Summary
Ed Cooper is a seasoned DevSecOps and platform engineering leader with 11 years of experience building secure, automated infrastructure and security programs across startups and large enterprises. Currently the Founding DevSecOps Lead at a post-quantum cryptography startup, he combines hands-on architecture and coding with product and people leadership to deliver PQC-authenticated solutions for constrained IoT devices. He has led cross-divisional security transformations—implementing container security, MFA, endpoint protection, and SaaS security at scale—while founding his own consultancy to advise on automation, AI and cybersecurity. Known for pragmatic frameworks (like his SEAMless Agile approach), automation-first practices and mentoring neurodiverse teams, he turns compliance and audit requirements into operational resilience. Based in Leeds, he blends deep infrastructure craft with startup agility and an uncommon focus on cryptographic authentication for resource-constrained environments.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Heckmondwike Grammar School
English, German, French