John Lockie
Head of Infrastructure & Platform Services
Cloud & DevOps Infrastructure Cybersecurity Enterprise Support Agentic Strategy
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About

Over two decades of experience in technology leadership, specializing in driving business transformation through infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud services, software development, data science, and emerging technologies. Leadership responsibilities include mentoring high-performing cross-functional teams, managing global technology platforms, and spearheading key technology initiatives.


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Experience
2020 – Now
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors
Head of Infrastructure and Platform Services
July 2020 – Present
2017 – 2020
DoubleLine Capital
Head of Infrastructure & CISO
January 2017 – July 2020
2013 – 2017
CEFCU
Caltech Employees Federal Credit Union
AVP, Infrastructure and Information Security
March 2013 – January 2017
2012 – 2013
Gain Federal Credit Union
Director of Information Technology
March 2012 – March 2013
2004 – 2012
CSI Electrical Contractors, Inc.
Director of Technology
July 2004 – March 2012

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Speaking
ITNation Connect · Nov 2024
7 Deadly Sins of MSPs
Industry conference for MSPs, keynote-style presentation from the customer's perspective of what MSPs do wrong.
FS-ISAC · June 2024 · 600+ Attendees
IAM not who I say IAM: Evolving Threat of Deepfakes
Past, present and future state of deepfake technologies targeting financial services sector. Talk given in multiple settings and multiple industries.
FS-ISAC · May 2017
Stranger Things: Active Directory Auditing with Bloodhound
Technical talk on using what was at the time a novel purple team tool. Given to financial services audience.
FS-ISAC · May 2017
Threat Intelligence: From Consumer to Producer
A talk aimed at providing a roadmap for FS-ISAC members seeking to add their voice to the fight against digital financial crime.
FS-ISAC · October 2016
Panel Moderator: Threat Intelligence for Community Institutions
Panel discussion analyzing the role a threat intelligence program can play within community institutions (regional banks, etc.).
IAM not who I say IAM
The Evolving Threat of Deepfakes  ·  FS-ISAC · June 2024 · 600+ Attendees
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Stranger Things: AD Auditing with Bloodhound
FS-ISAC · May 2017 · Technical Security Track
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Taking Your Institution to the Next Level
Financial Institution Cybersecurity Talk
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Volunteering
American Corporate Partners
Career Mentor for US Veterans
April 2023 – Present

Mentoring active duty and veteran service members who are seeking technology careers in the private sector, or seeking growth through network expansion. It is an incredible honor to be a small part of their professional story, and I consider it a great joy to share knowledge and guidance with the men and women of our military.

The Master's University
Cyber Security Program Advisor
January 2024 – Present

Having attended Master's from 1998 through 2001, I have since reconnected as alumni and was brought on to advise the technology department with a particular focus on cybersecurity program guidance and mentorship of the CIO's leadership team.


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Advising
Perch Security
2016 – 2020
Founding Advisor · Client #1

Worked with founders to test and build a cloud-based IDS — the first of its kind, enabling SMBs to leverage actionable intel provided through sharing communities via hybrid infrastructure (on-premise sensors + cloud control). Served as Client #1, tested the product, and met with investors in-person to speak to the platform's efficacy. Perch was acquired by ConnectWise for over $80M.

Vercrio
2022 – Present
Strategic Advisor · Co-Inventor

Helping shape product and market fit for an IAM and identity proofing platform targeting both small and large enterprises. Responsible for bringing their first financial services client, as well as others. Co-inventor on one of their key patents. Vercrio is poised to be a disruptive force in the IAM and agentic security space through an elegant coupling of technology and process.

Knostic
2024 – Present
Client Advisor

Helping shape their agentic security and governance platform from the perspective of an AI early adopter. Engaged early in the development of their platform, providing real-world feedback on product direction and enterprise applicability.


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Portfolio
Threats-R-Us

An OSINT collection of loosely coupled public facing honeypots which aimed to collect low level data about risky IP addresses, and then distribute that info to interested parties. Due to the low efficacy of IP intelligence, and the time/cost involved to upkeep the service I retired it.

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The Defense Dude

A cybersecurity blog covering technical defensive topics including Active Directory auditing with BloodHound, credential protection, and Purple Team strategies. Articles are written for security professionals seeking practical, real-world guidance.

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Rain Maker
Internal Cloud Deployment Tool

A cloud deployment tool for designing, deploying, and tracking the build out of cloud infrastructure on a per-project basis. Provides a visual interface for architecting environments and monitoring deployment progress in real time. Also provides budgeting insight for project planning.

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MCP Bay

MCP Bay is an IaaS solution offering hosted MCP servers, proxies and gateways with full logging, OAuth, and per tool/operation security. MCP Bay was created because I saw the need for tooling infrastructure to support business adoptions of cloud first agent models (Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude).

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Life After Likes

Having abandoned social media over a decade ago, I found myself wanting a way to share my old archives with my children. I opted to build a platform that has "drag and drop" support for Instagram and Facebook archives, importing, categorizing, displaying and sharing a life once lived in social media.

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Lumin

A friend had a need to build financial models for his clients that could easily be exported into one of the most widely used trading platforms for wealth advisors. We built a multi-tenant complex portfolio and risk modeler (SaaS), and have plans to continue expanding integrations for users.

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PLATE
Quant Health Tracker

A quantitative tracking tool for managing health. Built to log diet and weight, with extension for tracking calories burned using Strava APIs. Full API and MCP integration for LLM-powered data input. Secured and hosted by Cloudflare.

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Education
WGU
Western Governors University
Bachelor of Science — Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
Certifications
CISSP A+ Network+ CySA+ Project+ CIOS CCDA CCNA AWS Cloud Practitioner ITIL Foundation
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Contact
John Lockie