Phil Steitz
Executive Director, Security Automation And Integration
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolPhil Steitz is an experienced technology and product leader with 22 years of experience building and scaling secure, AI-enabled SaaS platforms and engineering organizations. Currently Executive Director of Security Automation and Integration at CVS Health, he blends hands-on engineering, enterprise security, and automation to drive measurable risk reduction and operational resilience. A former CTO for multiple companies including Nextiva and American Express, he pairs technology strategy and finance-savvy investment prioritization with practical delivery of middleware, transaction processing, and data architectures. Phil is also an active open-source contributor to longstanding Apache Commons projects, improving numerical algorithms, pooling, and database connection robustness—work that underscores his attention to correctness and performance. He holds a PhD in Mathematics, bringing rigorous analytical depth to applied AI/ML/NLP solutions and cross-functional leadership. Based in Scottsdale, he is known for a pragmatic, collaborative leadership style that translates complex technical capabilities into business results.
22 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Mathematics, PhD Mathematics at University of MarylandBA Philosophy, BA Philosophy at Beloit College
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Github Skills (34)
algorithm10
apache-commons10
unit-testing10
code-optimization10
algorithms10
commons10
database-connection10
javadoc10
testing10
mathematical10
pool10
jdbc10
data-structure10
java10
javas10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
apache/commons-math
Jan 2004 - Aug 2016
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:1319 commits in 12 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Phil's contributions primarily involved refactoring and improving the performance of the numerical methods used in the Apache Commons Math library. This includes optimizing existing algorithms for efficiency and accuracy. Further efforts include addressing issues with the library's internal consistency and fixing bugs to improve its numerical robustness. Additionally, the user has expanded the library's functionality by adding new features and tests that are consistent with other tests in the library.
mathematicspolynomialfittingroot-findingstat
apache/commons-pool
Jan 2007 - Nov 2021
Apache Commons Pool
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 447 commits, 14 PRs in 15 years
Contributions summary:Phil's commits primarily involve modifications to the Apache Commons Pool library, specifically within the Java source code. They addressed various issues, including allowing blocked threads to be interrupted, adding Javadoc warnings, and fixing the behavior of the code to match the documentation. The contributions also include changes to the LIFO/FIFO behavior and code cleanup.
commonscommons-poolpoolapacheapache-commons
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