Chris Taylor
About Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor is a Senior Software Engineering Manager at Asurion, with extensive experience in software engineering, quality assurance, and security practices.
Current Role at Asurion
Chris Taylor is currently serving as a Senior Software Engineering Manager at Asurion in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. He began this role in 2021. In his capacity, he is responsible for overseeing engineering teams, implementing industry best practices, and ensuring that solutions are well-engineered and customer-focused. His leadership emphasizes Agile software development methodologies, unit testing, clean coding, and functional and integration-level testing.
Previous Positions at Asurion
Chris Taylor has held several positions at Asurion, including Product Solution Engineering, Senior Manager in 2021 for 9 months in the Nashville Metropolitan Area, and Test Automation Services, Senior Manager from 2019 to 2021 for 2 years. Prior to these, he was the Test Automation Services Team Lead from 2018 to 2019 for 1 year and a Software Engineer in Test from 2017 to 2018 for 1 year, all in the Greater Nashville Area, TN.
Roles at Other Organizations
Chris Taylor founded Quantum Interactive Consulting and served from 2017 to 2020 in the Greater Nashville Area, TN. He also worked at LifeWay Christian Resources as a QA Team Lead from 2016 to 2017 and as a Quality Assurance Engineer & Scrum Master from 2015 to 2016. His prior roles include Quality Assurance Principal at Blackbaud from 2012 to 2015 in Charleston, SC, and Lead Process Engineer & Software Engineer in Test at Ultimate Software from 2007 to 2012 in Weston, FL.
Educational Background
Chris Taylor holds a Masters of Science in Computer Information Systems from Nova Southeastern University, achieved from 2012 to 2016. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology from Rochester Institute of Technology, completed from 2000 to 2004. Additionally, he has completed several specialized courses at the SANS Technology Institute, including SEC401: Security Essentials, SEC542 Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking, and DEV540 Secure DevOps & Cloud Application Security.
Security and Coding Practices
Chris Taylor is a Security Maven Ambassador, mentoring members of the internal security group to promote security-minded development across various roles. He has been instrumental in integrating SonarQube for code quality and clean coding practices within engineering teams. His commitment to security and coding standards involves implementing industry best practices such as unit testing, clean coding, and functional and integration-level testing. He collaborates closely with product teams to ensure that solutions are well-engineered and customer-focused.