Ben Vinegar
InvestorFounderEngineering Advisor at Modern Technical · Founder at Modem
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
FoundedModem
About
Engineering leader with experience at Sentry and Shape Security building developer-focused security and monitoring tools.
Founder at Modem
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Experience
- ModemCo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentToronto, ON
- AccelStartercurrent2024 — present
- Sentry (sentry.io)VP Engineering & Various Roles2015 — 2024San Francisco, CA
- Shape SecuritySenior Software Engineer2014 — 2015Mountain View, CA
- DisqusLead Software Engineer2010 — 2014San Francisco, CA
- FreshBooksSoftware Engineer2007 — 2010Toronto, Canada Area
- Guestlist.coCo-Founder2008 — 2010Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Ryatta GroupSoftware Engineer2006 — 2007Toronto, Canada Area
- Seiko Epson Corporation, JapanSoftware Engineer Intern2004 — 2005Toronto, Canada Area
Skills & more
JavaScriptjQueryGitRubyPHPMySQLHTMLWeb Services
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Colleagues at Modern Technical
Aaron Brown
Security Advisor at Modern Technical
Angie Lal
Security Engineering Advisor at Modern Technical
Arash Nikkar
Engineering Advisor at Modern Technical
Ben Chuba
Pricing Advisor at Modern Technical
Dakota McKenzie
Sales Advisor at Modern Technical
David Cramer
Founder/Engineering Advisor at Modern Technical
Jay Wallace
Engineering Advisor at Modern Technical
Jonathan Jaffe
Security Advisor at Modern Technical
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ben Vinegar?
- Engineering leader with experience at Sentry and Shape Security building developer-focused security and monitoring tools.
- Where does Ben Vinegar work?
- Ben Vinegar is Founder of Modem and Engineering Advisor at Modern Technical.
- What companies did Ben Vinegar found?
- Ben Vinegar founded Modem.
- Where did Ben Vinegar go to school?
- Ben Vinegar studied at University of Toronto (Hon. B.Sc., Computer Science).
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