Where the experience came from before the platform.
PolicyCortex is pre-customer on the platform. We're open about that — defense buyers can spot vendor BS from a mile away. The trust anchor is the founder's 11+ years of cleared cybersecurity delivery, hands-on, before this company existed.
- ENG-01DOE National Lab · Federal R&DCloud security consultant · current
Cloud security architecture for one of the most sensitive R&D environments in U.S. national security. NIST 800-53 r5 implementation, ATO support, continuous monitoring.
INSIGHTDirect exposure to how federal assessors, ISSOs, and AOs actually run evaluations — the same workflow PolicyCortex now automates.
- ENG-02MITRE Corporation · Federally Funded R&DCybersecurity engineer · prior
DoD-sponsored cyber programs. Threat models, security architectures, assessment methodologies for federal sponsors.
INSIGHTBuilt the inside-the-tent vocabulary that lets the platform output speak to ISSOs and AOs in their own terms.
- ENG-03USAA · Fortune 100 Financial ServicesCloud security architect · prior
Cloud security at scale serving millions of military families. SOC 2, PCI DSS, GLBA across regulated workloads.
INSIGHTBuilt the muscle of running compliance continuously rather than as quarterly audit prep — the operating model PolicyCortex codifies.
- ENG-04Frontier Airlines · AviationInfrastructure engineer · prior
Production cloud architecture supporting real-time aviation operations. Aviation-regulated workloads with hard reliability + safety constraints.
INSIGHTFirst clear understanding that compliance cannot be a manual process — it has to be automated or it breaks under operational load.
First three contractors get pilot pricing. We need design partners — you need CMMC.
$15K flat for 30 days. Cleared founder runs personally. You get the compliance package; we get the design feedback. Honest trade.