Stewart Olson
Sr. Director, Corporate & Product Security
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolStewart Olson is a seasoned information security leader with 11 years of experience, currently serving as Sr. Director of Corporate & Product Security at Penumbra in San Diego. He brings a rare blend of hands-on blue team, red team, and incident response experience alongside security architecture, risk management, and program development for both internal teams and consultancy engagements. Previously he led information security and security architecture at NuVasive and consulted on diverse enterprise environments, from AD/GPO restructuring to product security for regulated industries. A former sysadmin who still codes and “sometimes makes things,” he combines practical operations instincts with strategic security leadership. Collected experience across startups and larger organizations gives him a pragmatic approach to translating technical controls into auditable, business-aligned programs. He holds a B.A. in Philosophy and Music from St. Olaf College, reflecting an analytical and creative perspective he brings to complex security challenges.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. Philosophy Music, B.A. Philosophy Music at St. Olaf CollegeHigh School High School Education, High School High School Education at Creighton Prep
English, Latin
Stackoverflow
361reputation
51kreached
3answers
23questions
Github Skills (108)
dma10
security10
log-viewer10
login-system10
django-admin10
graylog10
phishing10
gophish10
logging10
syslog10
scanner9
dotnet9
django9
golang9
authentication9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
theabraxas/Battalion
Oct 2016 - Jun 2019
Contributions:40 commits, 17 PRs, 38 pushes in 2 years 8 months
security-toolsadmininternalreconnaissancesecurity
theabraxas/Book-Exercises-etc
Jan 2016 - Mar 2022
Contributions:12 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 2 months
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