Ben is a security industry veteran, progressive thinker, and culture warrior. He holds an MS in Engineering Management from The George Washington University, a BA in Computer Science from Luther College, is a CISSP, DevOps and DevSecOps certified through DevOps Institute, and is a graduate of the BJ Fogg Behavior Design Boot Camp. He's previously held positions with Gartner, AOL, Wells Fargo, ICSA Labs, LockPath, and E&Y. He is former co-chair of the ABA InfoSec Committee, a senior member of ISSA, former board member for the Society of Information Risk Analysts, and former board member for OWASP NoVA. He is a published author and experienced public speaker, including engagements with the RSA Conference, MISTI, ISSA, RMISC, Secure360, RVAsec, DevOps Connect, as well as Gartner events.