Don McCoy

About Don McCoy

More than 35 years experience in commercial Software Product design and development for fortune 500 companies.• Security Engineering, Product Security Engineering, cryptography, ethical hacking (8 Patents)• Software Engineering Management• Formal Commercial Software Development Processes and Organization• Managing Geographically Dispersed Software Engineering Teams• M&A, Mergers and Acquisitions experience, extensive technical due diligence experience • Significant experience communicating with VP/SVP level management both internal and external• Agile Software Engineering/Development team organization and practices• Software Product Design and Development, UI/UX design principles• Significant knowledge in electrical engineering, including ability to read schematics, design simple circuitry, understanding of hardware board shops and manufacturing• Consultant acquisition, employment laws and FCRA laws• Legal Documentation and Development of Legal Language• Campus strategy, consultant strategy, engagement strategy• New Campus development process, real-estate, IT, build-out, hiring, etc.• Worldwide Business Travel, Asia (India, China, Singapore), Europe (Germany, France, Switzerland), Canada, throughout US. Multi-entry Chinese VISA (Expires Dec 2029)• Lifelong and continual learner and educator. Interested in learning and teaching!Define engineering standards, guide software architectural decisions, tools selection and processes. Review resulting software product quality. Define product requirements, language translations, installers, user documentation, UI/UX standards, security requirements for commercial product deliverables.

Experience

1. Cybersecurity Project Manager

   Rockwell Automation

   Oct 2021 — Present · Cleveland, OH, US

   Lead teams for Product Vulnerabilities, Design for Security, CIP Security, Product Hardening, Security V&V Projects. Cybersecurity Regulatory Compliance Leading SSDF, CRA.GB40050 & GB/T45406 Chinese Security Certifications.Led Chinese security source code analysis.Evaluation of Chinese companies - in China.SSDF and CRA compliance team.Member of the crypto-agility team. Planning for a post quantum cryptographic world.Member of security innovation team planning for next generation security tooling.Leading security configuration tool development located in two campuses.Continuing to lead Partner Management. Meeting with new Partners and planning engagements.

Education

• SANS Technology Institute

  Cybersecurity, network defenses, penetration testing, incident response, digital forensics.

  2001 — 2001

• Xavier University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, International Business

  2007 — 2009

• Youngstown State University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science

  1985 — 1989

• Case Western Reserve University

  Master of Science, Engineering, Computer Engineering

  1996 — 1998

Skills

• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Software Patents
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Software Engineering Practices
• Databases
• Sql
• Asp.net
• Software Product Management
• Software Architectural Design
• Software Quality Assurance
• System Architecture
• Windows
• Patents
• Object Oriented Design
• Unix
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Visual Studio
• Agile Methodologies
• C#
• .net
• University Teaching
• Software Design
• Web Applications
• Software Project Management
• Offshore Software Development
• Electronic Engineering
• Agile Project Management
• Subversion
• C++
• Embedded Software
• Software Lifecycle Management
• Process Efficiency
• Process Improvement
• Xml
• Database Design
• Software Engineering
• Drafting Patent Applications
• Team Leadership
• C