Summary
Marcel Levy is a technology leader blending software engineering, security, and customer experience. He currently directs Customer Experience at Defakto Security and serves as Community Engineer at SPIRL, bringing 16 years of cross-disciplinary product and engineering impact. Previously at Amazon Web Services, he tackled PKI challenges for AWS and contributed to secure multiparty computation, while on AWS Certificate Manager he helped simplify TLS certificate provisioning to make the internet safer. His career also spans journalism and digital media, with leadership roles at Reno Gazette-Journal and Las Vegas Sun, highlighting strong communication and user-focused storytelling. Based in Seattle, he combines hands-on development with strategic customer success and security stewardship to deliver lasting, auditable solutions.
16 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
The Tatnall School
MS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at University of Nevada, Reno
University of Chicago
English, Dutch