Summary
Kristofer Duer is a software architect and team lead with nine years focused on application security, specializing in static application security testing (SAST) and language-specific attack surface research. He leads cognitive research efforts at HCL Software, applying machine learning on Apache Spark to automate intelligent finding and code analytics that surface and prioritize real security risk. A prolific inventor with multiple patents around consolidating and visualizing static analysis warnings and prioritizing findings, he blends deep systems experience (Java, C++, Python, SQL) with practical security tooling expertise. Formerly at IBM, he built the cognitive layer for cloud-hosted static analysis and is the go-to expert on SAST rule engineering. Outside work he’s a gym and disc golf enthusiast who balances technical leadership with family life in Manchester, New Hampshire.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Software Engineer, BS, Software Engineer at AIU