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Aaron Massey

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Privacy, security, and compliance technologist bridging policy and engineering.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles applying privacy and security expertise to translate regulatory requirements into practical engineering solutions, in collaborative, impact‑focused teams.

I am a privacy, security, and regulatory compliance technologist with over 15 years' experience across academia, non‑profits, and government, helping adtech, data protection, and AI companies meet evolving legal requirements without sacrificing quality or efficiency.

I have led policy research, written technical policy papers, and presented widely at major conferences while producing actionable guidance—creating monthly adtech newsletters, facilitating working groups, and publishing extensively on requirements engineering, privacy, and security.

I combine hands-on engineering experience (embedded Linux and device drivers) with rigorous academic research (PhD, numerous publications, and doctoral committee service) to translate legal and regulatory obligations into practical software and organizational practices.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Research Assistant Professor

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Aug 2022 - Jun 2025 (2 years 10 months)

Co-authored publications on requirements engineering, security, privacy, and regulatory compliance and co-chaired a PhD dissertation on developer perceptions of regulatory compliance.

Research Privacy)Security Regulatory Compliance Teaching

Policy Technologist

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

Jan 2025 - Apr 2025 (3 months)

Supported Emerging Technologies and AI working groups, produced staff AI education sessions and authored a policy paper on encryption, government access, and national security implications.

Technologist and Senior Policy Analyst

Future of Privacy Forum

Aug 2022 - Sep 2024 (2 years 1 month)

Led adtech policy work including 23 monthly newsletters to ~1,000 executives, facilitated 20+ working group calls, and authored policy papers on confidential computing and data clean rooms.

AdTech Privacy Engineering Newsletters Public Speaking Confidential Computing Data Clean Rooms Research

Assistant Professor

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Aug 2015 - Aug 2022 (7 years)

Taught multiple courses including Security, Privacy, and Software Engineering; co-authored 24 publications and served on five PhD/MS thesis committees advancing research in compliance and requirements engineering.

Teaching Curriculum Development Research Privacy)Security Thesis Supervision Academic Publishing

Postdoctoral Fellow

Georgia Institute of Technology

Aug 2012 - Jul 2015 (2 years 11 months)

Conducted research resulting in 12 publications on requirements engineering, security, privacy, and regulatory compliance and served on multiple program committees including RE and HotPETS.

Research Privacy)Security Conference Program Committees Academic Publishing Experimental Design

Embedded Linux Systems Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices

Jun 2003 - Aug 2006 (3 years 2 months)

Developed Linux device drivers for Alchemy MIPS and Geode x86 embedded processors, implemented dynamic power management driver and updated USB drivers to current specs.

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Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

North Carolina State University

Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science

2006 - 2012

Activities and societies: Dissertation: Legal Requirements Metrics for Compliance Analysis; research on traceability and developer decision making for legal compliance.

PhD in Computer Science focused on methods to improve traceability from legal and policy documents to software requirements and metrics for compliance analysis.