David Lock Malicote
About David Lock Malicote
David Lock Malicote is the Head of Trust and Security at Stavvy, with extensive experience in information security and risk management across multiple prominent organizations.
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David Lock Malicote currently holds the position of Head of Trust and Security at Stavvy, a role he has been in since 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Current Company
David Lock Malicote is the Head of Trust and Security at Stavvy, a fintech company based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Since 2023, he has been responsible for enhancing security measures across various domains including Cloud, Product, IT, and DevOps.
Professional Background
David Lock Malicote has a comprehensive background in information security and technology. Before joining Stavvy as the Head of Trust and Security, he was the Information Security Manager at the same company from 2021 to 2023 in Indiana, United States. Prior to that, he served as the Information Security Architect at Trava for 7 months in 2020, and as a Senior Security Incident Handler at Salesforce for 8 months. Additionally, he has experience as a Senior Threat and Vulnerability Management Engineer and Site Reliability Engineer at Salesforce, and as a Technical Team Lead at Apparatus from 2011 to 2015. His early career involved roles at Zanett Commercial Solutions and John Wiley and Sons.
Education and Expertise
David Lock Malicote studied Computer Information Technology at Purdue University, earning a Bachelor's of Science degree. His education paved the way for a career focusing on information security, vulnerability management, and risk assessment, contributing to his expertise in launching and managing comprehensive security programs, global vulnerability management platforms, and advanced risk scoring algorithms.
Achievements in Security Initiatives
Throughout his career, David Lock Malicote has led significant security initiatives. At Stavvy, he launched an enterprise-wide security program improving security across multiple domains. At Salesforce, he pioneered a global vulnerability management platform, reducing vulnerability reporting times and overall vulnerabilities. Moreover, he developed risk scoring algorithms at Trava Security, achieving substantial reductions in risk incidents and successful SOC2 compliance audits with zero findings.