfaces his applied research and thought leadership in testing.
8 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (ABD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (ABD), Computer Science at Florida Institute of TechnologyDiploma, Diploma at Lebanon High SchoolB.S., Computer Engineering, B.S., Computer Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Stackoverflow
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selenium-webdriver
top-5%
selenium
top-5%
Github Skills (165)
devsecops10
vulnerability-scanners10
api-client10
proxy10
security10
vulnerability-detection10
command-line-tool10
artifactory10
secrets10
golang10
vulnerability10
data-set10
secret-management10
conjbot-notify10
docker10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
cyberark/enforce-commit-style
Feb 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:1 review, 6 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 year 7 months
conjurdemos/pet-store-demo
Mar 2020 - Dec 2022
Tiny pet store app suitable for use in demos, tutorials, and POCs
Contributions:1 release, 8 reviews, 24 commits in 2 years 8 months
pocspet-storeapp-storetinyconjbot-notify
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