Kris Hardy
Senior Security Manager at VioletBeacon Limited
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Top SchoolKris Hardy is a Senior Security Manager and hands-on software engineer with over two decades of mixed experience in software development, systems engineering, and computer security, now based in Auckland, NZ. He has led security transformations and built teams—from founding VioletBeacon to scaling Plexure’s security org—while running incident response, threat hunting, and company-wide secure development training programs. Kris combines deep embedded and IoT firmware expertise with data- and processing-intensive software skills, applying reverse-engineering and pen-testing to harden real-world systems. A former instructor and meetup organizer, he translates complex security topics into practical training and tools for engineers and leaders. His background uniquely spans chemical research, aerospace project management, and high-precision instrumentation, giving him a rare systems-level view of risk, productization, and operational resilience. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic, auditable security controls that balance engineering velocity with measurable compliance.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS (For study, degree not completed), Computer Science (Robotics and Computational Perception Specialty), Master of Science - MS (For study, degree not completed), Computer Science (Robotics and Computational Perception Specialty) at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBiological Chemistry, Biological Chemistry at Texas A&M UniversityBS, Biochemistry, BS, Biochemistry at United States Air Force Academy
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (29)
adal9
openssh8
mysql-proxy8
tower7
proxy7
iframe7
active7
python7
ssh7
xmodem6
activerecord6
rust6
infrastructure6
ruby-on-rails6
php6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
krishardy/dbcluster
Apr 2019 - Aug 2024
Python Database Cluster Session Manager
Contributions:5 PRs, 5 pushes, 6 branches in 5 years 5 months
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