Connor Mckinnon
Director, Security at Wealthsimple
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolConnor Mckinnon is a security-focused engineering leader with nine years of hands-on experience designing and shipping developer-friendly security solutions at Wealthsimple, now serving as Director, Security. He leads teams of software developers who act as the organization’s “boots on the ground,” building bespoke systems—most recently a distributed authorization layer—to make security seamless for engineers. Connor grew Wealthsimple’s Security Champions program from concept to a sustained, company-wide initiative and balances managerial strategy with deep full-stack craftsmanship. His open-source work includes contributions to an intentionally vulnerable GraphQL learning app, demonstrating both offensive-minded tooling and practical remediation skills. Based in Kitchener, Ontario, he brings a rare mix of developer empathy, program leadership, and a demonstrable drive to improve security through usable engineering.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Seneca College Certificate Advanced Project Management, Seneca College Certificate Advanced Project Management at Seneca Polytechnic
English, French
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Github Skills (11)
html10
graphql10
wordpress-graphql10
wpgraphql10
jinja210
flask-ask9
flask9
python9
back-end-development9
javascript8
front-end-development8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
dolevf/Damn-Vulnerable-GraphQL-Application
Feb 2021 - Feb 2021
Damn Vulnerable GraphQL Application is an intentionally vulnerable GraphQL service implementation designed for learning about and practising GraphQL Security.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 7 commits, 8 PRs in 3 days
Contributions summary:Connor refactored the HTML templates to use the Jinja2 templating system, improving code organization and maintainability. They fixed a broken pastes page by updating the included template files. Additionally, the user implemented features for creating, importing, and uploading pastes. This included the implementation of GraphQL queries and mutations to interact with the backend.
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connormckinnon93/udacityMultiUserBlog
May 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:16 pushes, 2 branches in 13 days
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