Eva Benn

CEO

Seattle, Washington, United States14 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in simplifying cybersecurity for diverse audiences.
Recognized leader in Red Team operations at Microsoft.
Award-winning cybersecurity consultant with KPMG.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity expert with extensive experience in program management and Red Team operations.

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AccessAgile Application DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesBusiness IntelligenceC#Computer SecurityCustomer ServiceData MiningData ModelingData VisualizationDatabasesEnglishEthical HackingExpression WebFacebook

About

[ahem… insert a long, LinkedIn-inflated self-praise here] Everything you need to know about me: Been in cybersecurity for a long time. Learned a few things (always the hard way). Now I make cybersecurity simple, accessible for everyone, and occasionally fun (even for the people who still think “phishing” involves a boat). TikTok, Instagram, YouTube: @cybersecurity_madesimple

Experience

14 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

2 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Microsoft

8 roles

Principal Security Program Manager | Microsoft Security & Response Center (MSRC)

Promoted

Jun 2025 – Present · 1 yr

Chief of Staff, Strategy (Red Team)

Mar 2025 – Jun 2025 · 3 mos

Senior Security Program Manager (Red Team)

Jun 2024 – Mar 2025 · 9 mos

Senior Security Program Manager (Red Team)

Promoted

Apr 2023 – Jun 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos

Senior Security PM Manager (Red Team)

Feb 2022 – Apr 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

Red Team, Breach & Attack Simulation, Research

Senior Security Program Manager (Red Team)

Promoted

Nov 2021 – Feb 2022 · 3 mos

Senior Engineering Program Manager (Security Engineering, Identity)

Sep 2019 – Nov 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Engineering Program Manager 2 (Security Engineering, Identity)

Oct 2018 – Aug 2019 · 10 mos

Women in tech global

Co-Founder

Nov 2019 – Mar 2024 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Greater Seattle Area

https://www.thewomenintechglobal.org/

Kpmg us

2 roles

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant

Promoted

Oct 2016 – Sep 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos · Greater Seattle Area

National KPMG Advisory Chairman Award Winner for FY17 (out of 2,500+ nominees)
KPMG Seattle's top women contributors, featured in the 2017 Women’s History Month
Promoted to a people manager but resigned shortly after due to accepting an offer with Microsoft

Cybersecurity Consultant

Jul 2014 – Sep 2016 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Greater Seattle Area

A recognized top performer in a wide range of global-scale cybersecurity initiatives

Business information technology society (bits)

Director of Technology

Feb 2014 – Jun 2014 · 4 mos · Seattle

Business information technology society consulting

Manager & IT Consultant

Oct 2013 – Jun 2014 · 8 mos · Greater Seattle Area

Personally reached out to local Seattle businesses and secured informational appointments to increase visibility for the organization which resulted in the acquisition of two external client contracts for BITS Consulting
Independently learned how to use Wordpress and HTML 5 when team of consultants had faced staff shortage, resulting in fulfilling a client’s contract that would have otherwise been turned down
Assisted other consulting teams with their projects by helping develop and design back-end webpages in Wordpress, which prevented workflow delays to meet client’s expectations

Microsoft

Escalation Engineer

Oct 2013 – Jun 2014 · 8 mos · Micrososft Campus, Sammamish-D

Worked with different LOBs (XBOX, Surface, Windows, Bing Ads etc.) to help align technical solutions, security considerations and business objectives
Responded to incidents affecting production sites by diagnosing and resolving complex technical hardware, software and networking issues within the established SLAs, maximizing business tools uptime
Resigned due to an offer with a Big 4 consulting firm (KPMG).