James Sörling
Chief Executive Officer at Hack23
Gothenburg, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Sörling is a seasoned information security leader and CEO with over three decades of hands-on software development and 11 years in security-focused roles, currently leading Hack23 to showcase enterprise-grade security as a business differentiator. He specializes in cloud security, DevSecOps and embedding security into agile SDLCs without impeding innovation, having driven threat modeling, global bug bounty programs and security champion forums at large enterprises like Stena and Polestar. His background spans secure architecture, vulnerability management and open source program leadership, with deep operational experience across AWS, CI/CD tooling and security automation. James combines practitioner-level coding and systems experience from early J2EE and Unix roles to modern cloud-native architectures, giving him rare empathy for developers and architects alike. He is passionate about transparency and uses his company’s own ISMS as both foundation and marketing proof-point—turning controls and documented processes into client-facing evidence of expertise. An early BBS founder and lifelong tinkerer, he still brings that maker mindset to realistic security demonstrations and precision-focused projects.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computing Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computing Science at University of Gothenburg
Github Skills (200)
composition10
kpi10
maven-plugin10
vpc10
security10
disaster-recovery10
jenkins-plugin10
eclipse10
gradle-plugin10
government-data10
spotbugs10
webdriver10
continuous-testing10
findbugs10
dotnet10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Hack23/cia
Aug 2015 - Dec 2022
Comprehensive open-source intelligence platform analyzing Swedish political activities using AI and data visualization. Tracks politicians, government institutions, and parliamentary data, offering detailed insights, performance metrics, and advanced analytics.
Contributions:38 releases, 32 reviews, 9149 commits in 7 years 6 months
parliament-chartscivic-techsurveillanceopen-source-intelligenceworldbank
Hack23/homepage
Oct 2019 - Apr 2025
Webpage for org https://www.hack23.com/
Contributions:4 reviews, 401 PRs, 455 pushes in 5 years 6 months
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