Chad Bentz
Principal Field Security Specialist at GitHub
Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolChad Bentz is a Principal Field Security Specialist with 12 years of experience blending application security, cloud architecture, and DevOps reliability across enterprise and platform teams. Based in Pennsylvania and currently at GitHub, he drives field-facing security outcomes while contributing to flagship open-source projects like CodeQL—adding MSSQL support and security-focused queries that improve real-world code scanning. His background spans secure SDLC programs, cloud migrations to Azure, and building shared .NET frameworks and identity solutions at companies such as Fiserv and Sagent. Chad brings hands-on engineering roots from embedded IoT and ANSI C work into strategic roles, enabling practical, performance-minded security design. He’s comfortable translating technical risk into operational controls and has a track record of shipping measurable security and reliability improvements across large systems.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science Computer Science, Master of Science Computer Science at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
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Github Skills (17)
github-advanced-security10
it-security10
codeql10
security10
mssql10
msbuild9
aspnet-web-api9
webservice9
java9
visual-studio9
javas9
iis6
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Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
github/codeql
Apr 2022 - Apr 2022
CodeQL: the libraries and queries that power security researchers around the world, as well as code scanning in GitHub Advanced Security
Role in this project:
Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:17 reviews, 1 commit, 9 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Chad's contributions primarily revolve around enhancing the security and robustness of the CodeQL project. They've added MSSQL support to the SensitiveAPI and integrated corresponding tests. Moreover, the user added security-related query lists, improved metadata handling, and addressed code formatting issues. These actions demonstrate an emphasis on code quality, security, and the practical application of CodeQL within the context of database interactions.
github-advanced-securitysecurity-toolsgithub-security-labsecurity-researcherssecurity
felickz/azure-docs
Jun 2018 - Apr 2024
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 10 months
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