Johnny Barry
Director - Financial Services at Sonatype
Greater Boston United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohnny Barry is a Director of Financial Services and DevSecOps advocate with a decade of experience uniting sales, engineering, and security to speed software delivery while reducing risk. At Sonatype he has progressed from regional account roles to director-level leadership, helping enterprises shift left by embedding AppSec into CI/CD and improving developer productivity. His hands-on security background includes contributions to notable Rapid7 open-source projects like Metasploit and mettle, signaling practical experience with offensive tooling and low-level networking enhancements. Johnny focuses on measurable outcomes—shortening release cycles, lowering breach probability, and cutting OSS license and remediation overhead—while aligning legal, dev, and ops teams. Based in Greater Boston, he blends solution-selling acumen with technical credibility, often translating complex security controls into developer-friendly workflows. An uncommon strength is his track record of moving from field sales to strategic product-led security leadership, giving him a rare cross-functional perspective.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors Degree Communication & Economics, Bachelors Degree Communication & Economics at University of Northern ColoradoPomona High School
English
Github Skills (13)
c1710
metasploit10
security-testing10
meta-framework10
c1110
network-programming10
meta10
ruby10
command-injection9
exploit9
pcap8
sql-injection8
multithreading7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
rapid7/mettle
Jul 2016 - Mar 2018
This is an implementation of a native-code Meterpreter, designed for portability, embeddability, and low resource utilization.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:41 commits, 16 PRs, 6 pushes in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Johnny made significant contributions to the `mettle` project, focusing on enhancing network-related functionalities. Their work included implementing and modifying network configurations, adding and removing routes, and retrieving network statistics. The user also integrated network resolve capabilities. These changes suggest a focus on improving the core networking capabilities of the project.
native-codeutilizationrustmeterpreterlow-resource
rapid7/metasploit-framework
Jun 2016 - Apr 2021
Metasploit Framework
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:1 review, 260 commits, 164 PRs in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Johnny contributed to the Metasploit Framework, demonstrating a focus on security tools. They were involved in fixing bugs and implementing improvements related to security, specifically patching existing security issues, and enhancing command execution in the tool. The contributions show skills in scripting and working with existing security testing frameworks.
metasploitmetasploit-framework
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