Clifton Thomas
AI Agent Builder at ReliaQuest
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolClifton Thomas is an AI agent builder and product leader with 11 years of experience creating 0→1 products at the intersection of AI and cybersecurity, currently developing autonomous security agents that investigate and close incidents end-to-end. He's helped startups and scale-ups unlock new markets by bringing structure to product orgs while driving innovation from strategy through execution, notably leading AI-powered phishing defenses and email authentication products. Clifton tunes decision-making, designs workflows, and curates golden datasets so AI agents operate like “caffeinated” security analysts—fast, accurate, and collaborative—delivering dramatic reductions in noise and faster, proactive response. His hands-on background ranges from founding a consumer startup to leading product at established security firms, giving him both technical fluency and go-to-market savvy. Based in Philadelphia, he blends practical engineering chops from a coding bootcamp with deep product instincts honed across B2B and B2C AI initiatives. An often-overlooked strength is his ability to translate SOC workflows into machine-native procedures, enabling agents to perform Tier 1/2 work reliably and free humans for strategic tasks.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies, Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies at The City College of the City University of New YorkComputer Programming, Computer Programming at Dev BootcampPre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies, Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies at Lincoln University
English, French
Github Skills (4)
prop7
mongodb3
react3
redux3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
fete/fete.github.io
Oct 2015 - Jul 2020
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Contributions:149 PRs, 142 pushes, 105 branches in 4 years 9 months
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fete/swift-viewLifeCycle-lab-swift-intro-000
Nov 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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