About
Jesse Edwards
15+ years building secure systems from embedded ECUs to cloud platforms
JP Morgan Chase. DENSO. Published research. Conference speaker. I've built security tools at enterprise scale, led global engineering teams, and architected production platforms with zero post-deployment bugs. Now I help small-to-medium companies avoid the expensive mistakes I've seen at scale.
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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
Startups to Fortune 500. 5-person teams to 50+ engineers. IoT edge to cloud platforms. I've run every type of system, at every scale, efficiently.
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. I make money by being honest, not by pushing unnecessary complexity.
Stage-Appropriate Solutions
Built systems for 5-person startups and 50+ engineer teams. I know what works at each stage. You get what you need - not what worked for someone else.
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.