Bryan Everly is a seasoned technology executive and founder with over two decades of experience building and scaling engineering, cybersecurity, and product organizations from startups to Fortune 100 companies. As VP of Engineering at Emerald Cloud Lab and founder of BCE Associates, he blends hands-on technical depth—spanning AI/ML, cloud architecture, regulatory-ready multi-tenant SaaS, and performance-tuned PostgreSQL—with strategic M&A and due-diligence expertise. He has led digital transformations and Agile/SAFe rollouts that materially improved velocity and cost efficiency at companies like Cummins, Canonical, and Cox Automotive. Bryan is also an active systems-level contributor to open-source (notably porting FreeRDP to OpenBSD), reflecting a practical focus on portability, security, and low-level compatibility. Trusted by boards and executive peers, he excels at turning complex regulatory and operational constraints into measurable product and business outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
35 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Cybersecurity, Master's degree Cybersecurity at University of California, Berkeley
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Indiana State University
Computer Science, Computer Science at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & System Administrator (Focus on Porting and System Compatibility)
Contributions:16 commits, 8 PRs, 24 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Bryan's primary focus was on porting and adapting the FreeRDP library to the OpenBSD operating system. They addressed compatibility issues by modifying code to align with OpenBSD's system calls, header files, and build processes. This involved changes across various parts of the library, including locale, synch, system information, audio, and video components. Furthermore, the user fixed compiler warnings and addressed potential security concerns related to random number generation and thread handling.
Contributions:51 commits, 49 pushes, 1 branch in 26 days
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Bryan Everly - VP Of Engineering at BCE Associates