Nolen Johnson
Director Of Hardware And OT Security at LevelBlue
Orlando, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolNolen Johnson is a hardware and OT security leader with 11 years of hands-on experience securing embedded, IoT, and critical infrastructure systems, now directing LevelBlue’s Hardware and OT Security division from Orlando. He combines technical depth—evidenced by low-level Android/vendor device work in repositories like proprietary_vendor_motorola—with strategic leadership in building teams, SOPs, and revenue-aligned security offerings. Nolen has shepherded product security assessments across medical, energy, water, and industrial environments, led IEC/ISA 62443 and NIST-aligned compliance efforts, and served on incident response teams for operational networks. As a long-time volunteer Project Director and developer-relations lead for LineageOS, he blends open-source stewardship with vendor engagement and device bring-up expertise. He’s known for translating research into practical remediation roadmaps and for mentoring the next generation of hardware security researchers.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Integrated Business, Bachelor of Science - BS Integrated Business at University of Central Florida
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Github Skills (6)
firmware10
embedded10
sys10
makefile10
android10
device-driver9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
TheMuppets/proprietary_vendor_motorola
Apr 2018 - Oct 2022
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:74 commits, 107 PRs, 186 pushes in 4 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Nolen appears to be involved in importing and integrating proprietary vendor files and configurations specific to Motorola devices. Their commits focus on updating makefiles and including files related to hardware drivers, firmware, and camera configurations. The changes include modifications to vendor-specific libraries, binaries, and system configurations, suggesting a role in device bring-up and maintenance. The nature of the contributions strongly suggests work in the Android ecosystem, likely focused on low-level system integration.
oddsolutions/oddsolutions.github.io
Sep 2023 - May 2026
Odd Solutions Security Blog
Contributions:2 PRs, 73 pushes, 10 branches in 2 years 8 months
security
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