Katie Mclead
Cybersecurity Professional at United States Department of Defense
Greater Philadelphia United States
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Top SchoolKatie Mclead is a cybersecurity professional with 11 years of experience who transitioned from a long career in K-12 education into the Department of Defense, bringing deep skills in curriculum design, technical communication, and program initiation. She has a strong mathematics background and an MEd, and has applied that pedagogical rigor to cybersecurity training, mentorship, and cross-disciplinary projects that bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders. Katie’s work history includes piloting AP computer science programs, integrating technology district-wide, and creating practical tooling—like starter code repositories and data-merge workflows—to streamline operations and learning. Known for translating complex concepts into accessible resources, she also has experience writing assessment items for ETS, reflecting a knack for measuring competence as well as teaching it.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Secondary School Administration/Principalship, Secondary School Administration/Principalship at Marywood UniversityMaster of Education - MEd Secondary Education and Teaching, Master of Education - MEd Secondary Education and Teaching at Boston CollegeGithub contributions (5)
McLeadComputerScience/McLeadComputerScience.github.io
Jun 2016 - Dec 2017
Contributions:29 commits in 1 year 6 months
HavenSeedsForSuccess/HavenSeedsForSuccess.github.io
May 2015 - Jun 2016
Contributions:26 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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