Kody Smart is a multidisciplinary technologist and business owner with eight years of experience blending cybersecurity, software development, and UAV operations. He builds and defends systems—from contributing full‑stack fixes to the high-profile Apache Superset project to architecting an AI-driven lawn care application that fuses sensor, weather, and predictive models. A former UAS pilot and instructor with Special Operations aviation experience, he brings disciplined operational rigor and safety-first thinking to SOC analysis, penetration testing, and secure software design. Kody pairs hands-on tooling knowledge (Wireshark, Metasploit, Burp Suite, Proxmox, Python/Java/C#) with ongoing professional development (Security+) and a track record of shipping practical, security-minded solutions for both enterprise and consumer use.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Private Pilot, Private Pilot at Eagle Aircraft Flight Academy
Associate's degree, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Operator, Associate's degree, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Operator at Cochise College
Bachelor of Science - BS, Cybersecurity, Bachelor of Science - BS, Cybersecurity at Purdue University Northwest
Apache Superset is a Data Visualization and Data Exploration Platform
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:40 reviews, 36 commits, 34 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Kody primarily focused on bug fixes and minor feature enhancements across both the frontend and backend of the Apache Superset platform. They addressed issues related to UI rendering, including popover behavior, SQL Lab metadata display in Safari, and monospacing errors in charts and dashboards. Additionally, the user contributed to backend improvements with database import fixes, data type handling, and email report formatting, working with both frontend and backend code. They also updated shortkey for stop query running in SqlLab editor.
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