Kellen graduated from Western State Colorado University with a bachelor in computer science; Kellen was awarded Summa Cum Laude as one of the top performers of his computer science class. Kellen was lucky enough to have been a student of professor John Peterson before his untimely death in 2017. John Peterson graduated from Yale and is known for contributing to the creation and documentation for the functional programming language Haskell.
Kellen has been working professionally for 8 years as a software engineer. Beginning with an internship at Lockheed Martin, Kellen gained experience in multiple industries and programming languages.
Kellen began his career at Lockheed Martin where he worked on a missile defense project. He worked closely with the IT team and gained a deep knowledge of system administration while also coding an application to track internal hires / departs.
In 2018, Kellen moved to Tyler Technologies. He would switch focus from defense to local government. Kellen was responsible for writing custom payment processing software (similar to Stripe) for processing users utility bills. This allowed Tyler Technologies to save cost on payment processor fees which greatly increased revenue for the company and thus increased revenue for shareholders.
In 2022, Kellen moved to Tasso Inc. He would switch focus to biomedical technologies. Tasso is a startup company that makes devices to draw blood via suction (in a painless manner). This revolutionary technology will allow people to get blood tests from the comfort of their home. Kellen works on API's and frontends to enable customers to place orders for said devices.