John Kennedy
Senior Premium Support Engineer at GitHub
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Kennedy is a Senior Premium Support Engineer at GitHub with over a decade of IT experience and six years focused on technical support and reliability engineering. He combines hands-on troubleshooting of Windows and POS systems with project coordination and QA discipline developed across roles at Target, Ajilon, and as an independent entrepreneur. Known for driving system stability and automated monitoring, he has led teams responsible for large-scale lab operations and multi-site deployments, managing hardware inventories and release pipelines. His background blends practical programming (Java, scripting, SQL) with strong communications and change-management skills, a mix that helps him translate complex technical issues into actionable solutions for customers. A former U.S. Army NCO with security-clearance experience, he brings disciplined accountability and operational rigor to incident response and platform reliability.
6 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
A.S Computer Science, A.S Computer Science at North Hennepin Community CollegeBachelor's degree Multidisciplinary Studies, Bachelor's degree Multidisciplinary Studies at University of MinnesotaAssociate of Science (AS) Computer Science, Associate of Science (AS) Computer Science at Pierce CollegeHigh School Diploma General Education, High School Diploma General Education at Robinsdale Armstrong
Github Skills (25)
github-issues9
debug9
api9
rapid8
github8
rest8
harness8
testing7
graphql-api7
emit7
graphql7
emitter6
parser6
validate5
yaml5
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
jjkennedy3/TestRepo_3
Nov 2021 - Aug 2023
Contributions:5 reviews, 1 PR, 7 pushes in 1 year 9 months
jjkennedy3/bpf-next
Oct 2021 - Oct 2021
Contributions:1385 pushes in 1 day
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