Matt Mundell
Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Mundell is a seasoned software engineer with 17 years of experience building and maintaining core open-source security infrastructure, notably contributing to Greenbone's gvmd and the OpenVAS scanner backend. He combines deep C and systems experience from early career roles with modern JavaScript work—tinkering with editors like CodeMirror and shipping front-end projects such as the rhythm training site 4four.io. Comfortable working fully remote, he has a track record of improving code quality, adding practical features (like soft-pausing scans), and evolving long-lived FOSS projects. Based in the Western Cape, South Africa, he pairs pragmatic engineering with a curiosity for developer tooling and interactive web apps.
17 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bsc (Info Sys) Hons, Computer Science, Bsc (Info Sys) Hons, Computer Science at Rhodes University
English
Github Skills (7)
c1710
scanner10
vulnerability-assessment10
c1110
vulnerability-management9
c-language8
cprogramming-language8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
greenbone/openvas-scanner
Oct 2009 - May 2020
This repository contains the scanner component for Greenbone Community Edition.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 70 commits, 21 PRs in 10 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Matt primarily focused on improving the backend component of the Greenbone OpenVAS scanner. Their contributions involved refactoring code, removing whitespace, and replacing category name lists. The user also implemented a soft pausing feature for scans, indicating involvement in the core functionality and control flow of the scanner. These changes suggest a focus on code quality, feature enhancement, and overall system maintainability.
scanneropenvascommunity-editionvulnerability-managementgreenbone
mattmundell/gvm-tools
Aug 2018 - Apr 2023
Contributions:2 pushes in 4 years 8 months
security-toolsvulnerability-managementsecuritygreenbonemanagement-tools
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