Anthony Roman is a security-focused product leader with seven years of product and engineering experience and a deep technical foundation spanning cloud security, network security, SIEM, EDR, and containers. Now Director of Product Management at CrowdStrike in New York, he has progressed rapidly through senior product roles at CrowdStrike, Google, and Microsoft, combining hands-on engineering experience with strategic product direction. He contributes to notable open-source cloud security work, including enhancements to Microsoft Defender for Cloud PowerShell automation around VM disk encryption, JIT access, and Key Vault integrations. Anthony pairs technical depth with team-building skills, having grown high-caliber cross-functional teams that deliver secure, scalable cloud services. His background bridges tactical security engineering (early roles in InfoSec and IT operations) with product leadership, giving him a practical lens on operationalizing security at scale. Collected insights from both enterprise vendors and cloud platforms make him effective at translating complex security tech into customer-facing, auditable products.
7 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. Philosophy, B.A. Philosophy at Wayne State University
Welcome to the Microsoft Defender for Cloud community repository
Role in this project:
Cloud Engineer
Contributions:19 commits, 12 pushes in 5 months
Contributions summary:Anthony contributed to the Microsoft Defender for Cloud repository by implementing and enhancing PowerShell scripts for security configurations. They focused on automating tasks such as enabling Azure VM disk encryption and Just-In-Time (JIT) network access, using the Az PowerShell modules. The user also made changes to integrate with Azure services, including Key Vaults and resource groups, and refactored existing scripts.
Resources for improving Customer Experience with Azure Network Security
Contributions:54 commits, 5 PRs, 47 pushes in 1 year 6 months
azurenetwork-security
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