Benjamin Johnson is a serial entrepreneur with a track record of success and hands-on open-source programming experience. With 20+ years as a software developer and leader, Benjamin is the CEO & Founder of Particle41, a dev firm founded by industry veterans that aims to help companies accelerate their initiatives through Software Development, DevOps, and Data Science. 00:00 Introduction 00:20 Our Guest 01:25 Behind the name: Particle41 03:07 Ben’s Origin story 05:14 Where did the ideas come from? 08:20 Outsourcing DevOps 10:45 What makes a great DevOps team? 16:50 Extreme Ownership 19:50 “Bridge” Personality 21:30 Is there a benefit to being first to market? 22:55 Monetizing Open Source 28:22 Characteristics that make successful people 34:02 More about Ben ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To learn more about Ben visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminrjohnson/https://particle41.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/particle41/ To learn more about Dark Rhino Security visit https://www.darkrhinosecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIAL MEDIA: Stay connected with us on our social media pages where we'll give you snippets, alerts for new podcasts, and even behind the scenes of our studio! Instagram: @securityconfidential and @OfficialDarkRhinoSecurity Facebook: @Dark-Rhino-Security-Inc Twitter: @darkrhinosec LinkedIn: @dark-rhino-security Youtube: @Dark Rhino Security ​ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- #darkrhinosecurity #securityconfidential #cybersecurity #cyberpodcast #ai #artificialintelligence #securitypodcast #cybernews #technews #techsoftware #informationtechnology #infosec #cybersecurityforbeginners #technewstoday