Cork, Ireland

Colin Cooper

Engineering leadership at the intersection of AI strategy and cybersecurity.

27 years building and leading engineering teams in cybersecurity — from Accenture and McAfee through Trellix to Cisco. Currently Senior Director of Engineering Program Management at Cisco's Security Business Unit, leading a team of 75 program managers across 30 security products. Focused on where AI strategy, engineering leadership, and security meet.


Expertise

Cybersecurity Engineering Leadership AI Strategy EDR / Endpoint XDR & SSE Program Management Agile Transformation MITRE ATT&CK AWS PMP

Career Highlights

Cisco — Sr Director, SBG Engineering PM 2023 – Present

Leading 75 program managers across 30 security products — XDR, Secure Access, Duo, Hypershield, Umbrella, Endpoint Security, and the Security Cloud Control platform. Managing 60–80 concurrent engineering projects across Cisco's full security portfolio.

Trellix — Director of Engineering 2021 – 2023

Led EDR endpoint security delivery across Ireland and Argentina. Established Threat Labs Content Release Operations in Cork. Improved MITRE ATT&CK visibility from 47% to 98% and analytic coverage from 24% to 77%.

McAfee — Director of Program Management 2012 – 2017

Transformed delivery of McAfee's flagship consumer anti-malware suite — cutting release cycles from 12–18 months down to 6 weeks. Primary engineering liaison with Microsoft; led the first McAfee team to achieve zero-day support for new Windows releases.

Education & Credentials

AI Business Strategy Johns Hopkins · 2025

Top Achiever, 4.33 GPA — Whiting School of Engineering.

Postgraduate Diploma, Cybersecurity Management MTU · 2024

Distinction. Munster Technological University.

BSc Business Information Systems UCC · 1998

2:1 Honours — University College Cork.

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