GeneĀ Stevens
Board Of Directors at The Open Information Security Foundation
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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SeniorGene Stevens is a seasoned technical leader and serial founder with 14 years of experience building product-led security and infrastructure businesses, including founding ProtectWise and leading its acquisition by Verizon. He blends hands-on engineering and architecture experience from roles at McAfee and MX Logic with strategic product and innovation leadership at Verizon Business and UKON. As a board member of The Open Information Security Foundation since 2017, he brings domain expertise in information security and open-source stewardship. Gene has repeatedly taken early-stage visions through pivots and exits, demonstrating a knack for spotting market inflection points in security, AI, and emerging edge technologies. Based in Denver, he combines pragmatic engineering judgment with a product-first mindset, often focusing on trust, privacy, and advanced media applications. Less obvious: he consistently operates at the intersection of research-driven innovation (quantum, AI, edge) and product commercialization, turning cutting-edge concepts into deployable systems.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (11)
data-retrieval8
json-data7
json6
retrieval6
notation6
elixir5
javascript5
erlang4
rust1
packet1
parser1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
GeneStevens/jsonpath
Feb 2012 - Feb 2013
Fast Erlang JSON data retrieval and updates via javascript-like notation
Contributions:13 commits in 11 months
data-retrievalerlangjavascriptelixirupdates
size-io/size-proxy
Aug 2012 - Nov 2012
Contributions:7 commits in 2 months
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