Keaton Okkonen
Co Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Black.ai
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolKeaton Okkonen is a Melbourne-based founder and CEO with 11 years of experience building applied AI and automation platforms as co-founder of Black.ai. He blends hands-on product engineering with security expertise, having found high-profile vulnerabilities in LinkedIn, Coinbase and Podio while moonlighting as a freelance security researcher. At Black.ai he drives core technology development, presents at industry events and has helped the company win awards for innovation and scientific computing applications. His background spans web development, security analysis and startup growth, with early roles at Bond Street, OpenCities and participation in Bugcrowd programs. Keaton is pragmatic and detail-oriented—comfortable both shipping code and arbitrating team debates—and values practical outcomes over academic perfection. He studied computer science at RMIT and brings a maker’s mentality summed up simply on GitHub: “Make stuff.”
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Melbourne High SchoolBachelor of Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science at RMIT University
Github Skills (92)
windows10
linux10
kinect10
kivy10
android10
azure-kinect9
sweetalert9
audio9
websocket-client9
boost9
dialog9
python9
kinect-v29
asio9
ios9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
37/live-coding-resume-project
Dec 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:18 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
black-ai/machine-learning-challenge
Nov 2017 - Nov 2018
A technical challenge for prospective Machine Learning Engineers and researchers
Contributions:16 commits, 2 PRs, 16 pushes in 1 year
machine-learning
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