Evan Davison
Evil Wizard at Cloudera
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolEvan Davison is a security-focused software engineer and evangelist with 12 years of experience building resilient networks, systems, and organizational security programs. Currently an "Evil Wizard" at Cloudera, he previously led software security efforts at Cofense and held senior engineering and incident response roles at Mandiant, Deloitte, and other defense contractors. He has acted as an SME for Certification & Accreditation across 80+ DoD networks/enclaves and has led recovery from multiple high-impact breaches in both defense and healthcare environments. A frequent speaker at industry conferences (Hacker Halted, BSides, ISSA, Outerz0ne), he champions continuous penetration testing, active-defense/counterintelligence, and risk-focused strategies that go beyond mere compliance. Known for translating technical findings into actionable risk reduction, he combines hands-on incident work with strategic security design. Based in Atlanta, he pairs a business administration degree with deep operational security experience, enabling pragmatic security programs that align with mission and governance needs.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Business Administration and Management General, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Business Administration and Management General at Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business
Github Skills (8)
raw-data9
api6
ingest5
modular4
infosec2
analyzer2
security2
extraction2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
pentestfail/Bro-KEN
Nov 2014 - May 2015
Contributions:18 commits, 1 push in 6 months
pentestfail/TA-Mixpanel
May 2017 - Jun 2021
Contributions:1 release, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
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