Erik Costlow
Senior Director Of Product Management at Azul
New Canaan, Connecticut, United States
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Top SchoolErik Costlow is a Senior Director of Product Management with 10+ years driving security- and performance-focused software products, currently leading Java security and performance initiatives at Azul. He blends hands-on software development roots with product leadership from Oracle to startups, having shaped Java platform security, automated performance assurance, and developer tooling that reduced maintenance and hardware costs. Known for turning complex, high-risk problems into measurable, automated workflows, he built JDeps-based outreach and led a two-year window of reduced Java zero-day exposure at Oracle. Erik also writes and teaches—authoring practical courses on cryptography, graph analysis, and data—and edits Java/security coverage for InfoQ, surfacing nuanced industry trends. Based in New Canaan, CT, he uniquely combines deep Java instrumentation expertise with a knack for communicating technical risk to sales, engineering, and customers.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Management Information Systems, General, Bachelor of Science (BS), Management Information Systems, General at Illinois State University
English
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Github Skills (38)
log4j8
java8
reactive7
derived7
log4shell7
opencensus7
security-testing7
audio6
asp-net6
java-agent6
instrumentation6
security6
kubernetes6
javafx6
exceptions6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
erikcostlow/Java-Crypt
Apr 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
erikcostlow/raspicam
Sep 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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