Travis Smith
VP - ML Threat Operations
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTravis Smith is a seasoned security and threat operations leader with over a decade of experience blending digital forensics, incident response, and enterprise software delivery. Currently VP of ML Threat Operations at HiddenLayer, he has led threat research and malware teams at Qualys and Tripwire, driving product-focused R&D and adoption across global customers. Known for translating deep technical research into practical defensive tools, he has a history of building network and endpoint security architectures from the ground up. An experienced public speaker with repeated appearances at Black Hat, DEF CON, RSA and BSides, he communicates complex adversary tradecraft to both technical and executive audiences. His background in compliance, logging, and automated security operations pairs an MBA in information assurance with hands-on engineering and sales experience. Colleagues describe him as entrepreneurial and relentless at finding ways to excel in new challenges, often turning proof-of-concept work into production-ready defenses.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Japanese Language, Japanese Language at De Anza CollegeNetwork and Data Communication Managent, Network and Data Communication Managent at Devry University - FremontMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
Github Skills (27)
raspberry10
visualizations9
elastic8
network-security8
elasticsearch8
kibana8
network-monitoring8
zeek8
security8
pcap8
network-analysis7
sarif7
monitoring7
observability7
webapp7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
TravisFSmith/SweetSecurity
Sep 2015 - Jul 2017
Contributions:7 releases, 13 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 10 months
raspberry-pisecurityraspberrynetwork-security-monitoringnetwork-security
TravisFSmith/mitre_attack
Oct 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:3 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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