Mickey Cowden
Principal Security Engineer at Commonwealth Center for Advanced Logistics Systems
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMickey Cowden is a Principal Security Engineer and seasoned software leader with 10 years of professional experience and a two-decade relationship with Virginia Tech credentials (MS Computer Engineering, BS Computer Science and Mathematics). He blends hands-on engineering and entrepreneurship as President of Cowden Technologies and co-founder of Uncrewed Systems Solutions and Cowden Family Farm, bringing practical product-building experience across agriculture, logistics, and unmanned systems. Currently leading security at Terrace Networks while advising the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Logistics Systems, Mickey pairs operational security insight with systems-level software design. His track record includes directing software development at Agricision and earlier roles from Rackspace to Vision Point Systems, reflecting fluency in embedded, cloud, and applied research environments. Notably, he balances technical leadership with community stewardship—having served as president and now treasurer of the AUVSI Ridge & Valley Chapter—indicating a commitment to shaping industry practice as well as building secure, mission-critical systems.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Virginia Tech
Github Skills (43)
px410
autopilot10
mavlink10
qgroundcontrol10
drones10
rover10
raspberry-pi10
ros10
gazebosim9
robotics9
ignition9
gazebo-simulator9
robotics-simulation8
react8
jetson8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mickey13/mission-planner
Sep 2022 - Apr 2024
Mission Planner Ground Control Station (c# .net)
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
mission-plannerdotnetground-control-stationcsharpstation
mickey13/cow-auth
Mar 2016 - Oct 2022
Contributions:27 commits, 17 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 8 months
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