Richard Kellner
Slovak Delegate, Joint Team On DORA TLPT
Slovakia
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Kellner is a cybersecurity-focused DevSecOps practitioner with 13 years of hands-on experience building and operating Linux-based, containerized systems and web platforms using Python/Django, REST APIs, and both SQL and NoSQL datastores. He currently represents Slovakia across multiple ECB, EBA and ESMA working groups (DORA, TIBER-EU, STEN), bringing practitioner-level insight into ICT risk management, resilience testing and regulatory implementation. At Národná banka Slovenska he led supervisory systems design and automation—migrating legacy apps to OpenShift, establishing CI/CD, and operationalizing DORA requirements—while also running TIBER red-team exercises as Test Manager. A long-time open-source and community organizer, he co-founded Erigones and chaired Bratislava’s Python meetup and PyCon SK, combining civic tech activity with production engineering. He mixes deep technical craftsmanship (Ansible, OpenShift, Docker, monitoring) with regulatory supervision experience, making him effective at translating operational realities into auditable regulatory outcomes. Outside work he experiments with embedded systems, home automation and 3D printing, underscoring a practical, hardware-aware engineering mindset.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MicroMasters, Cybersecurity, MicroMasters, Cybersecurity at Rochester Institute of TechnologyIng, Information Technology, Ing, Information Technology at Ekonomická univerzita v Bratislave-, The Faculty of Management and Scientific Informatics, -, The Faculty of Management and Scientific Informatics at University of Zilina
Github Skills (100)
flask-babel10
kvm10
python10
automation10
homeserver10
flask10
monitoring10
django10
smartos10
virtualization10
xmpp10
ats10
matrix-org10
static-site10
jabber10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
pyconsk/django-konfera
Sep 2016 - Feb 2018
Django app for organising conferences
Contributions:149 commits, 271 PRs, 264 pushes in 1 year 5 months
djangoconference-management
vault19/django-profiles
Jul 2021 - Jan 2022
Contributions:7 reviews, 24 commits, 4 PRs in 5 months
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