David Byrne
Managing Principal at Coalfire
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Byrne is a Managing Principal in information security with 25 years of industry experience and a 12-year track record in senior consulting roles, currently leading practice-level work at Coalfire after heading methodology for IBM X-Force Red. He specializes in application and embedded systems testing, while also bringing deep experience in network security, incident response, and building security into SDLCs across Fortune 500 clients. Known for setting testing methodologies, standardized reporting, and leading technical teams, he has a history of winning high-profile engagements and evaluating security-related M&A intellectual property. Based in Denver, he combines hands-on pen-testing credibility with proven client-facing communication and operational leadership, often stepping into acting-manager roles to drive practices forward. An understated strength is his ability to translate technical findings into executive-level risk narratives that drive remediation and business decisions.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Regis UniversityComputer Science, Computer Science at University of Colorado Denver
Github Skills (53)
switch10
windows10
statistics10
linux10
cloc10
knife10
parsing10
encoding10
counter10
golang10
compression10
nvm10
versioning10
encryption10
complexity10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
davidribyrne/MCP
Oct 2015 - Dec 2020
Contributions:1 PR, 31 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 2 months
davidribyrne/ClickHouse
Oct 2021 - Jul 2024
ClickHouse® is a free analytics DBMS for big data
Contributions:19 PRs, 39 pushes, 40 branches in 2 years 9 months
data-analyticsanalyticsdbmsmysqlsql
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