Summary
Guna Kondapaneni is a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer with 11 years of experience building secure, automated systems and integrations across financial and public-sector environments. He has moved from hands-on traffic analysis and tooling at the Indiana Office of Technology to principal-level development and DevOps work at Discover Financial Services, and now leads logging, SIEM, and custom integration efforts at Experian. Comfortable coding across C#, Java, JavaScript and Python, he blends developer instincts with security operations to deliver practical, auditable solutions. A longtime mentor and curriculum developer, he has a track record of teaching CS fundamentals to learners of all ages and turning educational needs into reusable tools. Certified through SANS programs in security analytics and cyber defense, he pairs formal security training with a pragmatic, developer-first approach. Colleagues often note his curiosity for “random projects,” which fuels creative tooling and improvements beyond his day-to-day responsibilities.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
GMON Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, GMON Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at SANS Technology Institute
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Purdue University