Benjamin Schilling
Senior Key Expert - Platform Security
Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Top SchoolBenjamin Schilling is a Senior Key Expert in Platform Security at Siemens with a decade of experience securing operating systems for critical rail infrastructure. He combines product management and technical leadership—leading cross-functional teams, owning Linux and Windows-based secure platforms, and training the next generation of rail cybersecurity professionals. Based in Braunschweig, he balances corporate R&D with entrepreneurial ventures as CEO and co-founder of multiple startups and a cultural non-profit, demonstrating both commercial and community-oriented leadership. His work marries hands-on secure OS development with product lifecycle ownership, ensuring solutions meet stringent safety and regulatory needs. As a lecturer at Ostfalia University, he translates industry practice into academic teaching, an uncommon bridge that amplifies his impact across industry and education.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science and Economics (Online), Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science and Economics (Online) at Ostfalia - University of Applied Sciences
German, English, French
Github Skills (121)
google-authentication10
api-client10
drag10
swagger10
rest-client10
openapi-generator10
rest-api10
backend10
firebase10
openapi10
stubs10
api10
sdk10
rest10
api-server10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
houseos/s7-1200-web-control
Sep 2020 - Aug 2021
Commandline utility written in Rust to control S7-1200 websites
Contributions:1 release, 10 commits, 6 PRs in 10 months
command-line-toolrusts7-1200command-linecommandline
OpenRQM/openrqm-client-desktop-nwjs
Jul 2019 - Mar 2022
Contributions:190 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 8 months
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