Jose Roman is a seasoned project manager and technical leader with 12 years of experience blending cybersecurity, engineering, and program management across federal and commercial sectors. He has led high‑pace teams and multi‑million dollar budgets at the NSA and DISA, driving capability delivery, workforce development, and governance for complex CNO and DoD missions. Now at Cloudflare, he applies that mission-focused rigor to strategic objectives and continuous organizational improvement, with a practical emphasis on investing in people. Jose pairs hands‑on engineering chops—contributions to open source projects such as frontend work on the Atraci music player and backend fixes for the DefectDojo security platform—with executive leadership, uniquely bridging developer workflows and security operations. Based in Annapolis, he combines DoD cyber program experience with real coding contributions, demonstrating a rare mix of policy, process, and practical software craftsmanship.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
University of Maryland University College
Bachelor, Information System Management, Bachelor, Information System Management at American Public University System
Contributions summary:Jose primarily contributed to the front-end of the "atraci" music streaming player. Their commits involve modifying CoffeeScript files related to the user interface, particularly the sidebar and tracklist components. They added features such as "Open in Youtube," and implemented notifications for playing tracks. Bug fixes and updates to the user interface were also a focus.
DevSecOps, ASPM, Vulnerability Management. All on one platform.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:7 commits, 11 PRs, 30 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:Jose primarily focused on improving the functionality and user interface of the DefectDojo platform. They addressed bug fixes, particularly for the product type report and the visibility of popover content. The user also made significant changes, replacing the SimpleMDE editor with EasyMDE in multiple templates and updated questionnaire functionalities. Additionally, the user made changes to allow for changes to the login URL.
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