Summary
Ben Hecht is a Corporate Security Manager in New York with 11 years of experience building and securing IT infrastructure for high-growth tech companies. Currently at MongoDB, he brings a blend of hands-on systems engineering and security leadership honed through pivotal roles at Squarespace, Flatiron Health, and Spotify. He has experience standing up IT departments, managing million-dollar budgets, stewarding PHI-sensitive systems, and guiding IPO- and acquisition-era operational readiness. Known for joining small teams and scaling practical, auditable systems, he combines deep operational knowledge (Puppet, Kerberos, device management) with a pragmatic security mindset. An atypical detail: he returned to formal study in 2021 toward nursing after earning a BS/MS in Computer Science, reflecting a broader interest in systems that support human outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
BS/MS Computer Science, BS/MS Computer Science at SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Incomplete Nursing, Incomplete Nursing at University of Rochester