Dan Herlihy
About Me
Hello! My name is Dan Herlihy. I currently work as a Forward Deployed Software Engineer at Palantir Technologies. I help one of the largest utility companies in North America reduce wildfire risk and build resilient electrical grids. Before Palantir, I was an ethical hacker for a cybersecurity consulting firm and before that I served as Technology Director for the largest student-run philanthropy in the world. My areas of interests include application security, automation, and user experience design.
My work across multiple disciplines has given me skills and insight that I apply to all my pursuits to create the best possible outcome for clients and end users. I incorporate security first into all of my projects because I've seen first-hand how easy it is to break insecure designs. I've worked with wide scales of data systems from niche side projects to capturing billions of points of sensor data every day. I enjoy automating repetitive tasks for work and personal benefit. I believe that security does not have to come at the price of usability.
I feel the most accomplished when I'm able to work on projects that benefit others. That's why I make my projects open source when feasible and why I volunteer my time to causes I'm passionate about. With everything I work on, I hope to leave it better than I found it.
Languages
Frameworks
Serverless
Tools
Spark
Burp Suite
Nmap
AWS
Experience
Palantir Technologies
New York, NY
Forward Deployed Software Engineer
2021 — PresentDesign and build operational workflows to help a large North American utility company make efficient grid design decisions.
Integrate geospatial data from disparate source systems and prepare them for end-user consumption through optimized data pipelines.
Lead client training sessions to build up developer skills and help them become self-sufficient with our products.
Security Risk Advisors
Philadelphia, PA
Threat Assessment Consultant
2018 — 2021Conducted security assessments of web applications and corporate networks for clients in the Fortune 1000.
Designed and executed next-gen spear phishing and social engineering campaigns that bypass 2FA and simulate a skilled adversary.
Developed new tools to improve the speed and accuracy of our preparation, reconnaissance, and reporting, including Microsoft Office plugins and Burp Suite extensions.
THON
University Park, PA
Technology Director
2019 — 2020Responsible for the technical needs of an $11 million philanthropy with over 16,000 student volunteers.
Spearheaded a transition from GSuite to Office 365 for 350 individuals.
Coordinated 22 individuals across 6 development teams consisting of project managers, systems admins, and developers for several large-scale websites.
THINK Project Manager
2018 — 2019Led a team of five developers in maintaining current systems and designing new features with agile methodology.
Implemented finance tracking systems which hold the distribution of over nine million dollars among hundreds of organizations.
Dash Developer
2017 — 2018Developed Dash, a Django application which allows THON volunteers to hold multi-day events with over 22,000 unique spectators.
Replaced legacy software by redesigning the database structure and logic of core applications to allow for easy growth in the future while bringing the project into compliance with industry standards.
Projects
Nonograms
AWS
THON Weekend Dashboard
Django
AWS
python3-saml-django
Django
PyPi
Burp Load Balancer Cookie Scanner
Certifications
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