Summary
Martin Ellis is a software engineer and seasoned cyber security consultant with 15 years’ experience blending secure application review and hands-on software development across web, mobile, desktop and infrastructure. He has held senior consulting roles at SureCloud and MDSec and now applies that dual expertise at CovertSwarm, moving from Hive Member to Software Engineer. Comfortable across PHP, Android, Linux and academic-grade tooling like LaTeX, Martin couples practical coding skills with an auditor’s eye for security and risk. He also has a background in teaching computer science at the University of Kent, which sharpens his ability to explain complex technical issues to diverse audiences. Based in Ashford, England, he brings a pragmatic, research-informed approach to finding subtle vulnerabilities and building robust, maintainable systems.
15 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
A Levels, A Levels at The Norton Knatchbull School
BSC Computer Science, BSC Computer Science at University of Kent