John Kula
Director Of Security Production Engineering at Charles Schwab
Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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SeniorJohn Kula is a seasoned security engineering executive with over three decades of technology experience and a decade in senior leadership, currently directing Security Production Engineering for Charles Schwab from Reading, PA. He leads 40+ remote security architects, engineers, and developers across six locations, driving product-focused collaboration, automation, and resilience while managing complex integrations from acquisitions like TD Ameritrade. Known for turning large security estates into lean, observable platforms, he has delivered dramatic cost and operational improvements (e.g., halving endpoint costs, cutting proxy OpEx by 75%, and reducing alert noise by over 99%). A pragmatic architect and former founder/CTO, he blends hands-on systems design with executive budgeting and forecasting for multi-million dollar programs. He introduced techniques such as Monte-Carlo simulation to security risk and ROI decisioning and built competency models to professionalize teams. His background in fraud-fighting and early SIEM innovation reveals a practical focus on detection efficacy as much as on infrastructure.
10 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
EnglishGithub contributions (1)
DarkwaveTechnologies/Cray-2-Reboot
Oct 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:190 commits, 189 pushes, 5 branches in 3 months
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