David J. Malan

Co-Founder

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States26 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Instructor for Harvard's largest course, CS50.
Pioneered podcasting entire courses at Harvard.
Expert in cybersecurity and digital forensics.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity and Education expert with a strong focus on digital forensics and teaching methodologies.

Contact

malan@harvard.edu LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

TeachingComputer ScienceDigital MediaEngineeringEmergency Medical CareInfrastructure DesignData RecoveryForensic AnalysisSoftware DevelopmentMathematics Education

Other Skills

Digital ForensicsCybersecurityCourse ManagementPodcastingConsultingData ManagementForensic InvestigationsData StructuresProduct ManagementMachine LearningStart-upsStatisticsData AnalysisEntrepreneurshipProgramming

About

Cybersecurity, digital forensics, botnets, computer science education, distance learning, collaborative learning, computer-assisted instruction.

Experience

26 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

19 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Regent theatre

Operator

Nov 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos · Arlington, Massachusetts, United States

Responsible for 450-seat historic theatre in Arlington, Massachusetts, built in 1916 as a vaudeville house, now a performing arts space operating as a public benefit company, its mission "positive effects of artistic, charitable, cultural, educational, or technological nature through operation of community theatre and production of high-quality content."

Github

Professor in Residence

Mar 2022 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr

Engineering consultant on infrastructure and platform projects. Worked closely with GitHub Education (Educats) team. Advocated for educational applications of GitHub’s products and services.

EngineeringConsulting

Mindset media

Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 · 3 yrs

Responsible for advertising network’s scalability, security, and capacity- planning. Designed infrastructure for collection of massive datasets capable of 500M HTTP hits per day with peaks of 10K per second. Acquired by Meebo, Inc.

Infrastructure DesignData Management

Harvard university

Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science, Member of the Faculty of Education

Jan 2007 – Present · 19 yrs 5 mos · Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Senior member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Instructor for CS50, among Harvard’s largest courses and largest MOOC on edX with 6.2M+ registrants, also offered at Yale University. Oversee community of high schools teaching CS50 AP, College Board-endorsed adaptation. Instructor for CS50 for MBAs at Harvard Business School and CS50 for JDs at Harvard Law School, higher-level adaptations of course for professional audiences. Courses freely available to public as OpenCourseWare, with 1.9M subscribers on YouTube.

TeachingComputer ScienceDigital ForensicsCybersecurity

Diskaster

Founder

Jan 2005 – Jan 2008 · 3 yrs

Started company that offers professional recovery of data from hard drives and memory cards as well as forensic investigations for civil matters.

Data RecoveryForensic Investigations

Office of the middlesex district attorney, special investigations division

Forensic Investigator

Jan 2005 – Jan 2005 · 0 mo

Assisted police and prosecutors with criminal investigations. Conducted forensic analyses of seized hardware. Recovered deleted and damaged data as evidence for trials. Drafted subpoenas.

Forensic AnalysisData Recovery

American red cross

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

Jan 2003 – Jan 2012 · 9 yrs

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). Provided emergency medical care at local events.

Emergency Medical Care

Tufts university

Lecturer

Jan 2002 – Jan 2005 · 3 yrs

Instructor for Computer Science 15: Data Structures, a second course for undergraduates. Managed staff of 10 teaching assistants.

TeachingData Structures

Airclic inc.

Engineering Manager

Jan 2000 – Jan 2001 · 1 yr

First technical hire of wireless startup, chaired by American Express’s Harvey Golub and backed by $290M in class-B funding. Direct report to CTO. Built software-development and product-management teams. Drafted and managed all patents.

Software DevelopmentProduct Management

Franklin high school

Mathematics Teacher

Jan 1999 – Jan 2000 · 1 yr

Responsible for five algebra and geometry classes, honors and non-honors.

Mathematics Education

Harvard division of continuing education

Lecturer

Jan 1998 – Present · 28 yrs 5 mos · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · On-site

Youngest instructor in Harvard Extension School’s history at time; appointed while still an undergraduate. First instructor at university to podcast an entire course in audio and video formats, free to public; podcast ranked “best educational podcast” by Wired Magazine and featured on iTunes.

TeachingPodcastingDigital Media