John Svazic
CEO & Principal Consultant at EliteSec
Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolJohn Svazic is an information security leader and founder with 15 years of experience building pragmatic security programs, leading teams, and delivering hands-on offensive and defensive services. As CEO and Principal Consultant at EliteSec he focuses on practical, threat-model-driven penetration testing, tabletop exercises, and ISO 27001 readiness rather than chasing trends. Previously he led security, compliance, and privacy at Auvik and architected cloud security and DevOps practices for SaaS platforms at companies like Desire2Learn and Axonify. He holds CISSP, CISM, OSWP, and OSCP certifications and blends deep technical expertise (from secure coding, SAML/OAuth, and cloud monitoring to EDR and SOC operations) with executive-level program development. A seasoned educator and community organizer, he has taught computer security and helped run a regional cybersecurity conference, bringing a knack for translating technical risk into candid, actionable business advice. Based in Cambridge, Ontario, he’s known for pragmatic solutions that fit an organization’s current needs while preparing for future growth.
15 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
University of South AfricaMathematics, Mathematics/Computer Science, Mathematics, Mathematics/Computer Science at University of Waterloo
English, Croatian
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (64)
genetic-algorithm10
vagrant9
tencent-cloud8
aws8
graph8
virtualization8
inspector8
terraform8
docker-image8
cloud-computing7
tui7
dsl7
gcp7
ruby7
automation7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jsvazic/GAHelloWorld
Jan 2011 - Mar 2015
A simple example of a Genetic Algorithm that generates "Hello world!"
Contributions:49 commits, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 4 years 1 month
genetic-algorithm
EliteSec-io/vagrant-sonarqube
Feb 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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