Cisco · CCNA
Cisco Certified Network Associate
Routing and switching, IP services, security fundamentals, and automation. Backed by two years of Networking Academy coursework and the hands-on labs documented in the report library below.
Bellevue, WA → Bozeman, MT
Howdy!I'm Jonathan Kleven — a computer engineering student who builds, breaks, and documents real systems.
Headed to Montana State University in Fall 2026 with a CCNA, an AWS Cloud Practitioner certification, and two years of hands-on networking labs already on the books. Every project below comes with a full write-up.
CCNA · Certified Jun 2025
AWS Cloud Practitioner · May 2026
About
Two threads: code and aircraft.
I wrote my first lines of Python at twelve and felt something click. That curiosity turned into game jams on itch.io — GMTK, Brackeys, a NOKIA 3310 jam — where I learned to ship small Unity projects on a deadline and debug my way out of trouble. Somewhere along the way, coding stopped feeling like a skill and started feeling like a language I actually spoke.
Around the same time, I became fascinated by aircraft — military aircraft in particular — and the engineering packed into machines that move through the sky. My grandfather works at the intersection of software and hardware in aviation, and his stories turned that fascination into a direction. Computer Engineering is where those two threads meet, and it's exactly what I'm headed to Montana State University to study.
In high school I spent two years in the Cisco Networking Academy, racking real equipment, writing full lab reports, and earning my CCNA before senior year. Through the Cisco Project Club, I helped support classroom tech and donate IT equipment to communities in Antigua. I added the AWS Cloud Practitioner certification in May 2026, and I've run the A/V and livestream setup at my church since 2021.
Long term, I'm aiming at the layer where engineering decisions have physical consequences: avionics, embedded systems, and flight software. When I'm not at a keyboard, I'm usually behind a camera at an airfield.
Certifications
Industry credentials, earned early.
Both certifications were earned while still in high school — proof that the lab work below maps to real, industry-recognized skills.
AWS · CLF
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Cloud concepts, core AWS services, security and compliance, and cloud economics — the foundation for building and reasoning about systems that run beyond a single rack.
Lab Report Library
Proof of work, in writing.
Every lab here was configured, tested, and troubleshot on real equipment — then written up in full: purpose, background, configurations, verification, and the problems hit along the way. Open any report for the complete document.
Projects & Experience
Things I've designed, built, and shipped.
Standalone projects with code you can read — every card links to its repository. The lab write-ups live in the report library above.
Experience & programs
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CIMU — Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound
Summer Internship · Summer 2026Pre-college engineering internship — hands-on exposure to research engineering before starting at MSU.
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Washington Aerospace Scholars — Museum of Flight
Oct 2024 – Mar 2025UW-accredited program on NASA space exploration and aviation history. Co-led mission integration during the summer residency for a crewed Mars mission design — shaping goals, the launch schedule, and keeping every team on one plan.
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Cisco Project Club — Newport High School
MemberApplied networking skills in the real world: supporting classroom technology, integrating new devices into existing infrastructure, and donating IT equipment to communities in Antigua.
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Joy Lutheran Church — Tech Team Volunteer
2021 – PresentRun presentation and projection systems for services, manage the livestream for remote attendees, and troubleshoot cameras and microphones to keep downtime near zero.
Coursework & Training
The classroom side of the ledger.
Newport High School, Bellevue, WA · GPA 3.83 · Class of 2026. Doubled up on math freshman year to reach calculus-based physics and advanced coursework early.
- Cisco Networking Academy — Year 1CCNA Prep
- Cisco Networking Academy — Year 2Project Labs
- AP Computer Science AJava
- Python 1–3Programming
- AP Calculus AB + Advanced CalculusMath
- AP Physics C: MechanicsCalc-Based
- AP Physics C: Electricity & MagnetismCalc-Based
- AWS Cloud Coursework & LabsCloud
Skills