Cory Woods
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Canada
Summary
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RockstarCory Woods is a seasoned CISO and technology leader with over 20 years of experience designing and scaling cybersecurity, IT, and risk programs across retail, banking, manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals. He blends executive strategy with hands-on delivery—building global teams, leading SOC implementations, and driving cloud migrations that cut infrastructure costs by 30% while improving incident response efficiency by 50%. Known for harmonizing compliance frameworks (PCI, SOX, GDPR, OSFI) with business objectives, he pairs data-driven decision-making and OKR-driven governance to accelerate project delivery and reduce turnover. Cory is also an engaged open-source contributor, having improved build automation, CI/CD, and security hardening in notable projects like RenderDoc and rocBLAS, reflecting his comfort working at the intersection of security, systems, and developer tooling. He’s pragmatic about risk, routinely aligning cyber, fraud, and facilities controls to protect customers and operations while freeing budget for innovation.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (35)
debugging10
debug10
c-language10
qt10
package-management10
testing10
cmake10
hpc10
cicd10
renderdoc10
cryptography10
argon2i10
hash10
build-tools10
nodejs10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
ROCm/rocBLAS
Oct 2020 - Jan 2023
Next generation BLAS implementation for ROCm platform
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 33 commits, 3 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Cory focused on improving the build and documentation processes of the rocBLAS library. Their commits include modifications to the Jenkins configuration and documentation scripts, indicating a focus on the CI/CD pipeline. Furthermore, they updated to C++17, and modernized build and documentation setup by updating dependencies like LAPACK and addressing code style to align the library with evolving standards, improving maintainability and compilation processes. The user added a version string function and corrected printing problems in existing code.
blasnext-generationrocmhip
spack/spack
Sep 2021 - Jan 2023
A flexible package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers.
Role in this project:Backend Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:125 reviews, 23 commits, 25 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Cory contributed to the Spack package manager by modifying package definitions, specifically for ROCm-related libraries like rocBLAS, hipBLAS, rocRAND, and others. Their work involved tightening dependencies, adding test support, and fixing installation issues. The user added tests and enabled test runs, demonstrating involvement in ensuring the quality and reliability of the package manager's support for ROCm-based software.
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