John Vennard

John Vennard has diverse work experience in engineering and security roles. John is currently serving as the Director of Engineering at EchoTrail since May 2023. Previously, they worked as a Senior Platform Security Engineer at CVS Health from September 2021 to July 2022. Before that, they held roles at Aetna, a CVS Health Company, as a Mid-Level Platform Security Engineer from July 2020 to September 2021, and as a DevSecOps Engineer from January 2020 to July 2020. John also has experience as a freelance engineer from January 2018 to January 2020. Other notable positions include Security Engineer at Alchemy Security, LLC from January 2017 to October 2017, and Student at SecureSet from July 2016 to December 2016. In their early career, they worked as an Embedded Engineer at Extreme Engineering Solutions from January 2015 to February 2016 and as an Associate Embedded Engineer from May 2013 to September 2014. John began their career as an Android Developer at Narsys, LLC from August 2013 to May 2014. Overall, John Vennard has built a strong foundation in engineering and security through their various roles in different companies.

John Vennard obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where they studied from 2009 to 2014. In 2016, they attended SecureSet and completed a program in CyberSecurity. John also acquired several certifications, including an Associate of (ISC)² from (ISC)² in November 2017, CompTIA Security+ CE from CompTIA in December 2016, and multiple certifications from Amazon Web Services (AWS) such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate, AWS Certified Developer – Associate, and AWS Certified Security – Specialty, all obtained in 2022 and 2023.