Summary
John Mulder is a Principal Member of Technical Staff with 19 years of experience building secure embedded and control systems, leading multi-million-dollar projects and teams at Sandia National Laboratories. He combines deep hands-on expertise in low-level C, embedded Linux, firmware reverse engineering, and Python tooling with practical leadership of 10-researcher programs that have produced fielded security solutions for U.S. government control systems. His background spans network and device-level security assessments, custom embedded appliance development, and academic work in machine learning and scientific computing—an uncommon mix that helps him bridge research, development, and operational deployment. A former U.S. Army sergeant, he brings disciplined project management and field-tested leadership to complex, safety-critical engineering efforts.
19 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, 3.6, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, 3.6 at University of North Texas