Brady Merkel

Brady Merkel is a highly experienced CyberSecurity AppSec Architect at Bank of America's Global Information Security department. With a Bachelor's degree in Computer and Information Sciences, General from the University of Florida, Merkel's extensive knowledge and communication skills are evident in his expertise in Cyber Security, API Security, Threat modeling, and Enterprise Architecture, Governance, Risk, Compliance, Remediation, and Evangelism. Utilizing a wide range of tools such as Visual Studio, TFS, MSBuild, XAML, Azure, SharePoint Development, Windows 10, .NET, C#, EF, ASP.NET MVC, Angular, TypeScript/JavaScript, Mobile, and NativeScript, Merkel has contributed significantly to Open Source projects. At Bank of America, Merkel leads the .NET Center of Excellence, working on APIs such as REST, GraphQL, OData, Web Services, SOAP, WCF, and follows ALM and SAFe/Scrum/Agile methodologies, managing GIT, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery. As Vice President at Bank of America, Merkel's vast experience and commitment to cyber and app security continue to make significant progress in advancing the bank's IT infrastructure.