James Kelly
Retired at none
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Kelly is a veteran information security professional with over two decades of hands-on experience in penetration testing, threat analysis, and incident response across commercial, critical infrastructure, and federal clients. He has served as a senior consultant for Mandiant and led red-team and SOC initiatives, specializing in network reconnaissance, OSINT, web application assessments, and wireless/software-defined radio research. Known as a mentor and technical leader, he has authored testing playbooks, built custom scanning and detection tooling, and trained junior engineers in exploit and evasion techniques. Certified across OSCP, CISSP, and numerous GIAC disciplines, he combines deep offensive expertise with a growing interest in defensive remediation and vulnerability management. Based in Raleigh, NC, he stays sharp through CTFs and personal SDR projects, bringing a rare blend of field-tested tactics and tooling development to any security team.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Anthropology, BA, Anthropology at The Catholic University of AmericaUniversity of Missouri
Github Skills (70)
kali-linux10
pentest8
active-directory8
twitter8
extender8
web-application-security8
surface8
pentesting8
penetration-testing7
security7
cybersecurity7
information-security7
owasp7
python7
information-gathering7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
pentestify/gitlist
Mar 2014 - Jul 2014
Contributions:64 commits in 4 months
macubergeek/gitlist
Sep 2014 - Sep 2015
Contributions:202 commits, 247 pushes in 1 year
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