Benjamin Linton
Senior Engineering Manager, Platform & Cyber Security
Glenview, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjamin Linton is a Senior Engineering Manager specializing in platform and cyber security with 14 years of hands-on experience building web applications, architecting systems, and leading engineering teams. He currently leads platform and security engineering at Cisco after managing and scaling security-focused teams at Kenna Security and directing software development at Table XI. Known for blending UI/UX sensibility, devops discipline, and strong database and architecture chops, he excels at turning complex requirements into reliable, auditable solutions. A former co‑founder who sold his web consulting firm, he brings entrepreneurial pragmatism to large‑scale enterprise problems and a track record of hiring, training, and mentoring high‑performing teams.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science Engineering Telecommunications, Computer Science Engineering Telecommunications at Michigan State University
Github Skills (118)
testing10
test-framework10
browser10
bdd10
tdd10
nodejs10
esxi10
slugify9
javascript9
playback9
audio9
mochajs9
slug9
hyper-v9
vagrantfile9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
benlinton/slugify
May 2012 - Apr 2013
Bash command that converts filenames and directories to a web friendly format.
Contributions:3 releases, 4 commits, 2 PRs in 11 months
slugifyslugbashdirectoriesfilenames
benlinton/dotfiles
Sep 2011 - Dec 2015
Contributions:16 commits, 85 pushes, 1 comment in 4 years 3 months
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