Sean Starnes
Senior Platform Engineer
Springfield, Missouri, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSean Starnes is a Senior Platform Engineer and seasoned cybersecurity leader with 12 years of experience building resilient systems and security programs across government and commercial environments. Currently splitting time as a Senior Platform Engineer and Chief Information Security & Privacy Officer, he has driven measurable risk reduction—improving incident detection by 40% and cutting potential risks by roughly 30%—while fostering cross-functional collaboration. His hands-on roots in Linux systems administration and early IT support in Turkey give him practical operational insight that informs pragmatic security controls and uptime-focused engineering. Sean is completing an MS in Information Security & Privacy, bringing current academic rigor to real-world governance and compliance work he’s architected from the ground up. He’s known for translating compliance requirements into flexible, innovation-friendly frameworks and for growing security awareness through training that boosted staff compliance over 50%. Outside of work he engages actively with tech communities to share emerging best practices and stay ahead of threat trends.
12 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MS Information Security and Privacy, Master of Science - MS Information Security and Privacy at MS Information Security and PrivacyBachelor's Degree General Studies, Bachelor's Degree General Studies at University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Github Skills (50)
data-files9
jekyll9
armv78
api8
adapter8
ember-addon7
nodejs7
sega-genesis7
genesis7
open-source7
commodore7
refresher7
megadrive7
arcade6
metadata6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
seanstar12/nodeFileBrowser
Aug 2013 - May 2015
Contributions:40 commits, 1 push in 1 year 9 months
seanstar12/mittens
Jul 2013 - Aug 2014
Contributions:50 commits in 1 year 1 month
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