Justin Spears
Strategic executive with 20+ years’ experience in cybersecurity, product management, engineering leadership and business. Currently overseeing product lifecycles at the intersection of cybersecurity, AI and data.
- Role
- Senior Director, Product & Ai Security at Synopsys Inc
- Location
- Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Justin Spears
Proven leader with an in-depth understanding of cutting-edge technology. Combining…
Experience
Senior Director, Product & Ai Security
Aug 2024 — Present · Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, US
Strategic Leadership: Currently leading and scaling global product cybersecurity teams, driving the development and implementation of comprehensive security strategies to protect critical IP, infrastructure and data. Risk Management Expertise: Proactively identifying, assessing, and mitigating complex cybersecurity risks across diverse cloud environments, ensuring compliance with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.\" Technical Proficiency: Demonstrating deep technical expertise in cloud security architecture, threat intelligence, incident response, and data protection technologies. People Management: Effectively mentoring and developing high-performing cybersecurity teams, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. Business Alignment: Collaborating closely with business leaders to understand their unique security needs and translate them into actionable security initiatives, driving value and mitigating risks.
Education
University of Pittsburgh
MS
University of Pittsburgh
Bachelor's Degree
Skills
- Cloud Computing
- Storage Architecture
- Storage
- Enterprise Storage
- Unix
- Hp-UX
- Sh
- Commvault
- Disaster Recovery
- Sun
- Csh
- Red Hat Linux
- Solaris
- Cyber-Security
- Paas
- Devops
- Ethical Hacking
- Perl
- High Availability
- Linux
- Network-Attached Storage (Nas)
- Scrum
- Solution Architecture
- Netbackup
- Brocade
- Agile Project Management
- Agile Methodologies
- Testing
- Shell Scripting
- Tape Libraries
- Apache
- Performance Tuning
- Bash
- Big Data
- Iaas
- Troubleshooting
- Netapp
- Nas
- Nfs
- Raid
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