SecurityTPM @ Datadog

Thomas Bentkowski

I run security programs at Datadog: getting a lot of teams to fix the right things, in the right order, and actually finish.

// Right now

Technical Program Manager, Security @ Datadog

Security work is rarely blocked on knowing what to fix. It's blocked on coordination: dozens of teams, competing roadmaps, and risks nobody owns end to end. That's the part I work on.

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// My unconventional path
  1. Tech Project Manager
  2. Software Engineer
  3. SRE
  4. Product Manager
  5. TPM, Security

I've shipped code, carried the pager and owned a roadmap for AI tooling and developer experience. Now I'm coming back to program management, this time for security. That background makes it easier to run programs engineers actually buy into, because I've been on the receiving end of plenty that they didn't.