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Currently, I’m the Security Architect for the Conjur team at CyberArk, working with a team of great engineers to secure application access to passwords and other secrets. My role includes dependency management, security scanning, threat modeling, working with my teams to design secure functionality, and generally raising the bar for security across my org.
When I’m not making software, I enjoy logic puzzles, reading both non-fiction and fiction (particularly speculative fiction), playing tabletop games, taking photos, and helping my wonderful wife, Heather Tinkham. You can find my photos and at https://geekymonkey.photos. I recently joined <a rel=”me” href=”https://infosec.exchange/@andytinkham”>Mastodon</a> too and right now, that’s the best place to interact with me.
This site is intended to collect content I publish across the Internet and serve as a central point for people to find out more about me. It’s sadly gotten a little dated, but I’ll be working on refreshing it in the coming months! Welcome![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″]
- Phone: +1-651-587-6679
- E-mail: andy@tinkham.org
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QA Practice ManagerAUG 2015 - PRESENTC2 IT Solutions
At C2, my responsibility is to build out the practice that I’d want to work in. This involves a mix of duties – working with our clients to help them identify the appropriate strategies for their needs and contexts and get the information they need about the quality of their systems, supporting our consultants so we all can grow and drive needed change in the industry, sharing the knowledge I’ve gained and the thoughts I’ve had with the broader testing community, and supporting our sales and recruiting efforts.
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Practice Lead / Principal Lead / Principal ConsultantMAY 2012 - AUG 2015Magenic Technologies
I help companies build better software. I work with teams to improve processes, to intelligently build and use automation in their testing efforts, and to deliver solutions that meet their customers’ needs. At Magenic, I mentor members of the QA practice, deliver internal and external training, evangelize good testing practices (and the contexts they make sense in), help with sales, and help provide technical guidance to the overall organization. I make things happen.
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Automation ArchitectOCT 2010 - MAY 2012Healthland
Designed and implemented a suite of test automation using Cucumber and Selenium 2
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Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) 2JUL 2008 - OCT 2010Microsoft
As a member of the Expression team, I worked on automating checks around importing Photoshop and FXG files. I created C# code to parse every property and setting out of PSD files into XML and then a test suite to read these XML files and compare against the results read by our file reader DLL. I was also responsible for completing our fuzz testing of the import function for both file types.
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Computer ScienceAUG 2004 - APR 2007PhD. (ABD) FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Completed course work for a doctorate in computer science under Dr. Cem Kaner. Intended dissertation (never completed) topic was identification of the various schools of thought in software testing. Inducted into Zeta Chapter of Florida of Upsilon Pi Epsilon (International Computer Science Honor Society). Outstanding Graduate Student in Computer Science award (2006)
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Software EngineeringAUG 2002 - MAY 2006MASTERS DEGREE FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Studied under Dr. Cem Kaner. Course work in software testing, software development, software design, metrics, swarm intelligence, computer security, psychological testing, and human factors in design. Outstanding Graduate Student in Software Engineer award (2004).
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COMPUTER ENGINEERINGAUG 1992 - DEC 1996BACHELOR DEGREE RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
Course work in software development, electronics, and core engineering concepts. Participant in Michelin Leadership training program. Chair of Performing Arts Campus Events group. Actor and Vice President of RPI Players (campus theater group). Inducted into Delta Xi cast of Alpha Psi Omega (national theatrical honor society).
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