Summary
Tyler Pinckard is a seasoned information security and systems engineering leader with 11+ years building secure, scalable infrastructure across startups and enterprises from Silicon Valley to global financial institutions. As a former military intelligence Captain turned CISO and Director of Engineering, he led the primary tech effort for one of the first enterprise production blockchain deployments at a top-10 bank and has deep hands-on experience in DevSecOps, cloud-native security, and multicloud platform transformations. He’s delivered AI/LLM services to production, driven SOC 2/ISO 27001/GDPR programs, and managed global teams across time zones while acting as a technical due-diligence lead for M&A. A pragmatic problem-solver, Tyler blends satellite and aerospace systems roots with product-focused engineering—he even founded a direct-trade coffee venture leveraging smart contracts—and frequently speaks on startups, blockchain, and cybersecurity on international stages.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Los Angeles
BS, Computer Engineering, BS, Computer Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University