Nicholas L
Federal Account Executive at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNicholas L is a Federal Account Executive at Amazon Web Services with a decade of experience bridging defense, national security, and commercial operations to accelerate cloud modernization and AI/ML adoption. He has a track record of exceeding ambitious targets—125% attainment on a $50M quota and +200% YoY growth across national security accounts—while advising C-suite stakeholders on secure, mission-critical cloud strategies. A former Army officer and intelligence analyst, he pairs operational leadership and risk management with deep program execution experience overseeing large teams and multimillion-dollar portfolios. At Amazon he has scaled internal adoption of AI tools and led cross-functional teams to deliver measurable outcomes tied to customers’ modernization priorities. His open-source security work includes enhancements to a default credential scanner to better handle rate-limiting and complex authentication scenarios, reflecting hands-on security instincts beneath his strategic role. Nicholas combines military rigor, vendor and vendor-services leadership, and technical curiosity to drive high-trust, outcome-focused transformations for defense and large enterprise customers.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Film/Cinema/Video Studies, Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Film/Cinema/Video Studies at New York Film AcademyBachelor of Science - BS, Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician, Bachelor of Science - BS, Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician at Indiana University of PennsylvaniaTop Secret: Challenges to National Security in a Global Society, Top Secret: Challenges to National Security in a Global Society at The Washington Center for Internships and Academic SeminarsAssociate of Arts and Sciences - AAS, Military Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations, Associate of Arts and Sciences - AAS, Military Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations at Cochise College
Github Skills (8)
penetration-testing10
python10
security-txt10
security-scan10
http-request10
security10
debugging9
yaml8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ztgrace/changeme
Oct 2016 - Apr 2020
A default credential scanner.
Role in this project:
Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:9 commits, 7 PRs, 5 comments in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Nicholas primarily contributed to the enhancement of a default credential scanner, focusing on improving its capabilities. They added features to specify custom headers during authentication, implemented conditional logic to handle and mitigate 429 (too many requests) status codes, and made adjustments to the underlying target handling, and YAML configuration files. These changes collectively improved the tool's ability to work around rate-limiting and handle more complex authentication scenarios.
scannerpythonsecurity-toolsbugbountysecurity
YOLOSecFW/YoloSec-Framework
Oct 2016 - Jun 2017
#YOLO motherfuckers!
Contributions:13 commits, 3 PRs, 12 pushes in 8 months
object-detectionyolov5tensorflowyolov3yolo
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