Jim O'Leary

Jim O'Leary is the Vice President of Engineering at Signal Messenger, a position he has held since October 2019.1 He is based in San Francisco, California, and has over 500 connections on LinkedIn.1

Professional Experience

Prior to joining Signal Messenger, Jim had an extensive career in the tech industry, particularly in security and engineering roles:

• Facebook: He worked at Facebook for 4 years and 7 months (April 2015 - October 2019), holding several security management positions.1 His responsibilities included leading security engineering teams, managing the bug bounty program, performing security reviews, and overseeing privacy incident response.

• Twitter: Jim spent 4 years and 2 months (March 2011 - April 2015) at Twitter as an Engineering Manager and Application Security Engineer.1 He was instrumental in launching 2FA for Twitter accounts, the bug-bounty program, and account anomaly detection.

• Microsoft: For 6 years and 8 months (August 2004 - March 2011), Jim worked as a Software Security Engineer at Microsoft.1 He was involved in various projects, including HealthVault and products in the Unified Communications Group.

Education

Jim O'Leary has a strong educational background in computer science:

• University of Washington: MS in Computer Science (2009 - 2011)1
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: BS in Computer Science & Psychology (2000 - 2004)1

Current Role at Signal Messenger

As VP of Engineering at Signal Messenger, Jim is responsible for running and evolving the engineering organization.1 Signal Messenger is a fully-remote, 501c3 nonprofit organization that builds free open-source tools for private communication. In his role, Jim is involved in various aspects of engineering leadership and organizational development.