Hi, I’m Jodie Struthers. I am an information security professional with extensive knowledge in full stack web application development (Python, Ruby, JavaScript/Node, and more ), cross-functional team leadership, securing development processes, web standards, information architecture, and competitive analysis.

I like referring to myself as a ✨techwitch✨. I am a curious person, serial creator, and a dedicated lifelong learner. You can reach me at [email protected] .

Bio

Jodie Struthers is an information security professional. Struthers specializes in strategic integration, cross-functional teams, security controls that are right-sized for businesses, risk management, and security communication. She is a bridge between security, user experience, and software development.

Raised by dangerous librarians and dial-up, Struthers is a self-taught and motivated technologist. She first started programming with HyperTalk and could not get enough. Struthers obtained a competitive Visual Communications (Bachelor of Design) degree from the Alberta University of the Arts . Her goal was to take her existing technical knowledge and augment it with storytelling, creative strategies, information design, product design, and human-centric UX. This has given her a unique perspective.

Before moving into security, Struthers honed her skills and leadership in telecommunications, payment processors, agriculture, solar energy, real estate, marketing, and an abundance of technical consulting with her own businesses. Throughout her 20 year career, the common elements have been security and her ability to see the bigger picture. This has enabled her to easily lead risk management strategies, for both project management and secure data systems.

As a creative writer and artist, Struthers uses her illustration skills and precision soldering to bring multitudes of projects to life. She has run a creative world building project since 2002, has built and programmed various portable multi-tools, and created bioactive vivariums. Where there’s a SPI, there’s a way.

Struthers is based in Calgary, where she lives with her partners, some cats, a moderate menagerie, no cars, and an ample supply of microcontrollers. She’s done plenty of human things, such as found a person who had faked their own death, resource hacked Petz screensaver files to make them look like her own pets, and let her Neopets starve. 💫

Testimonials

  • Cross-disciplinary UI/Dev to UX folks, I recommend giving @shriker a follow and listen. Jods is amazing in all realms of gender equality, LGBTQ2s+ conversations, UX, UI, Dev Ops, and more. I have learned so much from her over the years and continue to. #uxwomen — @spencergoldade
  • ok Jodie I’ve never thought of any of this other than latency/timeouts. What day can you start? — @philsturgeon
  • Our paths did not cross often at Axia, however I remember a presentation when we were rolling out Fibrenet 15/30/60 and Portal 2.0 with you and Leon and others. I was impressed how you knew your material “cold” and you are a real pro. — John L.
  • Working with Jodie is like having a purple unicorn
  • I’ve used and participated in several products/communities Jodie has made, in both a user and maintainer capacity. The systems she created were easy to use, impressive in function and scope, and always improving, thanks to Jodie’s dedication. — Kate W.
  • Just Jamie’s sister. — Jamie
    A screenshot of an instant message conversation, circa 2008. Jamie: balls; Jodie: OF STEEL; Jamie: good call. you’re the first ever to have a fast remark; Jodie: I’m special like that.; Jamie: no, you’re just my sister
    She keeps me humble.