Chad Parnin is a senior application security engineer with 11+ years of experience building and scaling AppSec programs across startups, enterprise, and DoD environments. He designs pragmatic security roadmaps and advises executives on tooling and risk, having integrated SAST, SCA, and DAST into CI/CD to measurably reduce vulnerabilities. Chad led DevSecOps initiatives that scaled security processes across 500+ repositories and 20 teams, and he architected cloud security solutions that halved critical/high cloud findings. Recently he built an AI-enabled AppSec auto-remediation tool that lets developers fix common vulnerability classes directly from PRs, blending developer ergonomics with automated remediation. With hands-on pentesting, vulnerability management, and national-security operations experience, he brings uncommon depth in both offensive testing and enterprise compliance. Based in Tampa, he pairs technical leadership with practical automation to turn security strategy into developer-friendly, production-ready controls.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Cyber Security Technology, Master of Science - MS Cyber Security Technology at University of Maryland Global Campus
Graduate Certificate Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking, Graduate Certificate Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking at SANS Technology Institute
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science and Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science and Mathematics at Indiana University South Bend
Contributions:1 PR, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 2 months
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