Winston Howes

CEO

Beverly Hills, California, United States12 yrs 7 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Strong background in computer security and web technologies.
Proven experience in application security and product development.
Entrepreneurial success with anti-phishing product GoPhish.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity professional with a strong focus on application security and cloud development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud DevelopmentProduct DevelopmentWeb Development

Other Skills

Automated TestingDeployment ScriptsAnti-phishingEntrepreneurshipPenetration TestingSocial Media MarketingJavaScriptProgrammingResearchFire AlarmPhysical SecurityExecutive ProtectionJavaPHPHTML

About

I have a strong background in computer security with a particular passion for the web. I believe security is achieved through good engineering and building strong relationships with partner teams. I regularly design and implement technical solutions to enable product and bolster OpenAI's security.

Experience

12 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 9 mos

Current Experience

Openai

Member of Technical Staff

Aug 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Snap inc.

3 roles

Manager, Application Security

May 2020 – Aug 2024 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Security Engineer & Technical Lead

Promoted

Mar 2018 – May 2020 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Information Security Engineer

Jun 2016 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos

Signal sciences corp

Software Engineer

Sep 2014 – May 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos · Venice, California

Ibm

Extreme Blue Intern

May 2014 – Aug 2014 · 3 mos

Converted business problem into a fully functioning, technical solution.
Wrote automated testing and deployment scripts.
Developed an application in and for IBM’s cloud service, BlueMix.

Automated TestingDeployment ScriptsCloud Development

Gophish technologies

CEO

Mar 2013 – Sep 2013 · 6 mos

Leveraged my anti-phishing research to found GoPhish and take the product into beta test
Winner of the high-tech track of Kenan-Flagler’s premier entrepreneurship competition (Carolina Challenge)
Awarded free office space at Groundwork Labs at Durham’s American Tobacco.

Anti-phishingProduct DevelopmentEntrepreneurship

Deja mi

Programming Intern

May 2012 – Aug 2012 · 3 mos · Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Built the models, views and controllers for Deja Mi’s WedPics product.
Built bots to market WedPics on social media and find thousands of wedding planners for partnerships.
Responsible for penetration testing of the website and app.

Web DevelopmentPenetration TestingSocial Media Marketing