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About
Jim Manico is founder and CEO of Manicode Security, where he has spent over 15 years training developers and security engineers in secure coding practices across enterprises globally. He leads the OWASP AISVS project and holds leadership roles on several OWASP standards initiatives, including ASVS, Cheat Sheet Series, and Proactive Controls. Manico is a Java Champion, author of Iron-Clad Java, and investor and advisor to multiple security infrastructure companies; he has been involved in seven application security company exits.
Experience
- Manicode SecurityFounder, CEO and Application Security Educatorcurrent2014 — presentAnahola, Kauai, Hawaii
- OWASPOWASP Volunteer, Former OWASP Global Board Membercurrent2008 — presentGlobal
- DefectDojoBoard Member and Advisorcurrent2022 — presentGlobal
- Aviso VenturesFund Limited Partnercurrent2022 — present
- Nucleus SecurityInvestor, Board Member and Advisorcurrent2019 — presentJacksonville, Florida
- Akto.ioStrategic Technical Advisorcurrent2023 — present
- RAD SecurityInvestor and Advisorcurrent2021 — presentGlobal
- EdgescanStrategic Technical Advisorcurrent2023 — presentCobb, California, United States
- MergeBaseInvestor and Advisor2022 — 2024Global
- Brakeman Security, Inc.Co-Founder2014 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- WhiteHat SecurityVP Security Architecture2011 — 2013Santa Clara, CA
- Independent ContractorWeb Application and Security Architect2010 — 2011
- Aspect SecurityApplication Security Architect2007 — 2010
- CodeMagi Inc.Vice President Software Engineering2002 — 2008
- Blue Slate SolutionsSenior Java Consultant2005
- SANS InstituteDirector of Vendor Relations, Software Engineer, Instructor2004 — 2005
- Kula High and IntermediateChief Technologist2002 — 2004
- Senior Java Consultant1997 — 2002
Skills & more
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ArchitectureSoftware EngineeringCloud ComputingRisk ManagementEnterprise ArchitecturePCI DSSSDLCAgileJavaScriptJavaPHPMySQLFrom Jim's professional profile.
Investments
Investor
MergeBaseRAD Security
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jim Manico?
- Jim Manico is founder and CEO of Manicode Security, where he has spent over 15 years training developers and security engineers in secure coding practices across enterprises globally. He leads the OWASP AISVS project and holds leadership roles on several OWASP standards initiatives, including ASVS, Cheat Sheet Series, and Proactive Controls. Manico is a Java Champion, author of Iron-Clad Java, and investor and advisor to multiple security infrastructure companies; he has been involved in seven application security company exits.
- What check size does Jim Manico write?
- Jim Manico typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- What companies has Jim Manico invested in?
- Investments tracked here include MergeBase, RAD Security.
- Where did Jim Manico go to school?
- Jim Manico studied at Siena University (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science); Black Hat US 2007 Training (Building and Testing Secure Web Applications); Secure Internet Presence - LAMP (Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP) (Building and Testing Secure LAMP Web Applications).
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Also attended Siena University24
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Shared employers
Also worked at OWASP9
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