Kirk Sayre
Senior Technical Expert, Cyber Intelligence at Walmart
Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
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Top SchoolKirk Sayre is a senior technical expert in cyber intelligence with 13+ years of experience bridging research and operational security at organizations including Walmart, ORNL, CERT, and commercial startups. He combines deep expertise in automated malware reverse engineering, formal software specification, and weapons and medical systems testing to deliver resilient, auditable solutions. At Walmart he moved from dynamic defense to leading cyber intelligence work, and previously helped commercialize an automated malware analysis tool spun out of national lab research. Kirk holds advanced degrees in computer science (including a PhD) and is skilled at rapidly mastering new technologies to tackle high-stakes, multidisciplinary problems. An unusual strength is his track record of translating academic research into practical tools used in both enterprise and product contexts.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at American UniversityBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Bucknell UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at University of Tennessee-Knoxville
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (19)
packet8
network-monitoring8
security8
packet-capture8
indexing8
pcap8
javascript7
large-scale7
scale7
reverse-engineering6
database6
rabbitmq6
malware6
big-data6
client-library6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
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