Phillip Ames
Founder at Gibson Security LLC
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPhillip Ames is a security-focused founder and technologist with 18 years of experience architecting and assessing software and supply-chain security. After a long tenure as a Staff Security Engineer at Google leading white- and black-box reviews and managing security engineering teams, he launched Gibson Security LLC to offer boutique, independent security consultancy services. His background spans hands-on defensive and offensive work from IDS/IPS and firewall engineering at the University of Connecticut to consulting roles and mentoring at SANS, giving him both operational and instructional depth. He holds an MS in Computer Science from Columbia Engineering and combines academic rigor with pragmatic, audit-ready solutions. Known for blending technical leadership with practical security engineering, he often bridges gaps between product teams and security programs to reduce real-world risk.
18 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BSE Computer Science and Engineering Math (minor), BSE Computer Science and Engineering Math (minor) at University of ConnecticutMS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at Columbia Engineering
Github Skills (81)
authentication10
httpd10
cas10
java10
browser9
scalable9
apereo9
extensible9
react9
apache9
build-system9
angularjs9
bazel9
bit9
client-library8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
apereo/mod_auth_cas
Jul 2007 - Aug 2014
An Apache httpd module for integrating with Apereo CAS Server project.
Contributions:228 commits, 1 PR, 15 comments in 7 years 2 months
cas-serverapereo-casauthenticationapereoapache
google/gae-secure-scaffold-python
Aug 2014 - Jan 2021
Contributions:24 commits, 22 PRs, 17 pushes in 6 years 6 months
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