Summary
Kris Murray is a technical program manager and systems-minded engineer with 11 years of experience driving SSD product quality, security assurance, and automation across hardware and software domains. With a foundation in software engineering and formal hardware training, he has led cross-functional teams to accelerate development—doubling to tenfolding tool performance through targeted C++ rewrites and CI/CD automation—and managed security reviews of hundreds of thousands of legacy code lines to close critical vulnerabilities. He’s bridged firmware, driver, validation, and manufacturing test disciplines, authoring requirements, building scalable validation tools, and improving traceability and productivity in production environments. Known for ramping quickly into unfamiliar domains, he transformed into a recognized security leader and mentors others to propagate a Security First culture. Based in Sacramento, he combines hands-on debugging in lab and field settings with strategic architecture and process improvements that reduce cycle time and risk.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Hardware Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Hardware Engineering at Oregon Institute of Technology