Ken Kato
Chief Security Officer at Kindo
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
Summary
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SeniorKen Kato is a security-focused technology leader with 11 years of experience building mission-driven, cloud-native systems across defense, government, and AI startups. Currently CSO at Kindo, he combines hands-on DevSecOps practice with strategic program delivery—having stood up the Navy’s Black Pearl platform in 75 days and helped launch the Air Force’s Kessel Run. A former White House Presidential Innovation Fellow, he contributed to national AI policy including the AI Bill of Rights and Executive Order 14110, blending policy fluency with engineering rigor. Known for a "build the tools if they don't exist" ethos, he moves between rapid prototyping, platform engineering, and infrastructure hardening while retaining a hacker’s curiosity. Based in the DC–Baltimore area, he brings a rare mix of operational urgency and public-sector impact to commercial AI security.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (8)
json1
automation1
json-api1
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Zumkato/Testing-Cheats-
Sep 2015 - Feb 2022
Contributions:175 commits, 172 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 6 months
Zumkato/ZumKato.github.io
May 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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