Tom Macklin
Computer Scientist at Naval Research Laboratory
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolTom Macklin is a computer scientist with 17 years of experience designing secure, usable, and capable systems, currently working at the Naval Research Laboratory in Charleston. He specializes in pragmatic security engineering—PKI, trusted computing, certification and accreditation—while retaining hands-on skills in Ruby, C, and test-driven development. His career spans defense and consulting roles where he balanced network performance, crypto testing, and acting as a certificate authority, demonstrating an ability to bridge operational constraints and rigorous security. Tom seeks the "triple point" where security, usability, and enterprise capability meet, believing that optimizing any one pillar at the expense of others is folly. An undergraduate in computer science and philosophy from Clemson, he also brings a founder’s perspective from running a broadband coffeehouse, reflecting a mix of technical depth and real-world practicality.
17 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors, Comp Sci, Philosophy, Bachelors, Comp Sci, Philosophy at Clemson UniversityGithub contributions (1)
alphabetum/castronaut
Feb 2009 - May 2009
Contributions:14 commits in 3 months
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