Dinesh Bolkensteyn

Dinesh Bolkensteyn is a seasoned technology professional with a diverse background in vulnerability research, software engineering, and entrepreneurship. Currently serving as a Staff Vulnerability Researcher at GitLab since January 2022, Dinesh previously held roles as a Senior Vulnerability Researcher at goto.dev, where contributions were made to develop a global call graph for Java repositories, and as a Principal Scientist at SonarSource, where leadership was provided for a new innovation team. Dinesh co-founded ArboPilot, creating an auto-pilot system for harvesting, and founded BTBMaker, aiming to automate strawberry picking for large agricultural operations. Early career experience includes software development positions at SonarSource and internships at MondayCoffee and swiss IT bridge. Dinesh holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from EPFL, obtained in 2011.