Kory Heard

CEO

Dallas, Texas, United States15 yrs 7 mos experience

Key Highlights

Lead developer for NSA's GhidraRE project.
Expertise in device driver development and security assessments.
Army Intelligence Veteran with TopSecret clearance.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Security-focused Software Engineer with expertise in systems programming and military intelligence.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software DevelopmentSecurity EngineeringLeadership

Other Skills

Product SecurityInformation Security EngineeringOperating SystemsSecurity AuditsEngineeringFreeBSDSystems ProgrammingSecurity Information and Event Management (SIEM)OS XmacOSEmbedded SoftwareInternet of Things (IoT)NetworkingGo-to-Market StrategyCommunity Outreach

About

Software Engineer and Security Researcher. Army Intelligence Veteran. NSA (TopSecret clearance 2011 - 2021) Notable contributions: Lead developer FreeBSDKit, GhidraRE(NSA 2011 - 2016), VMWare Endpoint Telemetry (2024), Data Loss Prevention / Insider Risk Telemetry collection (DTEX current). Skills: Device Driver Development for USB devices & Intel NICs. Tamper Resisting Software. Black or White box Code Level security assessments. Creating Kernel/Userland Mandatory Access Control policies. Tracing (Dtrace), Debugging (LLDB), Reverse Engineering (Ghidra). CLANG/LLVM compiler optimizations. Platforms: BSD, QNX, Darwin, Linux, FreeRTOS (ARM). Languages: C, C++, Swift, objc, Rust. Security Technologies: FreeBSD MAC, Kauth, Endpoint Security, eBPF, Capsicum. Networking: NetworkExtensions(Apple), Packet Filters, BPF. Tools: DTrace, Ghidra, LLDB, LLVM.

Experience

15 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 10 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 4 mos

Current Experience

Dtex

Staff Security Engineer

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos

Security engineer and researcher.

Fifth edge

Security Software Engineer

Feb 2024 – Mar 2026 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Software Engineer and Security researcher. Services include:
Systems & Application development.
Software security audit.
Driver development.
Exploit development.

Product SecurityInformation Security EngineeringSoftware DevelopmentOperating SystemsSecurity AuditsSecurity Engineering

Techfw

Startup Software Consultant

Apr 2023 – Mar 2024 · 11 mos · On-site

Human interactive technologies

Chief Executive Officer | Chief Engineer

Sep 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

Delivering digital transformation for clients in the DFW.

Truss

Director of Application Engineering

Jun 2022 – May 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos · Remote

As the director of engineering I coordinated with federal agencies such as the Space Force and USTC to innovate in mission critical domains.

Software DevelopmentLeadershipEngineering

Nice healthcare

Principal Mobile/Desktop/Embedded Software Engineer

Feb 2022 – Jun 2022 · 4 mos

Truu, inc.

macOS team lead

Jun 2021 – Feb 2022 · 8 mos

Team lead of all macOS software projects at TruU. Lead a team of seven developers, reimagined the password-less experience, integrated with OS level Darwin technologies.