Meet the Founder — Kenneth Vignali
Kenneth Vignali is a cybersecurity professional, a Juris Master in National Security, Cybersecurity & Privacy Law, and a PANDAS parent. He built PANDAS Tracker because his own family lived through eight years of searching for a diagnosis.
The story behind PANDAS Tracker
It took eight years to get a diagnosis. When the answer finally came, the word was PANDAS. Kenneth built PANDAS Tracker to give every family on this road — whether your door is PANS, PANDAS, autoimmune encephalitis, or you are still looking for the right name — a structured, secure way to organize and communicate their child's health data.
Professional background
Kenneth holds an M.S. in Cybersecurity and a Juris Master in National Security, Cybersecurity & Privacy Law. He founded his own cybersecurity advisory firm before building PANDAS Tracker. The app's security architecture reflects that professional background — not aspirational language, but actual implementation.
Why the security background matters for a health app
Most health apps are built by developers who learn about privacy requirements after the fact and add compliance as a layer on top. PANDAS Tracker's privacy-first architecture was designed from the beginning by someone whose career is built on protecting sensitive data. AES-256 encryption, TLS 1.3, Firebase Security Rules, HIPAA BAAs, data minimization — these are not checkboxes. They are the foundation.