Daniel Beard
Senior Software Engineer at MedISAO
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolDaniel Beard is a Senior Software Engineer and entrepreneur in Chicago with 12 years of experience building secure, regulatory-compliant systems for safety-critical domains such as medical devices, avionics, and industrial automation. He currently architects and implements features for Heimdall, an SBOM and vulnerability management platform at MedCrypt, and leads industry-wide information sharing and advocacy as Director of MedISAO. Previously a CTO and founder-level engineer, he has deep hands-on expertise across embedded firmware, HIPAA-compliant hybrid cloud architectures, and processes that satisfy Class II regulatory requirements. Known for blending low-level embedded work with cloud-scale tooling, he routinely translates strict safety and security constraints into maintainable, testable software. An uncommon strength is his long track record of running both product engineering and sector-wide education initiatives, giving him a rare combination of implementation skill and industry leadership.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Newport Harbor HighUniversity of California, Irvine
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (66)
predict10
parenting10
django9
react-native-web9
input-field9
dashboard9
webcrypto9
des9
aes-gcm8
controlling8
scanner8
python8
svg8
cve8
hmac8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
PromenadeSoftware/Parlay
Mar 2016 - May 2018
Contributions:9 releases, 40 PRs, 189 pushes in 2 years 3 months
raspberry-piscriptingweb-basedembedded-devicescontrolling
DanBeard/LibScanner
Aug 2016 - Feb 2018
RPM/SWID vulnerability scanner
Contributions:18 commits, 13 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 6 months
scanneropenvasswidrpmsecurity
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