Jan Laan
Managing Consultant at Software Improvement Group
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJan Laan is a managing consultant specializing in software quality and application security with 12 years of hands-on experience bridging engineering and management at the Software Improvement Group. He advises organizations on architecture, maintainability, reliability, and security, turning technical assessments into actionable improvements that align with business goals. Jan’s background ranges from building mobile and web apps in C#, PHP and JavaScript to conducting enterprise-level security and quality assessments, giving him both practitioner and advisory credibility. Based in New York and trained with an MSc in System and Network Engineering from the University of Amsterdam, he blends technical depth with consultative clarity. Outside work he’s as comfortable debating secure architecture as he is discussing sailing, a pastime that mirrors his methodical, safety-first approach to software.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), System and Network Engineering, Master of Science (MSc), System and Network Engineering at University of Amsterdam
English, Dutch
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Github Skills (43)
continuous-testing10
bug-tracker10
security10
devops10
java9
spring9
application-security9
owasp9
spring-security8
safenet8
grunt-plugins6
chrome-extension6
gettext5
sast5
vulnerabilities5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
janlaan/DependencyCheck
Apr 2018 - Jan 2026
OWASP dependency-check is a software composition analysis utility that detects publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in application dependencies.
Contributions:11 PRs, 46 pushes, 48 branches in 7 years 11 months
compositiondependenciessecurity-toolsbugbountysecurity
janlaan/sigridci
Feb 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:6 PRs, 22 pushes, 10 branches in 4 years 1 month
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