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I’m Ryan Russell

Cloud Architect Security Engineer Inventor Leader
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It’s Ryan, leader, innovator, engineer. I love a challenge, and I’m here to help. Let’s build something better, more secure, and more interesting together. Stay in touch.
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EXPERIENCE

  • VP, Engineering Lead: Cloud Security Engineering

    Citigroup 2020-present

    Leading, designing, & developing cloud-native security guardrails infrastructure and Policy-as-Code framework/SDLC/deployment, provable security testing, and safe landing. Leading cloud security training program.

  • Security Engineer

    USAA 2016-2020

    AppSec, WAF/Bot Mgmt, Containerization Security (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift), and Vulnerability Management.

  • Computer Systems Engineer

    USAA 2014-2016

    VDI provisioning optimization, VDI farm optimization, and delivering on flexile workplace initiatives to enable a nomadic workforce.

COMMUNITY

  • Vice President, Board of Directors

    Thrive Youth Center March 2020-present

    Leading committees & board oversight, policy development, objectives, strategy development and enforcement.

  • Board of Directors

    Thrive Youth Center February 2019 - present

    Steering & oversight for a $500k+ p.a. budget charity providing emergency shelter & services to homeless LGBTQ youth in Texas.

  • Enterprise Lead

    USAA’s BOLD LGBT ERG 2016-2020

    Led the global LGBTQIA+ employee resource group, supporting branding/marketing/HR objectives to increase diversity & inclusion.

SKILLS

CI/CD
CI/CD
SRE/Operations
SRE/Operations
Software Development
Software Development
Program Growth
Program Growth
Regulatory Compliance
Regulatory Compliance
Systems Integration
Systems Integration

Portfolio

Sentinel SDLC

Sentinel SDLC

Cloud

Security

Devops

01 Apr, 21
Prisma Cloud

Prisma Cloud

Cloud

Security

Devops

12 Feb, 21
AWS Security Controls

AWS Security Controls

Cloud

Security

12 Jan, 21
Cloud Training Program

Cloud Training Program

Cloud

People

12 Sep, 20
Thrive CRM & Website

Thrive CRM & Website

People

Operations

01 Jan, 20
VDI Delivery

VDI Delivery

Operations

12 May, 18

PATENTS

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