Patrick Kelley
Founder Chief Executive Officer at Léargas Security
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPatrick Kelley is a cybersecurity founder and CEO with over 25 years in IT and 11 years of focused leadership running Léargas Security and Critical Path Security, where he drives development of an AI-powered XDR and a converged SIEM with patents pending for predictive mass-casualty prevention. He blends deep hands-on expertise in network forensics, offensive security, and incident response with enterprise architecture work for aerospace and regulated environments. A frequent media and academic contributor—serving as an NBC CyberSecurity Expert and guest lecturer at Georgia State—he has briefed panels including FBI, CIA and NSA representatives and been featured in Fortune, CNN and The Guardian. His background includes senior research work at PacketSled and building SOC capabilities with Splunk across multiple organizations, reflecting strong operational and product experience. Known for precise, discreet engagements for high-net-worth and specialized clients, he also applies interdisciplinary threat modeling informed by psychology and sociology. Longstanding nonprofit leadership in child-abuse prevention and shelter development underscores a commitment to social impact alongside technical innovation.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
UC Berkeley ExtensionComputer Sciences Information Technology, Computer Sciences Information Technology at Chattahoochee Technical College
Github Skills (22)
cybersecurity10
zeek10
security10
threat-intelligence10
malware10
passwords10
phishing10
methodology9
pentesting8
security-testing8
penetration-testing8
lists8
sensitive-data8
infosec7
fuzzing6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
CriticalPathSecurity/Zeek-Intelligence-Feeds
Jan 2023 - Jan 2023
Zeek-Formatted Threat Intelligence Feeds
Contributions:122 commits, 5 PRs, 37784 pushes in 5 days
feedszeekcybersecuritythreatthreat-intelligence
CriticalPathSecurity/Public-Intelligence-Feeds
Jan 2023 - Jan 2023
Standard-Format Threat Intelligence Feeds
Contributions:145 commits, 2 PRs, 27448 pushes in 6 days
feedssecuritythreatthreat-intelligencethreatintel
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