Stephen Magill

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Stephen Magill

VP, Product Innovation · Sonatype · verified 2026-08-31

Dr. Stephen Magill was the CEO and co-founder of MuseDev and is now VP of Product Innovation at Sonatype. He has spent his career developing tools to help developers identify errors, gauge code quality, and detect security issues. Stephen has led multiple large-scale research initiatives including DARPA projects on privacy, security, and code quality. He also served as research lead for the 2020 and 2021 State of the Software Supply Chain reports. Dr. Magill earned his Ph.D. in CS from Carnegie Mellon University and his BS from the University of Tulsa. He is a member of the University of Tulsa Industry Advisory Board and has served on numerous program committees and funding panels.

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4 in the library16 talksPublishing since 2018

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2024

TalkAttacks from Wonderland: XZ, Model Poisoning, and Reflections on Trust

Las Vegas 2024 · 21 min

2023

Guidance paperReinventing Software Asset Inventory

with Michael Edenzon, Rakesh Bantu & Charles Betz

2023

TalkFor Better Security, Stop Wasting Developer Time

Las Vegas 2023 · 17 min

2022

TalkSpoke at Las Vegas 2022 and Europe 2022

3 talks

2021

TalkVendorDome: What does it mean to be a developer in the era of cyber crime?

US 2021 · 58 min

2020

Guidance paperMeasuring Software Quality

with Cornelia Davis & James Wickett

2019
2019

TalkExemplars, Laggards, and Hoarders - A Data-driven Look at Open Source Software Supply Chains

London 2019 · 32 min

2018

Guidance paperIndustrial DevOps

with Suzette Johnson, Diane LaFortune & 6 others