Timothy Howard
Summary
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SeniorTim Howard is a cybersecurity executive and entrepreneur with 15+ years building high-performing security teams, advising boards, and placing CISO and technical leadership through his firm Fortify Experts. He blends executive search, vCISO coaching, and rapid NIST/CMMC assessments with hands-on product work—most recently commercializing Fortified Desk for immutable, browser-streamed desktops and founding an AI security advisory practice. A mentor and co-founder of Cybersecurity DIVAS, he’s committed to increasing women in security leadership and shares practical hiring guidance via a free book on hiring and retaining CISOs. Tim combines a business background from Texas A&M and a Birkman certification with deep experience across energy, SaaS, and security tech, enabling pragmatic roadmaps that balance risk, cost, and operational scale.
15 years of coding experience
Github Skills (63)
deduplication10
id310
messaging-system10
messaging10
mp310
metadata10
pulsar10
ffmpeg10
queuing10
mpeg10
backup10
mp410
pubsub10
id3v210
streaming10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
freetocompute/kebe
Apr 2021 - Aug 2021
Project Kebe is the open-source Snap Store implementation.
Contributions:1 review, 50 commits, 8 PRs in 3 months
snap-storesnap
futuretim/autofoomm
Feb 2017 - Dec 2020
Contributions:1 push, 3 branches in 3 years 10 months
autotoolspackage-templategtkmm
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