About
Jesse Edwards
15+ years building secure systems from embedded ECUs to cloud platforms
JP Morgan Chase. DENSO. Published research. Conference speaker. I have built security tools at enterprise scale, led global engineering teams, and architected production platforms from embedded systems to cloud. Now I work with mid-market companies that need senior security leadership, real security programs, and someone who has actually operated in environments where the stakes are high.
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What I've Built
Real systems. Real scale.
JP Morgan Chase - VP Lead Cloud & Security Engineer
Built threat modeling tool scanning Terraform and architecture diagrams - reduced manual effort 80%, caught 2x more design flaws. Led SOAR-style CI/CD security pipeline for 60+ mobile apps.
DENSO Innovation Lab - Principal Solutions Architect
Led 13-engineer global team building production IoT edge platform for connected vehicles. Designed zero-trust provisioning, full observability stack (Prometheus/Grafana), deployed across 100+ units.
Embedded Production - Zero Post-Deployment Bugs
Engineered real-time embedded systems for automotive ECUs. Created automated testing framework adopted across 100+ engineers. Field record: zero bug fixes required after deployment.
Full-Stack Credibility
Why You Should Trust Me
Security tools at enterprise scale. Connected vehicles in production. Embedded systems with zero bugs. Published research. Real founder experience. I've been there.Published Research & Conference Speaker
Research paper published at SAE. Presented at SAE and IEEE SecDev conferences. AWS Cloud Practitioner certified.
Founder: Built RenovationRoute
Custom contractor marketplace with escrow, AI-powered project scoping (OpenAI), real-time chat, bidding workflow. Rails, AWS, PostgreSQL, Stripe integration. Solved my own problem as a homeowner - now it validates everything I teach.
Embedded to Cloud - I've Done It All
RFID hacking, network penetration testing, custom VPNs on Raspberry Pi, home automation with BeagleBone Black. I don't just talk about security - I break things to understand them.
Led Architecture on Every Program
Embedded systems to cloud platforms, automotive manufacturing to financial services. Every program I have led has had security built into the architecture from the start, not added at the end.
Technical Depth
From hardware to cloud
Threat modeling tools, SAST integration, CI/CD security pipelines, SOAR-style automation. I build tools that scale security across entire organizations.
Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, OpenTelemetry, cAdvisor, Node Exporter. Full-stack observability from edge devices to cloud microservices.
AWS (EC2, ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, IoT), Docker, Terraform, Jenkins, Kubernetes. Designed zero-trust provisioning pipelines with mTLS and scoped IAM policies.
Python, Ruby (Rails), C/C++, JavaScript (Node.js), SQL. REST, GraphQL, MQTT, Kafka. PostgreSQL, MongoDB. I code - not just PowerPoint.
My Philosophy: No Bullshit
I Won't Oversell You
Don't need Kubernetes? I'll tell you. Architecture is fine? I'll say so. The goal is to give you an honest picture, not to manufacture more work.
Right-sized security programs
A CMMC assessment for a $30M defense contractor and a SOC 2 readiness program for a $50M SaaS company are different problems. The approach matches the actual situation.
Hands-On, Not Just Slides
I write code. I deploy infrastructure. I debug production issues. You get implementation-ready solutions, not consultant vaporware.
Education & Recognition
M.S. Computer Science
Lawrence Technological University - Security & Software Engineering concentration.
Published Research
Research paper published at SAE. Presenter at SAE and IEEE SecDev conferences.
AWS Certified
AWS Cloud Practitioner. Hands-on with EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, IoT Core, and infrastructure automation.