Summary
Thomas Benjamin is a Senior Research Science Manager with 19 years of experience leading R&D at Peraton Labs in networking, machine learning, and cybersecurity. He blends deep security and privacy expertise—from early, high-impact disclosures of contactless card and pacemaker vulnerabilities to contributions on anonymous credentials at IBM Zurich—with program leadership across industry and academia. His work on implantable medical device security earned an IEEE Security & Privacy Test of Time Award, reflecting durable influence on safety-critical systems. Based in Cold Spring, NY, he holds a Top Secret clearance and has navigated roles from hands-on research (ETH Zurich, Tor Project) to technical leadership and CTO-level responsibilities, demonstrating rare fluency across research, productization, and ethical disclosure.
19 years of coding experience