Colton Holoday
Senior Software Engineer at MathWorks
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolColton Holoday is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience blending systems thinking, security expertise, and research-driven problem solving. After a master's and research stint at the University of Michigan focused on code injection and secure systems, he spent multiple years at MathWorks advancing security tooling and now architects robust software as a senior engineer. He thrives on understanding large codebases and prototyping practical solutions, preferring building maintainable systems over theoretical work. Colton’s background in both offensive security research and production engineering gives him a rare perspective for hardening complex software while keeping developer ergonomics in mind.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at University of Michigan
English, Japanese
Github Skills (3)
authenticode2
openssl2
appx1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
cjholoday/dotfiles
Apr 2017 - Nov 2025
Contributions:113 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 8 months
cjholoday/vimrc
Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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