Bengtson most recently served as Vice President of Platform and Security Engineering at HashiCorp, where he built and led teams securing infrastructure products used by thousands of enterprises globally. Previously, he held senior security and engineering roles at Netflix, Capital One, and Nuna, working at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, and identity. At Netflix, he focused on preventing and detecting compromise of cloud identities in AWS, building proactive security measures to ensure the Netflix cloud infrastructure remained safe. Earlier roles in offensive security and secure systems design give Bengtson a rare attacker-to-defender perspective – expertise he now brings to securing ConductorOne, the identity solution built for the agentic enterprise.
In addition to his industry experience, Bengtson has served as a lecturer and cybersecurity advisor at the University of Texas at El Paso, where he helped develop curriculum that contributed to the university’s designation as an NSA Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations. He is a frequent speaker at leading industry conferences including Black Hat, RSA, AppSec, and QCon and known for remaining deeply technical as a senior leader, often working hands-on with engineering teams. Beyond his professional work, Bengtson is active in giving back to his community, supporting education initiatives and children’s healthcare organizations.
