Chris Stevens
VP Product Security at Optimum
Grapevine, Texas, United States
Summary
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SeniorChris Stevens is a seasoned technology leader with over 25 years of engineering and cybersecurity experience across mobility, SaaS, and aerospace. He is currently VP of Product Security at Optimum, where he shapes the security strategy, governance, and incident response for a global platform. Previously, he served as CTO/CISO at Traxo, building a secure, cloud-native platform with CI/CD, DevSecOps, risk management, and compliance with ISO27001, SOC, NIST, PCI-DSS, and GDPR, while scaling a global partner ecosystem. At Canoo, he led product security, IT security, and risk management for in-vehicle cybersecurity, OTA updates, and manufacturing security, establishing PSIRT, VDP, and a vehicle SOC. His breadth also includes founding OpenTaxi Systems and senior real-time simulation work at L3 Technologies and Bell Helicopter, reflecting a rare blend of defense-grade engineering and product security leadership. Based in Grapevine, Texas, he brings a practical, mission-driven approach to building secure, scalable systems and high-performance teams worldwide.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (200)
mailparser10
newman10
python10
integrations10
consul10
currency-converter10
rest-api10
ssh10
hashicorp10
validation10
secrets10
packer10
scale10
service-discovery10
vault10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
stevenscg/statsd-php
Oct 2012 - Sep 2017
Contributions:1 release, 15 commits, 2 PRs in 5 years
daemonstatisticsstatsudp
stevenscg/ansible-role-levant
Feb 2018 - Jan 2020
Ansible role that installs and configures Levant - An open source templating and deployment tool for HashiCorp Nomad jobs
Contributions:10 commits, 5 PRs, 6 pushes in 1 year 11 months
hashicorp-nomadnomad-jobsdeploymenttemplatingansible
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