David Willard
Director, Application Security
Greater Chicago Area United States
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Top SchoolDavid Willard is a seasoned technology leader and Director of Application Security with a 30+ year career spanning systems administration, web and application architecture, DevOps, cloud migrations, and security leadership. Currently at Ahold Delhaize, he brings hands-on experience driving SOC2 audits, large-scale AWS migrations, and building repeatable infrastructure patterns that improve reliability and incident response. Previously he led platform, data engineering and observability efforts as a senior director at OppFi and ran engineering, SRE, and PCI/InfoSec functions for a payment authentication startup, blending product-focused delivery with compliance rigor. Known as a pragmatic player-coach, he has built and managed distributed onshore/offshore teams and vendor relationships while shifting organizations toward templated, reusable infrastructure. Based in the Greater Chicago Area, he pairs a rare mix of deep operational DNA and application security focus, with an early background in music and digital media that fuels a creative, systems-oriented approach.
8 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Jackson High SchoolApplied Music and Computer Science, Applied Music and Computer Science at Western Illinois UniversityDigital Media Technology, Digital Media Technology at Columbia College Chicago
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Github Skills (25)
ocl10
mms10
sysml10
java10
plugin10
docbook10
magicdraw10
pong6
nimble5
apl4
pattern4
inheritance4
refactoring4
prebuild3
nim-language3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
Open-MBEE/exec-cameo-mdk
Apr 2018 - Jul 2020
Cameo plugin for MMS sync and DocGen
Contributions:15 releases, 92 commits, 58 PRs in 2 years 3 months
syncdocbookmagicdrawmbeeplugin
Open-MBEE/exec-mdk-systems-reasoner
Feb 2020 - Sep 2020
Convenience tooling for UML/SysML inheritance using the Block Specific Type pattern
Contributions:2 PRs, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
raiiunicornsumlpongagda
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