Benji Vesterby

Benji Vesterby is an experienced software engineer and information security professional. Benji currently works as a Principal Information Security Automation Engineer at QuantumScape since August 2023. Prior to this, they served as the Chief Executive Officer at CodePros starting in June 2023.

In terms of their previous roles, Benji was the Owner of SECTERIA - Holistic Vulnerability Management Platform from December 2019 to August 2023. Benji also worked as a Principal Software Engineer at SynSaber from March 2022 to June 2023.

Before that, Benji held positions such as Principal Software Engineer at Contrast Security from January 2020 to March 2022, Manager of Information Security Automation at NortonLifeLock from July 2018 to January 2020, and Senior Software Engineer at Symantec from November 2016 to June 2018.

Earlier in their career, Benji was a Senior Software Engineer at AutoLoop from September 2015 to November 2016, where they played a key role in developing a loyalty module for car dealerships. Benji also worked as a Software Developer III at First Solar from September 2014 to September 2015, where they focused on application management and maintenance, as well as software performance optimization.

Benji Vesterby obtained a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Springfield, graduating in 2021. Prior to that, from 2016 to 2018, they attended Stanford University where they earned a Stanford Advanced Computer Security Certificate, with a focus on Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance. Additionally, in June 2017, they obtained a certification as a GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) from the Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) institution.