Elise Kusz is a Senior Product Security Engineer with 11 years of cross-disciplinary experience safeguarding telecommunications products and manufacturing environments. She blends hands-on security engineering with product-focused risk management, having strengthened Infinera’s cybersecurity posture before moving to Nokia. Comfortable bridging technical teams and business stakeholders, she translates complex engineering constraints into pragmatic security controls that enable innovation. Her background in full‑stack web development and prior roles in operations and customer-facing leadership give her a rare combination of technical depth and operational empathy. Based in Portland, she brings a track record of improving system resilience while keeping developer experience and production readiness front of mind.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Web Development Bootcamp, React and Node, Web Development Bootcamp, React and Node at The App Brewery
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Arts and Letters, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Arts and Letters at Portland State University
Web Development Certificate, Full Stack Web Development, Web Development Certificate, Full Stack Web Development at Career Foundry
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