Stephen McHenry
IANS Faculty
Stephen serves as an independent Security Consultant performing security assessments, developing information security programs and strategies, and creating remediation plans for select clients. He is also Co-Founder of Community of Practice, a Silicon-Valley-based membership organization for Engineering VPs and CTOs. Stephen has experience including building and leading worldwide teams and designing some of the world's largest Internet services.
Expertise
- Software Engineering
- Cloud Security
- Infrastructure
- Security Awareness
- Vulnerability Assessment
Achievements & Contributions
- Former Senior VP of Engineering at Symantec where he created their first cloud platform, a new secure cloud platform that acted as the foundation for SaaS security offerings, and a big data analytics platform
- Former Director of Security Engineering at Google
- Former Site Reliability Engineering Chancellor at Google managing a global team and supporting Maps, YouTube, Indexing, and Logging
- Former Chief Architect for Netflix
- Former VP of Engineering at Emasys, a semiconductor management software company
- Former VP of Engineering & CTO for Fort Hill Systems, an internet content distribution company
- Former VP of Engineering, VP of Professional Services, and CTO for Advanced Software Technologies
Certifications & Credentials
- Strategic Negotiation Coursework – Harvard Business School
- MS, Information and Computer Science – University of California, Irvine
- BS, Physics & Geology – Chapman University