Kevin Thompson
Director AI Platform Security Outbound Product Management
Mankato, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Thompson is a product and security leader with 13+ years of experience blending data-driven risk management, engineering, and go-to-market strategy to scale enterprise security products. As Director of AI Platform Security Outbound Product Management at ServiceNow he leads a $450M business and a team of seven product managers, driving eight consecutive quarters of >70% YoY growth and launching capabilities like ServiceNow Vault and Platform/Edge Encryption. He pairs executive-facing storytelling and sales enablement with hands-on technical chops—from Python/R data validation and jsonschema testing in the VERIS/VCDB projects to front-end work that bootstrapped a community incident database. A former graduate instructor in quantitative risk (FAIR-focused) and ex-Salesforce security architect, he’s equally at home coaching product teams, running customer workshops, and contributing to open-source security data tooling. Certified CISSP and FAIR practitioner, active in IAPP and SIRA, he brings a practical, evidence-based approach to privacy and encryption strategy while speaking intermediate French and basic Mandarin.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Master's degree, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Penn State UniversityBS, Management, BS, Management at Minnesota State University, MankatoRanger, Salesforce administration and development, Ranger, Salesforce administration and development at Trailhead by SalesforceComputer Science, Computer Science at The College of St. ScholasticaHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Cloquet Senior High School
English, Chinese, hip hop (compton dialect)
Github Skills (20)
unit-testing10
javascript10
data-validation10
python10
json-schema10
css10
user-interface10
mongodb-database10
html10
mongodb10
bootstrap9
flask-ask9
ruby9
data-integration9
flask9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
vz-risk/veris
Aug 2013 - Feb 2015
Vocabulary for Event Recording and Incident Sharing (VERIS)
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer (focused on data validation and potentially backend)
Full-stack Developer (focused on data validation and potentially backend)Contributions:120 commits, 1 push, 1 comment in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Kevin significantly contributed to the VERIS project by developing both Python and Ruby scripts for importing data into a MongoDB database. They also implemented a comprehensive testing suite using Python and the `jsonschema` library, demonstrating a focus on data validation and schema enforcement. Furthermore, the user added unit tests and refined the schema to ensure data integrity, encompassing various aspects like industry validation and internal consistency checks. Finally, the user created a Python script to validate a set of JSON files against a specified schema and added features to it.
vocabularyrecordingsharing
vz-risk/VCDB
Aug 2013 - May 2020
VERIS Community Database
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:318 commits, 2 PRs, 30 pushes in 6 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Kevin primarily focused on developing the front-end components of the application using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. They created the initial application skeleton and implemented the landing page, including a simple form for incident entry. The user also worked on adding navigation and adding support for the dynamic addition of multiple victims and data sources, enhancing the application's functionality. Furthermore, the user incorporated features for data variety and the initial selection of confidentiality questions, extending the functionality of the application.
database
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