David Gutierrez
Principal Engineer at Toyota North America
Tempe, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Gutierrez is a Principal Engineer with nine years of hands-on experience in embedded cybersecurity, currently leading vehicle security initiatives at Toyota North America after progressive roles at Nikola where he owned PKI/KMS operations and in-vehicle penetration testing. He holds a Computer Systems Engineering degree from Arizona State University with a concentration in Information Assurance and is GIAC-certified in incident handling and Unix security, blending rigorous certification-backed practices with practical product delivery. His background spans IAM and GRC professional services, SANS course review, and university tech support, giving him a rare mix of academic, consulting, and automotive production experience. David is comfortable as both a technical lead and the external point of contact for security matters, translating complex cryptographic and lifecycle requirements into auditable operational processes. He favors hybrid online/offline security architectures for constrained embedded environments and has repeatedly driven verification, validation, and pen-testing programs to closure. Based in Tempe, AZ, he brings disciplined engineering, cross-domain perspective, and a proven track record of turning security controls into operational vehicle features.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Engineering at Arizona State UniversityN/A, N/A at SANS Technology Institute
Spanish, English
Github Skills (1)
angular5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
daveed42/zmk-config
Jul 2021 - Jul 2021
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
daveed42/historical-trends
Jun 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:11 pushes, 2 branches in 21 days
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