Chris Ballentine

Chris Ballentine is a Principal Research Consultant at Atredis Partners since April 2024, with extensive experience in security engineering and consulting. Prior roles include Senior Security Engineer at Amazon Web Services from May 2020 to December 2023, and Technical Director at Optiv Inc from February 2015 to March 2020, focusing on threat and vulnerability management. Previous positions also include roles in security assessments and IT administration at FishNet Security, Protiviti, and Texas A&M University, where Chris specialized in various aspects of information security and system administration. Chris holds a Bachelor’s Degree with dual majors in Management Information Systems and Supply Chain Management from Texas A&M University, completed in 2011.