David Mchale
Director Of Security & Infrastructure at HailBytes
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Mchale is a security-focused engineering leader with 12 years of experience building and operationalizing cloud-native infrastructure, currently serving as Director of Security and Infrastructure in Denver. He led Kno2 to HITRUST r2 certification ahead of schedule and under budget, enabling QHIN designation while managing vulnerability programs across 120 repositories and six Azure environments. As a founder of HailBytes he scaled security tooling and awareness programs that reached hundreds of thousands of users and delivered cloud products used by thousands of companies. His background spans hands-on Python/Django development, DevSecOps automation, and CI/CD modernization for government and enterprise clients, with proven results in revenue-generating AWS architectures. Notably, he combines practitioner-level coding with executive security governance—tracking and resolving thousands of incident and operations tickets while maintaining multi-year SOC2 attestations. This blend of product-minded engineering and practical compliance expertise makes him adept at translating complex regulatory controls into repeatable, automated processes.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at University of MarylandAssociate Certification, Computer Aided Design & Drafting, Associate Certification, Computer Aided Design & Drafting at Anne Arundel Community College
English
Github Skills (22)
trend9
dropbox-sdk9
mopidy9
dropbox-api8
sdk7
python7
raspberry-pi5
raspberry4
dropbox4
mcafee3
security1
mpd1
intel1
api-client1
tablet1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Dmchale92/Pigrow
Mar 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:31 commits, 19 pushes in 6 days
raspberry-piboxraspberryraspberrypigrow
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