Michael Matias
Senior Expert Application Security Architect DG TAXUD, European Commission Via Uni Systems
Barcelos, Portugal
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Top SchoolMichael Matias is a Senior Expert Application Security Architect with nine years of hands-on experience building secure SDLCs, threat models, and application security programs across enterprise and public-sector environments. Currently embedded at DG TAXUD via Uni Systems, he brings recent platform-scale security practice from Mercedes‑Benz.io and product-focused tooling expertise from Checkmarx. His background spans software engineering, security leadership and compliance—having been a Senior SDE, Security Guild lead, and ISAE 3402 security manager—so he bridges developer ergonomics with governance. He routinely leads ASVS exercises, SAST/SCA reviews and vulnerability management efforts while translating findings into measurable security KPIs. Based in Barcelos, Portugal, he combines academic teaching experience in game and network development with entrepreneurial roots as a founder, giving him a rare mix of pedagogy, product delivery and hands-on security craft. Colleagues value his ability to turn complex threat analyses into practical engineering controls that integrate smoothly into delivery teams.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Engineering, Master's degree Computer Engineering at Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do AveSecondary Education Equivalence Computer Technician Level-3 Information Technology, Secondary Education Equivalence Computer Technician Level-3 Information Technology at Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional (Technical school)ISCED 4 Education- Trainee, ISCED 4 Education- Trainee at MegaExpansão
English, Portuguese
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Github contributions (2)
Grundge/LesiAulasP2
Feb 2017 - Feb 2017
Contributions:14 commits in 5 days
michaelmatias/MazeUnity
Apr 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:1 commit, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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