Kent Yoder
Technical Lead, Security Research at Cisco Systems
Hudson, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolKent Yoder is a technical leader in security research with over a decade of experience delivering security evaluations, white-box penetration testing, and trusted computing solutions. He is currently Technical Lead, Security Research at Cisco Systems, based in Hudson, Ohio, where he has led cutting-edge security assessments since 2015. His career spans advisory software engineering at IBM and software engineering at Cisco, underscoring a strong track record of turning security research into practical, scalable engineering. Kent holds a BS in Computer Science from Purdue University, grounding his work in solid fundamentals. He combines hands-on security testing with software development leadership to drive secure-by-design practices across large-scale systems. Beyond day-to-day work, his profile reflects a focus on Linux-based security and trusted computing ecosystems, positioning him to bridge research and production security in enterprise environments.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Purdue University
Github Skills (16)
ssl8
encryption8
cryptography8
openssl7
decryption7
crypto7
tls135
certificate4
gnu3
gnome3
firewall2
linux2
homebrew1
python1
pkcs1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
shpedoikal/tpm-tools
Jun 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:1 PR, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
apitypescripttsstpm
shpedoikal/opencryptoki
Sep 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:1 PR, 1 comment in 1 day
securityencryptioncryptographypkcs
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