Chris Hutchings
CISO at Blackwall
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Hutchings is a CISO and seasoned network security engineer with nine years of hands-on experience securing systems across New Zealand. Based in Christchurch, he progressed from IT support and research roles into a senior security engineer position at Blackwall Security NZ before stepping up to CISO in 2024, blending practical operational know-how with strategic security leadership. His background in engineering and product development (PGDipSci) plus a First Class honours in Design for Technology gives him a rare mix of technical depth and design-oriented problem solving. He’s comfortable moving between low-level network defence and wider organisational risk management, and often draws on simulation and systems-thinking approaches from his earlier CFD research. Colleagues describe him as a steady leader who translates complex security trade-offs into pragmatic, auditable controls.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (hons)(first class), Design for Technology, Bachelor of Applied Science (hons)(first class), Design for Technology at University of OtagoPGDipSci in Engineering, New Product Development, PGDipSci in Engineering, New Product Development at Massey University
Github Skills (24)
napalm10
simplify10
prtg10
connections10
netmiko10
simple-api10
paramiko10
elasticsearch-cluster9
python9
vendor9
sensor9
ssh9
health8
api7
health-data7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
hutchris/secretsantapy
Dec 2016 - Nov 2022
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years
hutchris/awsmfalogin
May 2019 - Mar 2024
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
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