Chris Morrow
Senior Software Engineering Manager at Q2
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Morrow is a senior software engineering manager based in Austin with 20+ years in engineering and 11 years in leadership roles, blending hands-on backend development (Python, Go, Postgres) with cloud-native architecture and cost-saving migrations. He has led cross-functional teams to deliver microservices, CI/CD, and data pipelines while driving projects that saved organizations hundreds of thousands annually and migrated critical systems to AWS. A mentor and technical advisor, he pairs practical software craftsmanship—API design, testing automation, and performance tuning—with people leadership and stakeholder collaboration. Chris is also an active open-source contributor focused on threat intelligence and automation, having improved MISP integrations and test coverage in a notable security ingestion project. He’s known for turning operational pain points into automated, auditable solutions and enjoys sharing knowledge through speaking and blogging.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Electrical Engineering, Bachelor, Electrical Engineering at Texas Tech University
Github Skills (13)
unit-testing10
threat-intelligence10
python10
testing10
dryioc8
security8
spring-ioc8
security-scan8
io8
dfu7
dfd7
dfa7
dfm7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
InQuest/ThreatIngestor
May 2020 - Nov 2020
Extract and aggregate threat intelligence.
Role in this project:
Backend & QA Engineer
Backend & QA EngineerContributions:2 releases, 7 reviews, 27 commits in 5 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily focused on enhancing the MISP (Malware Information Sharing Platform) integration within the threat intelligence ingestion framework. They updated and refined the MISP operator code, addressing issues related to artifact handling and event creation. They also wrote and updated unit tests for the MISP integration, ensuring the code's reliability and proper functionality, as well as the configurations for different artifacts and sources. Additionally, the user updated the project's version.
dfirsoarthreat-analysisbugbountymalware-research
cmmorrow/build-magic
Nov 2020 - Jun 2022
A general purpose build/install/deploy tool.
Contributions:27 releases, 7 reviews, 292 commits in 1 year 7 months
continuous-deploymentcontinuous-testingdeploymentdockerdeploy-tool
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