Summary
Mat Steinlin is a pragmatic Head of Information Security with 11 years of hands-on experience building security programs, leading teams, and aligning risk management to business goals. He blends security architecture, zero-trust, IAM, cloud security and compliance (NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, FedRAMP) with a people-first, servant-leadership approach that prioritizes enabling teams over imposing controls. Mat has repeatedly scaled security functions from startup CTO roles through CISO positions and now leads security at Aptible, bringing both strategic governance and engineering depth. He contributes code and full-stack fixes in open-source projects—improving UX and browser/mobile behavior in image tooling—underscoring a developer mindset alongside executive responsibility. Based in Saint Augustine, FL, he pairs technical rigor with unconventional resilience: he has served as an ocean rower, engineer and navigator in extreme endurance expeditions. That blend of operational experience, cross-functional collaboration, and real-world grit informs his practical, people-centered security leadership.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Application Development IT Security, Bachelor's degree Application Development IT Security at WISS School of Business Informatics
German, English