Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson is co-founder and CTO of Obsidian. Prior to that, he was chief security strategist for Carbon Black. As original CTO, he led efforts to create the powerful capabilities that helped define the next-generation endpoint security space.

Johnson, who was directly responsible for the powerful functionality of the Carbon Black endpoint threat detection and response (ETDR) solution, has extensive experience building complex systems for environments where speed and reliability are paramount.

His background also includes a great deal of technical “agility,” having worked on advanced operational teams supporting U.S. national security missions and writing complex calculation engines for the financial sector.

Johnson earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Chicago and a master’s degree in computer science from Johns Hopkins University.