Erik Cunningham
Director, Cybersecurity Operations
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolErik Cunningham is a seasoned cybersecurity leader with 14+ years of experience across Security Operations, Incident Response, Digital Forensics, and GRC in FinTech, financial services, government, and MSSP environments. He has built and scaled teams—from entry-level hires to senior analysts—while designing processes and KPIs that measurably improved SOC performance and SLA compliance. Erik led FedRAMP High authorization work for an MXDR product, drove a 200% ARR increase as a product-minded director, and has hands-on experience across NIST frameworks, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, ISO27001, and multi-cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP). A former Navy IT leader and 8-year veteran, he uniquely blends operational rigor from classified and DoD contexts with commercial security program delivery. He mentors transitioning service members and balances leadership with continuous learning—often reading cybersecurity, leadership, stoicism, or history between family commitments in Boulder, Colorado.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors in Science Computer Networks and Cybersecurity , Bachelors in Science Computer Networks and Cybersecurity at University of Maryland Global CampusMaster of Science Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, Master of Science Cybersecurity and Information Assurance at Western Governors UniversityAssociate of Arts (A.A.) General Studies, Associate of Arts (A.A.) General Studies at Rock Valley College
Github Skills (46)
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trend10
svg10
transform10
api-client9
api-platform9
charts9
cdn9
api9
rest-api9
data-visualization9
js8
canvas8
curl8
css8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
trinary/d3-transform
Mar 2013 - Jan 2016
add an interface for svg transform attributes in d3.js
Contributions:1 release, 48 commits, 6 PRs in 2 years 11 months
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trinary/mention-network
Aug 2015 - Dec 2018
Contributions:5 PRs, 51 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 4 months
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