Murray Brown

Past

• Software Engineering Consultant at Witstone Counterworks
• President, The Hunger Project-Canada at The Hunger Project
• CTO & VP Architecture at Echoworx Corporation

• Managing Director at Trusted by Design
• Director, Security Architecture & Technology at 724 Solutions Inc.
• Senior Security Architect at Diversinet Corp
• Chief Technical Architect at Keywitness Canada Inc.
• Technical Director at BGI Systems Integration
• Advisory Development Analyst at IBM Canada Ltd.

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Education

• University of Waterloo
• Queen's University

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Connections

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Industry

Non-Profit Organization Management

Websites

• Facebook

Murray Brown’s Summary

Murray Brown has been a software development executive and architect specializing in the design of secure software solutions for web-based service oriented applications. With a strong software engineering background in distributed systems, electronic commerce, secure messaging, public key infrastructures and information assurance, he brought a unique application-oriented systems design perspective to building secure, trustworthy information systems.

I am presently seeking new career opportunities, ideally in the not-for-profit sector, related to sustainable development.

Murray Brown’s Specialties:

software architecture, software security, software engineering, information security, information assurance, technical strategy, service oriented architecture, public key infrastructure, distributed computing, secure communication, network security, embedded systems, product planning, agile software development, risk management, identity management, threat risk analysis, vulnerability assessment, cryptography, Java, J2EE, Python, Unix, Linux, C/C++, PKI, OOAD, SOA, TRA, UML, XML, RUP, SCRUM

Murray Brown’s Experience

• Software Engineering Consultant

  Witstone Counterworks

  (Computer Software industry)

  August 2001 — December 2009 (8 years 5 months)

  Witstone Counterworks provided software development and technology consulting services to progressive organizations. We
  take an agile yet pragmatic approach to development projects, backed by a wealth of experience in software engineering.
  
  The company was founded in 2001 by Murray J. Brown, a senior software engineering and information security consultant specializing in technology risk management, secure systems & software development and threat risk & vulnerability analysis, especially for wireless financial services and mobile e-commerce.

• President, The Hunger Project-Canada

  The Hunger Project

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  June 1987 — March 2009 (21 years 10 months)

  The Hunger Project is a strategic organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger — the opportunity for all people to lead healthy and productive lives in harmony with nature. I have been an investor in the work of The Hunger Project for over 20 years and a volunteer activist for more than ten years. I am presently serving on the Board of Directors and as President of The Hunger Project-Canada

• CTO & VP Architecture

  Echoworx Corporation

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 2003 — October 2006 (3 years )

• Managing Director

  Trusted by Design

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

  August 2001 — October 2003 (2 years 3 months)

• Director, Security Architecture & Technology

  724 Solutions Inc.

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 1998 — August 2001 (2 years 10 months)

• Senior Security Architect

  Diversinet Corp

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

  1998 — 1998 (less than a year)

• Chief Technical Architect

  Keywitness Canada Inc.

  (Computer Software industry)

  1997 — 1997 (less than a year)

• Technical Director

  BGI Systems Integration

  (Computer Software industry)

  1995 — 1995 (less than a year)

• Advisory Development Analyst

  IBM Canada Ltd.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 1980 — October 1993 (13 years 6 months)

Murray Brown’s Education

• University of Waterloo

  B.Math , Computer Science , 1976 — 1980

• Queen's University

  Engineering 1975 — 1976

Additional Information

Murray Brown’s Websites:

• Facebook

Murray Brown’s Interests:

climate change, global poverty, sustainable development, social justice

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