Ryan Bentz Oscp, Cbsp

Ryan Bentz has a diverse work experience spanning over 15 years. Ryan currently works as a Senior Application Security Engineer at Paxos since May 2022. Prior to that, they served as the Principal Offensive Security Specialist at Digitalware, Inc. from May 2020 to April 2022. Ryan also worked as a Penetration Tester at Gotham Digital Science and Bank of America from August 2019 to May 2020 and from July 2016 to August 2019, respectively. Additionally, Ryan held the position of Manager, Penetration Testing at Redspin, Inc. from February 2015 to July 2016. Ryan started their career as a Security Engineer at Intellectual Ventures, where they gained expertise in penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, and honeypot deployment among other security practices, from June 2011 to January 2015. Prior to that, they worked as a Technical Lead at UEVision, Inc. and as a Web Communications Manager at Watchguard Technologies. Ryan also served as the Manager of University Web Development at Eastern Washington University and as a Senior User Interface Developer at The Cobalt Group.

Ryan Bentz earned a B.A. degree in Journalism/Public Relations from Western Washington University, where they studied from 1999 to 2001. Prior to that, they attended the University of Idaho from 1997 to 1998, although they did not obtain a degree or specify a field of study. In terms of additional certifications, Ryan obtained the Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) credential from Offensive Security in November 2014, and they acquired the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification from EC-Council in October 2013. Furthermore, they also completed the Certified Blockchain Security Professional (CBSP) course offered by the Blockchain Training Alliance in July 2019. In terms of more recent certifications, Ryan completed the Ethereum 101 course and acquired the Ethereum Smart Contract Security certification from Moralis Academy, with completion dates in January 2021 and January 2022, respectively.