In personal news in two weeks it'll be my 10 year anniversary since I started working on Android -- so I decided it's a good time switch gears and leave Google!

Owning (among many other things) design reviews, security models, and helping all sorts of Android projects design and build good, secure, and private products has been awesome. Getting to really demonstrate that way of design and engineering thinking in Exposure Notifications as one of the security and privacy leads will probably be a highlight of my life (we better not have to deal with something like that again).

Doing all that while helping build and maintain an extremely successful, inclusive and welcoming team culture in security was the best part. Couldn't be more proud of all the people on my teams and all the great things they've done. I tried to leave security a few times early in my career because of not liking the broader scene, so I'm glad to have demonstrated at least to myself that it's way better all around without all the flair and toxicity.

No idea what I'll do next, going to spend some time sailing tallships and doing guest lectures to try this relaxing thing and then I'll go find some more ways to help protect real people and enable good things while preventing bad.

@chadbrubaker Sorry that Google's going to lose you. Excited to learn where you end up. What sort of tall ships are we talking about?

@richardmcp I've been working on Matthew Turner in the bay most weekends for the last couple years and spend most my little unpaid time off last year there.

Come sail :D

@chadbrubaker that's awesome! I'll definitely check it out next time I'm in the area.
@chadbrubaker
I know that you're not looking for something new right away, but just want to state very publicly: to anyone out there looking to hire the finest in security, do not miss this chance. Chad is one of the best I've ever worked with, not just in terms of technical and security reasoning skills, but especially in terms of culture building. I learned a great deal from him, and wouldn't be who I was without his mentorship (👬🧅⛵ -- boom, snuck in a sailing pun right at the end!)

@chadbrubaker You had my back during the most meaningful single project of my career.

We didn't just make the world a better place, but we literally were able to save lives.

It's been an honor and a privilege.

@chadbrubaker congratulations. Also, you'll leave a hole behind that will be hard to fill.