Keerthana Madhavan
Cyber Security Engineer II at University of Guelph
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolKeerthana Madhavan is a Cyber Security Engineer II with eight years of experience bridging data engineering, software development, and applied AI to turn complex cyber data into actionable business insights. She has delivered measurable operational wins—designing a search algorithm that sped multi-source device lookups by 30% and building a React/Node status-monitoring site that reduced downtime by 20%—and routinely automates risk and vulnerability workflows with Python, PowerShell and Power BI. Her research at the University of Guelph applies NLP and LLM evaluation to detect election-related misinformation, highlighting a rare combination of offensive/defensive security practice and academic rigor. At the Bank of Canada she shaped AD exception risk assessment tooling and drafted GenAI security guidance, demonstrating policy-aware engineering in sensitive environments. Comfortable across full-stack web tech, data pipelines, and cloud security posture work, she pairs hands-on coding with stakeholder-focused dashboards that improve decision-making. A proud Tamilian and active mentor/leader (founding WiCyS chapter president) who codes publicly at github.com/simplykeerthana, she blends technical depth with community impact.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
IB Diploma, IB Diploma at Heritage High SchoolMaster of Science - MS Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Master of Science - MS Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at University of GuelphEntrepreneurship Accelerator Program Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Founder InstituteBachelor's degree Honors Computer Science with Software Engineering Specialization, Bachelor's degree Honors Computer Science with Software Engineering Specialization at University of Windsor
Tamil, Telugu, Spanish, EnglishProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Madhakee01/Learning_Python3
Dec 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:110 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 15 days
simplykeerthana/Mosse-Cybersecurity-Internship
Dec 2019 - Feb 2021
Contributions:92 commits, 69 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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