Simon Mcclenahan
Cybersecurity Strategist Automation & Secure Development
Greater Chicago Area United States
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Top SchoolSimon Mcclenahan is a Cybersecurity Strategist specializing in AppSec and DevSecOps with nine years focused on embedding security into the software lifecycle across large enterprises. He blends deep software development experience—particularly in Java and cloud CI/CD—with hands-on SAST/DAST, secure code review, and vulnerability management to automate risk reduction and improve developer workflows. At organizations like Caterpillar, Wells Fargo, and now First Trust, he has built automation that increases visibility and cuts manual effort while maturing vulnerability processes and remediation practices. Actively maintaining certifications including CISSP, he is also exploring pragmatic AI integrations—automated scanning, code-gen security tools, and real-time threat modeling—to scale intelligent defenses. A former development lead and long-time contributor to secure engineering practices, he brings a rare mix of legacy application expertise and modern DevSecOps tooling to solve entrenched security problems.
9 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Melbourne High SchoolThe University of MelbourneBachelor’s Degree Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Mathematics and Computer Science at Monash University
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Github Skills (51)
web-application10
esapi10
java10
security10
api10
control-library10
api-security10
web-application-security9
userscripts9
artificial-intelligence9
violentmonkey9
python9
million9
csrf9
greasemonkey9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
simon0117/esapi-java-legacy
Dec 2018 - Oct 2024
Contributions:10 PRs, 17 pushes, 4 branches in 5 years 10 months
apiweb-application-securitysecurity-toolsapplication-securitysecurity
ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy
Dec 2018 - Jan 2021
ESAPI (The OWASP Enterprise Security API) is a free, open source, web application security control library that makes it easier for programmers to write lower-risk applications.
Contributions:2 commits, 2 PRs, 3 comments in 2 years 1 month
apiweb-application-securitysecurity-toolsapplication-securitysecurity
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