Mark Benson
Head Of SmartThings at Samsung Electronics
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolMark Benson is a seasoned technology executive with 12 years in senior leadership and over two decades of hands-on engineering experience, currently leading Samsung SmartThings in the U.S. He oversees product, engineering, security, marketing, BD, and people operations for one of the world’s largest connected-home platforms, driving strategy from edge technologies to partner tools and developer enablement. Known for organizing small, autonomous, customer-obsessed teams, he pairs rigorous engineering hygiene with business outcome measurement and financial accountability. His background spans CTO and VP roles in IoT and cloud engineering, with deep experience delivering globally distributed, secure, and low-latency platforms. He also brings strong IP, vendor, and competitive-strategy experience and a track record of scaling engineering organizations through hiring, process, and cost management. Based in Minneapolis, he combines technical depth (MS in Software Engineering) with executive training from Harvard Business School, which helps him bridge product vision and operational execution.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at Bethel UniversityMaster of Science, Software Engineering, Master of Science, Software Engineering at University of MinnesotaLeading Professional Service Firms, Leading Professional Service Firms at Harvard Business School
Github Skills (7)
static-site10
markdown9
leaderboard7
static-site-generator6
static-site-generation5
api-documentation1
api1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
markdbenson/dapper
Jan 2014 - Feb 2022
A publishing tool for static websites.
Contributions:1 release, 2 reviews, 174 commits in 8 years 2 months
publishingstatic-sitestatic-site-generatormarkdown
markdbenson/markbenson.io
Aug 2016 - Feb 2025
Contributions:141 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 7 months
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