Summary
Jacky Hua is a hands-on senior staff engineering leader in the San Francisco Bay Area with seven years of experience building cybersecurity, IT, and compliance programs across startups and FAANG environments. He combines an MBA with technical chops to architect security controls, privacy practices, and compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOX, HITRUST) that align with business strategy. Jacky has moved between technical IC and leadership roles—from large companies like Meta and Apple to stealth startups—bringing both operational rigor and entrepreneurial agility. His background spans cyber engineering, IT ops, and HRIS integrations, enabling him to solve cross-functional problems where security, data, and people intersect. Active in professional bodies (ISC2, Silicon Valley ISSA), he leverages community insights to keep risk posture current in fast-paced product environments. Notably, he pairs policy-level thinking with hands-on implementation experience, making him equally effective writing a security roadmap or deploying the controls.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Lowell High School
Master of Business Administration Business Analytics, Master of Business Administration Business Analytics at Barowsky School of Business – Dominican University of California
Bachelor of Science - BS Technology and Information Management, Bachelor of Science - BS Technology and Information Management at Baskin Engineering at UCSC
University of California Santa Cruz
English, Chinese, Chinese, Spanish