Benjamin Zumhagen

Benjamin Zumhagen is an experienced software engineering professional currently serving as a Staff Backend Engineer at BlueOwl, LLC and an Adjunct Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, teaching Web Application Design. Previously, Benjamin held the position of Lead Software Engineer at Relativity, where significant contributions included migrating systems to Kubernetes and improving performance while extracting projects from a monolith. Prior experience spans roles at HERE Technologies and Boeing, where Benjamin led development teams and implemented customer requirements for complex systems. Benjamin's educational background includes a Master’s Degree in Software Engineering from Penn State University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Governors State University.