Ben Rosenblum
Alabama, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Rosenblum is a senior cyber security engineer and network architect with over 20 years of experience designing and operating mission-critical infrastructure for the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and large enterprises. He has led congressionally mandated cyber defense initiatives exceeding $100M and served as Technical Director and Acting Program Director for large-scale national programs focused on Defense Industrial Base protection. Ben blends deep technical expertise in threat intelligence platforms, secure enclave and MILS designs, and enterprise data center architecture with hands-on delivery—recently fielding turnkey data centers and virtual internet surrogates that include Starlink/Starshield and SCADA emulations. Comfortable briefing Members of Congress and General Officers, he translates complex technical risk into actionable decisions under pressure. An entrepreneur as well as a practitioner, he runs his own consulting firm and contributes to open-source projects, including practical IoT integrations for the widely used openHAB ecosystem. Based in Alabama, he is drawn to roles that require technical credibility, pragmatic leadership, and operational readiness for high-consequence missions.
6 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BA Computer Science & Physics, BA Computer Science & Physics at University at AlbanyRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (16)
javas10
openhab10
android10
java10
api9
websockets-client8
websocket8
embedded8
sonos8
client-websocket8
api-design8
websocket-client8
sys8
restful-api7
api-rest7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
openhab/openhab-addons
Jan 2021 - Jul 2021
Add-ons for openHAB
Role in this project:
Back-end & Embedded Systems Engineer
Back-end & Embedded Systems EngineerContributions:138 reviews, 3 commits, 44 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Ben primarily contributed to the openHAB add-ons, focusing on integrations with various smart home devices, specifically Samsung TV, Sonos, and Android TV devices. Their work involved implementing features such as codec channel support, power controls, and transport controls. Additionally, the user provided significant contributions to the Android TV binding, with the addition of the Philips TV protocol and the creation of a CLI interface for direct interaction.
add-onsopenhabaddonjavaons
morph166955/openhab-core
Feb 2021 - Jan 2024
Core framework of openHAB
Contributions:5 releases, 44 pushes, 7 branches in 2 years 11 months
iotcore-frameworkopenhab
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