Chris Long
Lead Cyber Research Scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton
Reston, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Long is a Lead Cyber Research Scientist with over 20 years of experience spanning academic research and applied software engineering, currently driving usable security and privacy work at Booz Allen Hamilton. He blends rigorous HCI research—dating back to a PhD at UC Berkeley and postdoctoral work at Carnegie Mellon—with hands-on engineering of interfaces, visualizations, and distributed simulations. Chris has led technical efforts in both industry and government contracting environments, repeatedly turning novel interaction concepts into evaluated prototypes and productizable technologies. His specialty is HCI for security (HCISEC), focusing on making complex security tools more understandable and usable for real users. A less obvious strength is his sustained role in proposal writing and business development, enabling research teams to win and execute multidisciplinary programs.
11 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyHigh school diploma, Mathematics, Physics, High school diploma, Mathematics, Physics at Phillips Exeter AcademyBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University of Virginia
English
Github Skills (181)
python10
sdl10
rdp10
remote-desktop10
rdp-connection10
ssh10
ansible10
groovy10
java10
android10
gradle10
kotlin10
desktop10
x1110
latexmk9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
NextCenturyCorporation/VirtUE
Mar 2019 - Jul 2019
The main repository for the SAVIOR (Secure Applications in Virtual Instantiations of Roles) system
Contributions:1 release, 12 PRs, 12 pushes in 3 months
secureuser-interfaceremote-desktopcloud-computingsecurity
chrislong/FreeRDP
Jan 2019 - Jun 2019
FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients
Contributions:2 PRs, 16 pushes, 4 branches in 4 months
freerdpremote-desktopremote-desktop-protocoldesktopprotocol-library
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