Allen Cox

About Allen Cox

I’m a cybersecurity and IT leader with over a decade of experience building and scaling high-impact teams across defense, entertainment, and consumer tech. I currently serve as the VP, TechOps at MyFitnessPal, where I built our security and IT functions from the ground up following a private equity divestiture—creating a cloud-native program that has supported a rapidly growing business.Before that, I led global detection and incident response operations for Blizzard Entertainment, spanning three continents and tens of thousands of endpoints. And before entering the private sector, I served as a Cyber Warfare Officer in the U.S. Air Force, directing threat response operations and advanced training programs for what would become the Cyber Mission Force.I focus on building automation-first teams that align security strategy with business goals—while fostering strong relationships across product, engineering, legal, and executive leadership. I create technical foundations that scale through automation and resilience, delivering outsized capabilities with lean teams.Core Competencies: Security Strategy · Risk Management · Cloud Security · Automation · AppSec · Detection Engineering · Incident Response · Vendor Management · Privacy Compliance · Team Building · Tines · Executive Reporting · Security Program Development

Experience

1. VP, Techops

   MyFitnessPal

   Oct 2025 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   I lead Technology Operations (TechOps) as a unified executive function combining Security, IT, infrastructure/platform capabilities, reliability, observability, developer experience, and internal automation. Our organization is charged with creating the operating foundation that allows teams across the company to build and ship technologies with confidence.I led organizational design, operating model development, and cross-functional execution, building toward a TechOps vision centered on scalable automation, resilient systems, high-leverage internal platforms, and improved developer productivity. I serve as a strategic partner to the CTO and broader executive team on AI strategy, security and IT investment, vendor consolidation, and internal tooling — including stewardship of red-team engagements, privacy/compliance programs, and a large vendor portfolio (including Datadog, Crowdstrike, Cloudflare, AWS, and more).

Education

• SANS Technology Institute

  Master of Science - MS, Information Security Engineering

  2019

• Creighton University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemistry and Computer Science

  2008 — 2012

Skills

• Home Care
• Healthcare
• Research
• Nonprofits
• Elder Care
• Leadership
• Volunteer Management
• Healthcare Management
• Social Services
• Social Housing
• Fundraising
• Seniors
• Budgets
• Community Outreach
• Customer Service
• Strategic Planning
• Program Development
• Management
• Public Speaking
• Event Planning
• Non-Profits
• Public Relations