Ben Earl
Software Leader
London
Summary
Experienced technology leader with proven results working with multinational tier-1 investment banks and government organisations to ensure confidence in technology used in secure environments. Over 20 years of experience developing and managing software teams building cryptographic solutions for regulated industries.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Partner Engineer
Meta
London
01.2022 - Current
- Increased partner management efficiencies x24 for onboarding new developers to Meta's Horizon World (metaverse) partners.
- Led the monetisation reporting for Meta's game streaming creators resulting in more than $10M monthly payments to creators.
- Led the cross functional team communications and collaborations for game streaming programs..
VP Product
Idenprotect
London
11.2016 - 12.2021
- Increased awareness of Idenprotect's certificate PKI backed authentication solution targeted to highly secure tier-1 multinational banking organisations, leading to 100,000+ end user deployments with over $10M in revenue.
- Led the transformation from a wireless smartcard to a software solution utilising mobile device trusted execution environments such as Android's TEE and iOS Secure Enclave. This ensured confidence in accessing secure environments remotely, thus increasing banking efficiencies whilst removing password inefficencies.
- Managed a group of software developers to research product ideas to build and maintain authentication solutions for mobile device software authenticating to cloud services built by Idenprotect.
CTO
Digital Defence
London
01.2009 - 12.2015
- Build a complete cryptographic solution to keep stored data secure, certified with FIPS 140-2, in a mobile device to provide confidence for regulated organisations to allow remote functionality.
- Collaborated with third-party handset vendors to provide a secure mobile device that deployed protect data to logistics and government organisations requiring regulated certified solutions.
- Deployed the solution to a UK police force and US logistics company to ensure confidence in the data stored in remote mobile devices. This led to 10,000+ end-users and $1M in revenue.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
QUT
Brisbane, Australia 02.1994 - 11.1998
Bachelor of I.T. - Computer Science
QUT
Brisbane, Australia 02.1994 - 11.1998
Skills
Verbal and written communications
Accomplishments
- Achieved FIPS 140-2 certification in the solution developed at Digital Defence, ensuring confidence in the protection of stored data.
- Developed a unique solution, adapting Kerberos and IP routing modules, for mobile devices to be virtually located inside an investment bank's secure environment.
Timeline
Partner Engineer
Meta
01.2022 - Current
VP Product
Idenprotect
11.2016 - 12.2021
CTO
Digital Defence
01.2009 - 12.2015
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
QUT
02.1994 - 11.1998
Bachelor of I.T. - Computer Science
QUT
02.1994 - 11.1998
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