David Kennel
Retired at Los Alamos National Laboratory
New Mexico, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Kennel is a seasoned IT leader and systems administrator with over a decade of hands-on experience securing and managing large-scale infrastructure at Los Alamos National Laboratory and in private industry. He has led teams of up to 40 engineers delivering configuration management, continuous monitoring, enterprise storage, and security solutions for a 12,000-person national lab, with direct responsibility for budgeting and strategic program delivery. A specialist in Linux/Unix hardening and compliance frameworks (FISMA, HIPAA, NIST), he has combined deep technical expertise with people management to operationalize continuous monitoring and certification efforts. David authored and open-sourced the STONIX security tool, reflecting a practical focus on tooling that improves system hardening across platforms. His background spans systems, network, and cluster administration through to enterprise architecture, and he holds an MS in Information Security Management from SANS. Based in New Mexico, he brings a pragmatic, security-first mindset that balances compliance, automation, and scalable infrastructure operations.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Information Security Management, Master of Science - MS, Information Security Management at SANS Technology InstituteBA, Journalism, Music, BA, Journalism, Music at Northern Illinois University
Github Skills (1)
security5
Github contributions (1)
CSD-Public/stonix
May 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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