John Davison
Software Engineer at Ashland Global Holdings Inc.
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Davison is a seasoned software engineer with 15 years focused on building and hardening cybersecurity tooling and automation across financial and industrial enterprises. He has designed and delivered security applications and incident response capabilities at organizations including Fifth Third Bank, GE Aviation, Valvoline, and Ashland, blending developer rigor with threat management experience. As a principal application developer and consulting information security engineer, he specializes in custom cyber tools that simplify detection, orchestration, and remediation workflows. Based in Cincinnati, he pairs a BA in Systems Analysis with hands-on engineering, moving from senior software roles to security architecture and incident coordination. Colleagues know him as a pragmatic problem solver who turns security requirements into reliable, auditable systems. Beyond typical cybersecurity duties, he surfaces value by automating repeatable defenses that reduce manual incident toil.
16 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., Systems Analysis, B.A., Systems Analysis at Miami University
Github Skills (71)
security-automation10
correlation10
information-security10
macros10
extraction10
rtf9
binary-format9
rust9
compound9
parser9
yara9
msoffice9
embedded9
webpack-plugin9
webpack-loader9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
unixfreak0037/officeparser
Aug 2010 - Aug 2018
Extract embedded files and macros from office documents.
Contributions:2 reviews, 28 commits, 3 PRs in 8 years 1 month
extractionmacrosrustembedded-filesembedded
ace-ecosystem/ace2-core
Dec 2020 - Mar 2022
Analysis Correlation Engine 2 Core System
Contributions:5 reviews, 66 PRs, 139 pushes in 1 year 3 months
correlationcorrelation-analysis
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