Joe Portner

Joe Portner has held a variety of positions in the technology industry since 2009. Joe began their career as a Technical Specialist at Presentation Systems South, Inc. in 2009. In 2012, they moved to Sypris Electronics, LLC as a Cyber Security Associate. In 2013, they joined MITRE as a Lead Software Security Engineer and held various additional roles such as Lead Security Architect, Principal Investigator, Lab Manager, Instructor, and more. In 2018, they joined Diligent Corporation as a Lead Security Architect and Application Security Engineer. In 2019, they moved to Elastic as an Area Lead, Principal Software Engineer and Principal Software Engineer. In 2022, they are set to join Material Security as a Staff Security Engineer.

Joe Portner obtained their MS in Information Technology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2014. Joe received their BA, Summa Cum Laude, in Software Information Systems from the same university in 2013. In 2010, they obtained an A+ Certification from CompTIA. In 2017, they obtained a CSSLP - Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional certification from (ISC)², and a SAFe 4.0 Agilist certification from Scaled Agile, Inc.