Peter Partyka

About Peter Partyka

Peter Partyka is a technology and security executive with a track record of scaling engineering organizations, hardening enterprise platforms, and driving profitability across SaaS, financial services, and emerging technology markets. As SVP of Engineering at Flashpoint, he leads global engineering strategy, aligning product innovation and infrastructure resilience with revenue growth, margin expansion, and enterprise valuation. He has been building agentic systems and applying AI/ML long before the GPT boom developing applied AI capabilities years ago.Peter’s career blends strategic leadership and operational expertise. He has overseen enterprise security programs in regulated financial services, built and scaled engineering teams in SaaS, and delivered hands-on product development and security deployments. His background includes implementing and integrating critical infrastructure, security, and AI solutions giving him a deep, practical understanding of implementing and scaling these systems in both small and enterprise environments.He has also served as an adjunct educator at New York University, teaching the next generation of security and technology professionals, and as a strategic advisor to Fortune-level and high-growth organizations, providing guidance on secure product design, embedded systems, cyber risk management, and cloud-native infrastructure. Peter has taught courses in both Advanced Hacking, and Defending Systems. Peter’s executive perspective is reinforced by his experience in policy and governance development, including drafting enterprise cybersecurity and compliance frameworks, shaping organizational procedures, and reviewing complex legal, sales, due diligence and vendor contracts. He has also contributed to the emerging field of AI governance, ensuring that innovation is balanced with accountability, transparency, and regulatory alignment. Active in the cybersecurity community through OWASP, Peter speaks on the intersection of innovation, resilience, and governance risk.

Experience

1. Senior Vice President of Engineering

   Flashpoint

   Jan 2020 — Present · New York, NY, US

   As SVP of Engineering at Flashpoint, I lead engineering strategy and standards across our engineering organization, with a current focus on AI development, governance, and implementation and executive management, cloud hosting optimization, and FinOps discipline. My scope has included driving engineering excellence through DORA metrics, standards, and audits, while also guiding product development in our threat intelligence and cybersecurity products. This role integrates hands on software development, strategic innovation, cost efficiency, and operational resilience, ensuring technology decisions advance both platform maturity and enterprise value.

Education

• Hunter College

  Bachelor's degree

• Hunter College

  Bachelor's Degree, Anthropology with focus in Technology

  2003 — 2008

• NYU SCPS

  Certificate in Information Security, Information Technology

  2011 — 2015

• O'Reilly School of Technology

  Certificate Programs., Information Technology

Skills

• Perl
• Servers
• Computer Hardware
• Windows 7
• Cisco Technologies
• Dns
• Linux
• Shell Scripting
• Centos
• Networking
• Unix
• Windows Server
• Information Security
• Data Center
• Redhat